Pleated skirt tutorial - Kagome Higurashi. by neptunyan

Pleated skirt tutorial - Kagome Higurashi. by neptunyan

First of all, if there is any of you who were looking forward to the second part of my Mikasa jacket, I am terribly sorry, but I messed up the jacket, so until I find a way to fix it, I thought about working on another costume, while crying like a little baby. Be careful how you trim your costumes! I cut too much from the front. x.x But the second part of the tutorial should be here soon, maybe within a week or two.

As for this skirt, I never imagined I'd ever be able to make a pleated skirt, I'm so happy with how it came out.

And I'm really excited about the cosplay too! I hope this'll be helpful for you fellow cosplayers!

irishhighlander Featured By Owner Nov 15, 2016 Hobbyist

Faving this for future reference

IzaKat Featured By Owner May 24, 2016 Student General Artist

So how do you keep the seam in the back invisible(ish)? The part that would keep the zipper on and also sew up the back of the skirt?

neptunyan Featured By Owner May 24, 2016

You sew the zipper a little bit underneath the fabric - not really close to the edge, where you'd normally sew it. This hides it. Then sew it down to 'close' the skirt. I'm not sure I'm too good at explaining at 2 am. I might rephrase my answer tomorrow x.x'

IzaKat Featured By Owner May 25, 2016 Student General Artist

That answers my question perfectly! Thank you so much! This is my first time sewing anything more than a button and I'm trying to figure it all out in my head. xD Your tutorial is incredibly helpful!

neptunyan Featured By Owner May 25, 2016

Oh, it did?

I'm glad! And don't worry, this was my first time sewing a skirt, so I had to patch it up to look nice on the outside, but it still had a lot of mistakes. We learn as we practice. Good luck!

Nellie455 Featured By Owner Mar 11, 2016 Hobbyist General Artist

Thaxs for tutorial

lolnopesaway Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

about how much does the fabric cost? and where did you buy it from? i need a skirt sorta like this for a hibike euphonium cosplay.

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2015

I got the fabric from the local fabric store. The fabric is called minimat and over here it costs about 9 RON (2-3 dollars) / meter.
I suppose the prices differ from country to country, but it shouldn't be too expensive where you live either.

Tori-Jinxx Featured By Owner Jun 27, 2015

What type of fabric did you use ?

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jun 27, 2015

Minimat.

Tori-Jinxx Featured By Owner Jun 28, 2015

Thank you.

KyotoPhoenix Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2015

Using a pleated skirt for my next cosplay. This is massively useful

neptunyan Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2015

You're welcome and good luck!

I'll make a new type of pleated skirt tutorial soon (the skirts for Vampire Kight girl uniforms), so you can check that out too.

KyotoPhoenix Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2015

Awesomeness~

xnightmarishx Featured By Owner Feb 17, 2015 Student Digital Artist

THIS is the one I wanted
thank you so much

neptunyan Featured By Owner Feb 17, 2015

You're welcome!

I'm happy you found what you needed.

LadyRose15 Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2015 Hobbyist Artist

I Plan on doing an umbreon gijinka school girl style and this will be superbly helpful !!!! I was wondering how tall you were to see if this would be a good length for me? I am 5ft 7inches.
Thank you in advance!!!

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2015

I am 5'4".

DarkVioletCloud Featured By Owner Jan 16, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

This is so cute! I'm gonna have to try it in the future.

firecloak Featured By Owner Jan 2, 2015 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I tried out the hidden zipper thing and it came out great!

MoonLilyLoverX Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2014 Student General Artist

This is exactly what i needed!

TobiObito4ever Featured By Owner Nov 14, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

I, too, am making a Ryuuko cosplay in the future. This. Is. Perfect!

CelestialCalista Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2014 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

This will come in handy when I make Ryuko.

littlesheep0430 Featured By Owner Sep 14, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

Your zipper looks amazing! I can never seem to hide it that well.

tenshinya-desu Featured By Owner Aug 31, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I didnt understand the knot part and when u sewed or idk ._. Thanks though i guess ^^

neptunyan Featured By Owner Aug 31, 2014

You need to fold the fabric in order to make the upper part shorter, so the skirt would take a curled shape to fit you around your waist. I named them 'knots' so you can follow the instructions better, but they're just little folds that you need to sew together. I hope this helped!

Worlds-Finest-Moose Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2014

great tutorial!

K-Death Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2014

Wow this turned out great! I was wondering what type of fabric you used it looks amazing!

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jul 28, 2014

Hello again! I went to the fabric store and the fabric I used is called Minimat.

K-Death Featured By Owner Aug 6, 2014

Amazing! Thank you!!

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jul 22, 2014

I'm not entirely sure what the fabric is called, I'm sorry - but I'll pay a visit to the fabric shop next week and maybe they can help me find out. I'll reply to this again soon.

And thank you, I'm happy you like it!

K-Death Featured By Owner Aug 6, 2014

Sorry it took so long to reply XD thank you so much!!

Valkyria2 Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2014 Hobbyist

thats so cute thanks for tell the world how to make one now my boyfriend wont have to buy on i can make it thank you

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2014

You're welcome!

I'm happy it helps, and good luck!

sl2004 Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2014 Student Artist

THANKS SO MUCH XDDDDD now i can cosplay :3

neptunyan Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2014

You're welcome!

FriesyM Featured By Owner May 30, 2014 Student

Thank you soo much!!!!! I am a dummy!

I searched so Long for something like this...

neptunyan Featured By Owner May 30, 2014

You're welcome!

Vivid-Dreamer-Kimiko Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2014 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I might need to make a pleated skirt for a future cosplay so this is useful, thanks!

neptunyan Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2014

You're very welcome and good luck with the skirt!

bleachxfan Featured By Owner Apr 7, 2014

This is a good tutorial

Would this also work with the bleach skirts?

neptunyan Featured By Owner Apr 8, 2014

Thank you! Yes, it would work with any type of pleated skirt, I used Kagome Higurashi as an example because I cosplay her, but you can make a skirt like this for any costume and you can make it as long or as short as you want.

bleachxfan Featured By Owner Apr 8, 2014

Thanks so much ^^ This was one of the most helpful ones that i could find
and it was easy to follow. Im gonna try it out with scrap fabric first(since i have
no ability to sew whatsoever XD) so i dont mess up the real fabric. ^^

neptunyan Featured By Owner Apr 8, 2014

You can practice sewing on different types of fabric you don't need. Don't worry, with a little bit of patience you can do it! And you are very welcome, I'm really happy to know I can help fellow cosplayers.

bleachxfan Featured By Owner Apr 10, 2014

^^ It helps me alot because im a first time cosplayer, so if it seems like im asking alot of questions thats why XD lol
Also, what length(dont know what to call it) did you make your pleats?

neptunyan Featured By Owner Apr 10, 2014

Ah, are you? Good luck with your costumes, then! And don't worry about asking questions, I'm happy to help you.

I usually write the measurements in the tutorial, but the final result will always vary from the original length by a few cm because of the hems you need to sew. My pleats are now around 38 cm, and the fabric was originally 40 cm long. But I recommend you should measure yourself and decide how long / short you want your skirt to be, because some people have longer legs, some have shorter legs, thus it may not always fit well on everyone.