I have an example of my sunk cost thing I love to crochet and I wanted to try knitting by makinh a sweater so I spent alot of money for yarn and drove to so many Walmarts but when I was halfway through it I was sad tired and I had no motivation so I stopped and then I made a rug out of the yarn and I got a headband out of it so I feel better about my skills in crochet
I wonder how people would react to a coronavirus cosplay or a pest one. I mean, do you know those cute little plushies that are bacteria and organs? What if you would make a cosplay based on these?
@@chikuwa291 people don't like that type of thing I saw few artists draw " Corona-San " waifu but it never became a trend people just weren't into it nobody wants to fantasize and make a virus that almost killed all of us into romantic and se×ual designs yeh nah it just a big yikes, I'm not a fan either but I personally would care what others do have fun in your life I'd say if u wanna cosplay a virus go ahead just don't expect too much praise people will definitely be judgmental and just look at you in disgust xD
@@chikuwa291 I think more time needs to past first. I think plague or rabies would be fun (especially since rabies looks like a robot). I’m a veterinarian so morbid humor makes me laugh and comparing pathology to good stuff is common (caseous necrosis for example looks like cheese).
As a seamstress and mushroom cultivator, this is the hobby crossover content I neeeeed. Also, as an FYI to everyone, mushrooms don’t have roots like plants do. They have a fluffy white substance called mycelium, so the dress is even more appropriate!
I agree when I think of the last of us that's what I think about not the little squiggly vein like structures But I don't think the costume came out bad I think it worked ok with the dress. Until she add those things around the edges. But I do think the face mushroom would be way better. And wicked makers here on TH-cam made an awesome version of them.
yeah, if sarah were to ever have the time and resources to remake the hat i think a clicker inspired one would work way better and be more recognizable!
30:14 Omg Dollightful and Sarah Spaceman in the same video 🤩 If I may put a recommandation, Dollightful used to be a character designer and creates AMAZING designs for her dolls. If you're into pokemon, their eveelution designs look very fun to cosplay :) Or any of her character design, honestly x). She also likes pink and Japanese fashion (Decora kei to be precise), so I think you might like her work in general!
To add to the hat, I would have glued on less cap mushrooms and done them in small clusters and not all the way around, and then added grass and moss to the top and then roots dangling out of the bottom, there seemed to be too much "dirt" showing, but still a valiant effort! My cost sunk cosplay was my Steven Universe OC, I ended up still getting it done but needed to purchase a custom petal skirt for it. Now I've gone and started to turn it into a new outfit, repurposing some pieces and tossing other pieces all to make it into an Autumn fairy ;w;
Yes!!! I was also thinking more around the edge like in the concept art, and some moss. It would look GREAT with moss. I also feel like the dress is really cute, but is too bright and nice looking to match with the dirt/scary look of the hat.
I really like when creators show us there fails/ sunk cost. It really makes me feel like I’m not the only cosplayer who sometimes hates how my cosplays come out. Thx :)
The mushroom hat seems like it could have been something out of a kids craft/costume book from the 70s/80s even. I think mushroom hats have been around for a looong time but I appreciate your quest for the origin!
Probably after Fantasia (1940) as well, or mushroom worshippers 1000s of years ago, they do have cave paintings and stone carvings of mushrooms with faces or humanoids with mushroom 'hats.'
For a deep dive on mushroom hats, the first instance I can find in still surviving art that is widely available, it's "Children of the forest" from 1910. Look at the moms mushroom bonnet and tell me its not the cutest shit ever 👀
Hi hello! Aspenwitch here! I don’t think it sounded like you were coming after anyone at all! People have parallel ideas all the time and new ideas all the time and can you imagine how many never even make it to social media to begin with! It’s actually really exciting! It’s so cool that you reached out and shared my costume videos in this video! After we spoke briefly I was even reflecting like huh where -did- I get the idea for this? And I remembered my friend @hellofaerie did a red spotted corset and wing set just before I made my hat, we had the aesthetic on the brain and hopped from project to project from there! I remember in 2018 mostly using the term “toadstool” too and I don’t think that got trendy at all haha!
