Loras Tyrell's embroidered shirt of doom

Seriously. This shirt killed me.

At the beginning of last year I decided that I loved Loras from 'Game of Thrones'/'A Song of Ice and Fire' enough to want to cosplay him and so plunged headlong into making this outfit.

Far as I can remember I left myself about two months to make it, along with finishing off my Ariel cosplay. Ambitious, yes? Overly so, I was to find out.
I never managed to get the shirt done, I didn't even finish one sleeve. Instead I opted for making a plain cream shirt and telling people I was cosplaying from this deleted scene.
It went okay, only three people recongised me which was a bit eh, but oh well!

Lots of a sad Loras mourning Renly were taken.
Photo by YukinePhotography

Then, for London Super Comic-con this year I decided that instead of recosplaying Arwen I should try and finish the embroidered shirt. It was the only part of the cosplay I needed after all (I did have his brooch for May EXPO but took it off for photos since he doesn't wear it in the scene I was supposedly cosplaying from) and I fancied a new embroidery project. I was in for lots of crazy evenings madly sewing in front of the tv, embroidery on the train, in my lunch breaks, in the morning before university. Embroidery everywhere. It was ridiculous, but I managed it!

Making all the photos in this post super large so you can see the details
Photo also by YukinePhotography

I am insanely proud of this shirt and I had an amazing time at LSCC hanging out with all the super wonderful Game of Thrones cosplayers that convinced me to join their already massive group for photos (and then later officially on facebook, I feel very special, like I'm part of an exclusive club!), many of which there were. I also got to meet some really amazing Norwegian cosplayers who I've admired for aaaages. Including the stunning Santatory who looks as much like Natalie Dormer in person as she does in photos.

Photo by Starbit Cosplay

Some progress/close up photos of the shirt...

 

It took me a month of intense sewing to finish the shirt and I was still working on it the night before but I think I learned a lot. Smocking which had been a complete mystery to me before is now just a bit pesky and my patience is generally improved. My love for embroidery hasn't waned either, I thought it would but instead I seem to have become addicted to it. I've spent the last few weeks trying to train myself out of feeling guilty if I'm not making something while I watch tv.