Harvest Goddess from Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
A-Kon 2014
Photos by Ken AD Photography

MATERIALS

- Blue stretch something fabric
- Light blue chiffon
- Red satin
- Fake flowers
- Styrofoam balls
- Wire
- Worbla
 

PROCESS

The Harvest Goddess wasn't a huge part of the game, but was an iconic character nonetheless! As part of a Harvest Goddess group, I really enjoyed dressing up from a childhood favorite game. The costume started with the skirt and the top: Just basic pieces. I spent so much time putting darts into the skirt, but didn't pit any in the top and I'm not sure why I skipped that part. I found some light light blue chiffon and use that for the airy skirt and cape. The cape was driving me nuts, since it just kind of... floats on the shoulders. For simplicity, I just glued the top of the fabric to a wire that I draped and formed around my upper arms.

The jewelry was just strap painted flowers with little rhinestones glued on! The wig was a delightful challenge at the time, but I followed this Sailor Moon wig tutorial using Arda's Chibi and a Long Ponytail Clip in Emerald, which is a fantastic green blend. The bracers were actually borrowed from my LeBlanc costume and made out of Worbla. For the hot Texas summer, this costume was perfectly breezy and cool!