Hi ! I'm a french subscriber. And it can be a very strange compliment but you have a very sweet, fluid and understandable way to talk which REALLLY help me in general to understand others youtubers. You have a clever way to explain the process of the cosplay in a interesting way and good explanation. Thank you and hace a nice day !
I keep forgetting that you're doing this full time now, and I'm always surprised about how fast you get videos out. Even a few months ago I always found myself saying "another video already??" You're an absolute machine!!! Cosplay inspo 💪💪 Ps. Thank you for the hand-me-downs, grandma
I loved the history section! Mushroom-hat people are also in fantasia and multiple plays & ballets, even if people thought of it originally it's certainly possible they didn't realize they've been influenced by these! Sometimes inspiration sources cant exactly be remembered 😅
This is such a cool project, even if you didn't end up loving it! Ironically, if I remember correctly, Dollightful's inspiration for that mushroom hat doll was because she ended up sinking a lot of time and effort into a different doll that didn't turn out the way she wanted it to, so she tried a similar (but tweaked) idea and ended up with that finished product!! Regardless of if you try again on the hat, I think it's great that you turned this into a lesson for yourself. Super inspirational!!!
If I may put a recommandation, Dollightful used to be a character designer and creates AMAZING designs for her dolls. If you're into pokemon, their eveelution designs look very fun to cosplay :) Or any of her character design, honestly x). She also likes pink and Japanese fashion (Decora kei to be precise), so I think you might like her work in general!
I don’t know about everyone else but not only do I learn how to sew, but I can also enjoy your videos as my evening show ( I swear whenever you upload I get my snacks and watch on the tv 😭)
I was crocheting with my dog in my lap while I watched this video and I thought it might bring you some joy to know that every time you said "bone" or "boning" my dog's ears perked up and the tip of her tail wagged just a little bit ❤
I'm making a mushroom hat with a diameter of 88 centimetres right now for my first cosplay ever. I'm only at the base and the con is in 40 days but I hope I'll make it! I was so exited to watch this video, you definitely slayed this cosplay!
You con do it 😜 some unsolicited advice: get the big stuff done first and rough. You can always go back and add details later. Nothing makes you look more incomplete than a beautifully crafted top and and then some half finished bottom. It doesn’t matter how beautiful the sword is, if the outfit was made the night before it makes it look like you bought it.
Hearing someone who I look up to say that's its ok to not like something you made makes me feel a lot better about some of my sunk projects. Thanks for sharing this with us
I grew up reading Elsa Beskow's story books, and there's a loooot of mushroom hats there :D It's probably been around for longer than people think, but it's fun to see it being reinvented in many ways
Thank you so much for sharing this! Making is not *only* about success, it's about learning experiences and about learning to let go of perfection. Embracing the possibility of "failure" makes me feel like I'm allowed to take big swings. I'm allowed to go into a project that isn't "safe" and "simple". I'm allowed to challenge myself and I'm allowed to grow form my "failures" ❤ Ps: your sister seems so nice! And you look like you had a lot of fun at the Ren faire! 🎉
I really like this costume and I think the hat is super cute !! I think it just has a lot of dirt (?) You could try to fill it up with more mold or "veins". I have also seen a lot of people use foam spray (The stuff people use to fill up walls) to make the mushroom shape for the clickers. So if you feel like adding more to the hat, you could try that ??
My 12 year old daughter loves watching your videos, sewing and crafting, and she wanted for me to tell you that you are the reason she wanted to pursue sewing. Here's a little message from her. "Dear Sarah Spaceman, I absolutely love watching your videos! And wish nothing but the best for you and your channel. I just wanted to say, thank you for doing what you do! Thank you for helping me on my cosplay journey! You're the reason I wanted to be a cosplayer! I'm also working on my first cosplay as your reading this! (it's a gender bent Magolor from Kirby if you were wondering) And I want you to know that no mater what you think of your cosplays I'll always love them! Love from me to you, have a nice day! (p.s. You could add moss and vines to the hat. just a tip😁)"
I love Dollightful ! She does custom dolls and there all so prettyyyyyyyy ! I think some of her designs are in my dream cosplay pile (her eeveelution, notably)
I think it turned out really cool! Maybe adding some more fibrous bits of dyed rope spreading over the surface and dangling off the edge might tie it together a wee bit more? Make it look a bit more like a single organism taking over those dirt mound, coming out of the ant
Absolutely living for the dress and stays!! The coffee dye method was a wonderful idea, and I might use it myself....I'm making a dress inspired by the Charmed Book of Shadows and I think it'll be a good method to get that "old page" look!! And thanks for the graphic on Flat Felled seams-it's a suuuuuper common method for adding boning channels in corsets and I've never been able to wrap my smol brain around it 😅😅
It's inspiring to see somebody who Never Seems To Miss, actually miss. How very human. I love the concept and the vision, your initial doodle is wonderful!!
