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My friends Becky, Lenore, and Rin thought I looked like Katara from Avatar and told me that it would be nice if I cosplayed her. Lenore and I were both heading down to Ohayocon at the beginning of January, and Lenore had a made a Zuko costume a couple of months before, so we thought it would be nice to cosplay Avatar together at the convention. I decided to do her Fire Nation outfit, since it was rarely cosplayed at the time and I liked the design.

For the bright red parts of her outfit, I bought a twill and a matching spandex. The top was made out of the spandex to make my life easier. I made the collar, the second skirt and the shoes out of the twill.

All of the gold on the costume is left over gold satin from my Hiroki costume. To give the gold some weight, I sewed it to a backing made out of some thick drapery lining I had lying around. The armbands were made using the same pattern I used for my Husky and Mystel armbands. I sewed think brown lines into the reinforced satin to create the details on them. The top of the armbands were made with gold cording. They have velcro in them so I can get them on and off. The secondary armbands are loops of reinforced gold satin.

I bought a cheap pair of sandals to use as a base for her shoes (even though they have a slight heel and she doesn't). I covered the straps with reinforced gold satin. Then I patterned and added the red-arrow at the front of the shoes to make them look like hers. The collar was made out a piece of twill, and more reinforced gold satin. I bought some stone beads for the orange jewels.

I felt self-conscious in this costume, so I was a tad uncomfortable wearing it. However, it was great to cosplay Katara with Lenore as Zuko.

Also, shout out to the con attendee who thought I was cosplaying Inara from Firefly.

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