Thank you for posting this even if you consider it failure! I think it turned out really cute. Although, it's nice to see not everything goes the way you originally planned. I recently did a cosplay for a con this past weekend and ended up having to give up on making the shirt for it due to time constraints and it just not working. I bought a plain t-shirt to wear instead and people still knew who I was cosplaying as so I felt way better about my failure. I still plan on finishing the shirt at some point but I was glad I stopped when I did and went with a backup plan. So I totally understand that sunk cost. I REALLY wanted that shirt to work but if I stayed up all night to finish it while still not liking the way it looked, I would have been so exhausted and frustrated that I don't think I would have had as much fun. I can't wait to see if you do a TotK cosplay!
Working on some self-drafted horns for a festival in between a crochet jellyfish hat for a carnival at said festival, discovered the channel while working on these and it's been keeping me going creatively to see Sarah making stuff and being so proud of it, super heartwarming.
Ello! Just here to say that I had a dream last night where I was at Anime NYC and it had a super big Five Below store inside of the con and i met Sarah in there buying bobbi pins for her strawberry miku cosplay that she was wearing. I’m going to Anime NYC in November and I’m currently working on sewing my cosplay for it. Sarah inspired me to make the cosplay and start a new and exciting project like this. I always have her videos on in the background while I sew :) I hope you know how much you inspire me, you’ve really made me want to start doing way more things with my skills and cosplays so thank you for introducing a more exciting view to my life . Love you, queen Sarah Spaceman
When your sister came on, I was like did she dye her hair again lol good family genes. Also, thank you grandma and all those who came before her and passed their machines down!
Aww sorry your hat wasn’t what you wanted. I think the cordyceps (sp?) were well made. Always love your videos and so happy I found your channel! Really appreciate your humor and your willingness to encourage your audience and explain so much about your process to us, and with graphics to boot! I’m not planning on getting into cosplay (in the near future), but your videos are still very inspiring for me!
Although I don't make cosplay, the feeling of not feeling satisfied with a project is something that hits me the most because I'm still a beginner and my perfectionism makes me very frustrated. I'm glad this video included your frustration and your feelings because it helps me to remember that I sew for fun, to have fun in the outfits I make. Thank you!
Hi ! I’m working on a Cyno cosplay from genshin impact rn and I’m watching all of your videos to cheer me up… sometimes I want to stop because I’m not sure of what I am doing, sometimes I’m proud… anyway thanks for creating content and I hope I’ll see you in a Convention in France one day ❤️
You inspired me to try a renfair bodice and I also ended up using my mock up as the fashion layer. Its a mess, but it was a great learning experience. So thank you :)
I realy apreciate the animation for the french seam, you made it look so easy. I do not saw and I am not a cosplayer but I realy enjoy your videos just for the chill and cosy vibes and the beautiful garments. ✨️
That algorithm based stay pattern is so cool- it reminds me of the dressform I made using bootstrap fashion. It makes a pattern to match your exact measurements:D
I've really wanted to see a mushroom hat from you. I'm so glad you did this. I have two cosplays coming up that involve mushrooms but every tutorial is a cardboard base and I didnt want that. My current plan is pellon 70 and wire based off of your giant witch hat
Your videos never fail to inspire me- I am a creative by nature and sewing is one of my favorite hobbies, but it’s always so daunting for me. I know that the only way to improve is by making mistakes, but hearing you talk about it in this video really made a difference for me. I always get so inspired by your videos, but this time around I’m really eager to give my best shot at making something. Thank you so much for sharing this project and getting into the topics you did. It really put a lot of things into perspective for me!
I love that you shared this process, it's something that isn't often shown on social media! Not every project is a winner and that's okay, you get the experience and learn to do things differently or learn new skills from those "failed" projects. I remember when I started sewing/crafting my own cosplays seriously I made a Marth (Fire Emblem) cosplay and I sunk so much time and effort into it as a wee beginner crafter, only to realize I hated the way I looked in the cosplay at the end. I wore it to one convention and then never again, but I learned so many valuable skills from that one ambitious build.
While it might not be living up to your expectations, I think when someone knows what it's supposed to be it feels very "oh, I can see that now!". Either way, I love the video and I love that you talked about the sunk cost fallacy, I think it's so important to know about it, for many reasons.
Oh my gosh that's my ren faire! I cant believe I could have met you, that's so wild! I'm sorry the project didn't turn out how you wanted, but the coffee dye for the stays was BRILLIANT. Hopefully I'll see you at Dragon Con this year!
Your sister is awesome trying SO hard to get it but also be honest. And thank you for highlighting the sunk cost issue when it comes to making, because it's so often a thing and so rarely talked about. Mine was a piece of embroidery (that was meant to be part of a much bigger project) that would have been fine if I had not started adding more complication to it. It went wrong in so many ways, but the stand out was the cursed rabbit that was done twice and just got more cursed... Oh - and the "how I would do it" that no one EVER asks for. I think adding in some nicely creepy vines and leaves to give a context that pulled it out of cake territory would be fun, and would add more texture.
Between you and Kamui, I can make anything! I love watching the historical seamstresses but I feel like I learn so much practical sewing from you. Like from start to finish I followed your corset video and go it done in about 5 hours. My mind is blown!!!
Grandmas deserve all the gratitude. ❤ Thank you for sharing your efforts, not everything can be a favorite can it though? So glad you are kind to yourself. You have such lovely, adult nuggets of advice/wisdom to share with other makers. I refuse to apologize for bingeing several of your videos while I should have been asleep. Thanks again! ❤
I never thought I would see Dollightfull in one of your videos, but here she is lol- two incredible girls that i love simply because of designing. I love the fact that you search about the stuff you do, you get to learn and see a bunch of things you never would have thought of- the care you have for the stuff you make is so admirable, and I love every second of it. Keep doing what you love and we all will be here for it ^^
This has inspired me to make a creepy mushroom costume, oh my gosh. Am I leaving for MomoCon in 15 days? Yes. Do I want a creepy horror mushroom costume? Also yes.
"Skirts, pockets, boobs" -- you just named all of my favorites. Sarah, you really are my favorite youtube channel these days! Can't wait to run into you at a Con someday and nerd out over the sewn details in our cosplays. Edit: I did want to mention that I just made a structured bodice for a gown that my bff is wearing in a local fashion show & I used a smooth (and still breathable) heavy drapery fabric as the structural layer -- it works beautifully! Additional Edit: What if you made a little fascinator style ant with giant cordys coming out of it's body? I think the scale may help too :) As it is, I still like it and those stays -- especially the embroidery -- are gorgeous.
humm if you maybe add the white gill stuff under the mushroom to the bottom of the hat it will pull up the white from the dress, and have fun and make ruffles or someting to the hat to brake up the "ground" brown of the hat. may add moss ? it be fun to tackle it again with a fresh pair of eye and not "give" up on "failed" projects.
46:14 Lately, I've been thinking a lot about art projects at school that I've invested so much money and time into, yet I still got really bad grades, it just ruined my mood everytime it crosses my mind, it has made me lie awake at night crying multiple times. This part of the video felt so specific and directed right at me, its something that really has been bothering me lately, thank you for saying that. The things youre talking about isn't 100% the same as my situation because I cant just quit, its a school project, but it made me feel more ok about my art projects not always going as well as I wanted them to.
i started a lot of projects, that i hated at the end. After many abandoned cosplays i discovered, that i moustly enjoyed prop makeing, and right now i'm strating comisions in my country ^^ Anyway, you are amazing. I can't stop rewaching your videos. Hope you have a great day :)
30:22 you have no idea how excited I was to see a reference to Dollightful, I was thinking about her doll the whole time you were talking about the mushroom hat! She’s amazing, pls everyone go give her a watch
also i definitely think this design just needed more time to cook haha. the idea is cool! and other people are saying if you use the iconic frill bits of mushroom it'd read better, and i agree~ maybe you could come back next year with the same design as a redesign challenge? :3
I have taken the sunk cost with composite edits and it is SO heartbreaking, and sometimes you just have to walk away for a hot minute before your brain can tackle it again. So I feel this, but that ant is the cutest bean and I love him. O_O
I also have had moments where I've worked hard on a cosplay and stepped back and gone "Well I made it. It's not great" - most noteably, when I made effie trinket's purple suit from the first movie. That was a cursed project.
A new Sarah vid right when I was about to quit sewing my cosplay?? Miracle?? I really love your videos and I hope your experience as a full-time creator is a positive one. I personally love the hat!! I find it really nice that you chose a different type of mushroom that only the cool kids would get hehe but I understand the feeling.. thank you for sharing the ups and down of your process with us
4:10 I don't know if she made this animation but it is so helpful to understand. Seriously, i don't sew and i don't plan on ever sewing but she is just so intelligent and enterteining i keep rewatching her videos. I've learn so much about sewing from these videos! It's insane how she makes it so easy for people to understand by using visuals and explaining. Great work.
I think this still turned out pretty cool! I was working on a renfair costume design that’s supposed to be “fairy crawls out of a swamp, sees fancy dressed humans, goes “I wanna try that! Looks fun!” and proceeds to put together an outfit of swamp things” And I have been having a lot of trouble planning the hat, as I have zero experience making those from scratch, but this hat’s foam-and-fabric base looks like it would work really well for what I’m trying to do! And would be about my skill level! Just probably with a bunch of little plants, and a stump as the center. And a cattail sticking out instead of a feather. I’m gonna try that out once I’m done with my current sewing project and have some free time again! 😊
That was an awesome video! Thanks for brightening up my day and making it less intimidating to make stuff. And hey, maybe one day you'll go back and repaint the hat mushrooms or something.
I think if you added moss and fake leaves to the hat it would read better as "soil over your head" and you could add some to the dress/stays to pull the look together a little bit more. Great video as always! I stumbled upon your chanel with your sakizo cosplay and I've been watching all of your videos in a row while crocheting a strawberry bag :)
mushroom hats always make me think of Elsa Beskow, who was a children's book illustrator and writer born in the 1800s and passed away in the mid-1900s. She drew and painted a lot of little mushroom-cap-wearing people! I also think the thing with mushrooms as hats is big among fairy/folk tale illustrators, i e Brian Froud.
I think I should mention the swedish author Elsa Beskow. She wrote children's books like "The Children of the forest" (1910) and other books with mushroom/flower people in the forest. At least as an scandinavien who grew up reading her books, I automaticly think "Ooh, Elsa Beskow!" when ever I see mushroom faires. I love how you deep dive into things like this, and love your videos! 🤩
Great video! I think the most important part of the sunk cost fallacy is acknowledging that it is a fallacy. You don’t really lose anything because you did gain progress compared to where you started. In addition, you’re actually saving yourself from further “sunk cost” (more materials used, more time spent) when you step away from a project instead of forcing yourself to finish.
Thank you for being real and showing us that sometimes things just don't work out as intended. My own sunk cost project is the Voidmother from Elder Scrolls online using that goofy light up fabric. I got the fabric to work as a mask, but the rest of the outfit just looks... not great. Regardless, I love love this idea and want to give it a try, but like, with more horror.
I'm always really impressed with your explanation animations so it's nice to see them :) But the must be so much woooooork lol I'm glad you seem to only use them when you can't explain any other way. Also: Thank you, Grandma!!!
I instantly thought of dollightfull and tried to remember when she made that video. Glad you discovered her now! Shes such an amazing artist and doll customizing is just mini cosplaying haha
Thanks for sharing this! It's fun to see your process and hear your thoughts even when (part of) the end product isn't what you wanted. I love that you brought up the sunk cost fallacy and how the reality of making means that not everything works the first time, and that's ok. I think it leads to some fun discussion in the comments as well, I love seeing the different approaches folks suggest, whether it's emphasizing things from the context of the game, or mushrooms/cordyceps/bio elements, general design, or some other angle.
i crochet a whole vest that i was super super excited for and it ended up super unflattering and fit weird. So I frogged it and a year later am now using that same yarn to try again while watching your videos :) hopefully this one will turn out better, time will tell.
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I have an example of my sunk cost thing
I love to crochet and I wanted to try knitting by makinh a sweater so I spent alot of money for yarn and drove to so many Walmarts but when I was halfway through it I was sad tired and I had no motivation so I stopped and then I made a rug out of the yarn and I got a headband out of it so I feel better about my skills in crochet
i'm a simple woman. Sarah posts I click. then proceed to watch 5 of her other videos after.
So true
Yeah i wrap up and get cozy and stare at the plush 😭💕
Lmao even tho ive already watched them
Agree
so ducking real
There’s nothing more whimsical than dressing up as a fatal disease
I wonder how people would react to a coronavirus cosplay or a pest one. I mean, do you know those cute little plushies that are bacteria and organs? What if you would make a cosplay based on these?
I made an Ebola Virus prop out of pool noodles for Halloween once. No one appreciated my creativity more than me!
@@chikuwa291 people don't like that type of thing
I saw few artists draw " Corona-San " waifu but it never became a trend people just weren't into it nobody wants to fantasize and make a virus that almost killed all of us into romantic and se×ual designs
yeh nah it just a big yikes, I'm not a fan either but I personally would care what others do have fun in your life I'd say if u wanna cosplay a virus go ahead just don't expect too much praise people will definitely be judgmental and just look at you in disgust xD
@@chikuwa291 I think more time needs to past first. I think plague or rabies would be fun (especially since rabies looks like a robot). I’m a veterinarian so morbid humor makes me laugh and comparing pathology to good stuff is common (caseous necrosis for example looks like cheese).
@@HesterPrynne293alas, you were before your time.
As a seamstress and mushroom cultivator, this is the hobby crossover content I neeeeed. Also, as an FYI to everyone, mushrooms don’t have roots like plants do. They have a fluffy white substance called mycelium, so the dress is even more appropriate!
omg i love that
Exactly! And the mycelium is pretty much the body, the mushrooms are the… reproductive bits.. that’s their only job really.
Im always happy to see the mushroom hats absolutely love them
I think maybe the ruffley mushroom you see coming out of Clicker faces would sell it more. The whole outfit is adorable anyway!
yes! Clicker mushroom as a bonnet-style hat rather than the typical cone style!
@@MarauderAkeela I think it would even work in a cone style
I agree when I think of the last of us that's what I think about not the little squiggly vein like structures
But I don't think the costume came out bad I think it worked ok with the dress. Until she add those things around the edges. But I do think the face mushroom would be way better. And wicked makers here on TH-cam made an awesome version of them.
yeah, if sarah were to ever have the time and resources to remake the hat i think a clicker inspired one would work way better and be more recognizable!
Ooooh 😮 that’s a good idea
30:14 Omg Dollightful and Sarah Spaceman in the same video 🤩 If I may put a recommandation, Dollightful used to be a character designer and creates AMAZING designs for her dolls. If you're into pokemon, their eveelution designs look very fun to cosplay :) Or any of her character design, honestly x). She also likes pink and Japanese fashion (Decora kei to be precise), so I think you might like her work in general!
YESSS SHE HAS REALLY AWESOME DOLLS TO COSPLAY AS!
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I FUCKIINING LOVE DOLLIGHTFUL sorry for shouting.
I love dollightfull’s work! Rachel Maksey’s mushroom hat video is a good jumping point for mushroom hat lore and appreciation as well! ☺️
To add to the hat, I would have glued on less cap mushrooms and done them in small clusters and not all the way around, and then added grass and moss to the top and then roots dangling out of the bottom, there seemed to be too much "dirt" showing, but still a valiant effort!
My cost sunk cosplay was my Steven Universe OC, I ended up still getting it done but needed to purchase a custom petal skirt for it. Now I've gone and started to turn it into a new outfit, repurposing some pieces and tossing other pieces all to make it into an Autumn fairy ;w;
Yes!!! I was also thinking more around the edge like in the concept art, and some moss. It would look GREAT with moss. I also feel like the dress is really cute, but is too bright and nice looking to match with the dirt/scary look of the hat.
I really like when creators show us there fails/ sunk cost. It really makes me feel like I’m not the only cosplayer who sometimes hates how my cosplays come out. Thx :)
The mushroom hat seems like it could have been something out of a kids craft/costume book from the 70s/80s even. I think mushroom hats have been around for a looong time but I appreciate your quest for the origin!
May Gibbs drew mushroom hats on babies in the 1910s, and I don't think she would have been the first to do so.
I agree. I’m sure one of the children at a fancy dress party I attended when I was 11 was a mushroom, that was 1969.
@@ejones299there’s also an Edward Okun painting c1900 of a mother and children, all with mushroom hats.
Probably after Fantasia (1940) as well, or mushroom worshippers 1000s of years ago, they do have cave paintings and stone carvings of mushrooms with faces or humanoids with mushroom 'hats.'
For a deep dive on mushroom hats, the first instance I can find in still surviving art that is widely available, it's "Children of the forest" from 1910. Look at the moms mushroom bonnet and tell me its not the cutest shit ever
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Book is by Elsa Beskow.
After looking this up I need to make myself a mushroom bonnet so badly
Elsa Beskow has several different mushroom people ^^
Hi hello! Aspenwitch here!
I don’t think it sounded like you were coming after anyone at all! People have parallel ideas all the time and new ideas all the time and can you imagine how many never even make it to social media to begin with! It’s actually really exciting! It’s so cool that you reached out and shared my costume videos in this video! After we spoke briefly I was even reflecting like huh where -did- I get the idea for this? And I remembered my friend @hellofaerie did a red spotted corset and wing set just before I made my hat, we had the aesthetic on the brain and hopped from project to project from there!
I remember in 2018 mostly using the term “toadstool” too and I don’t think that got trendy at all haha!
It’s always so fun to dress up as a deadly mushroom that could kill you :)
Kinda cute that your sister knew what kinda mushroom you were referencing and still was like "nope, don't see it" 😆
she tried her best with the “i kind of see it???”😭
Just FYI the Stays pattern she is using now has seam allowance on it and boning channels indicated. Also it is free!
Oh thats awesome!
Hi ! I'm a french subscriber. And it can be a very strange compliment but you have a very sweet, fluid and understandable way to talk which REALLLY help me in general to understand others youtubers. You have a clever way to explain the process of the cosplay in a interesting way and good explanation. Thank you and hace a nice day !
I keep forgetting that you're doing this full time now, and I'm always surprised about how fast you get videos out. Even a few months ago I always found myself saying "another video already??"
You're an absolute machine!!! Cosplay inspo 💪💪
Ps. Thank you for the hand-me-downs, grandma
I loved the history section! Mushroom-hat people are also in fantasia and multiple plays & ballets, even if people thought of it originally it's certainly possible they didn't realize they've been influenced by these! Sometimes inspiration sources cant exactly be remembered 😅
Thank you grandma for the antique hand me'd downs that last for centuries and are always reliable.
This is such a cool project, even if you didn't end up loving it! Ironically, if I remember correctly, Dollightful's inspiration for that mushroom hat doll was because she ended up sinking a lot of time and effort into a different doll that didn't turn out the way she wanted it to, so she tried a similar (but tweaked) idea and ended up with that finished product!! Regardless of if you try again on the hat, I think it's great that you turned this into a lesson for yourself. Super inspirational!!!
Everytime I was your videos I feel like I'm getting a nice history lesson about cosplay, fashion, and cons!! I truly love them
If I may put a recommandation, Dollightful used to be a character designer and creates AMAZING designs for her dolls. If you're into pokemon, their eveelution designs look very fun to cosplay :) Or any of her character design, honestly x). She also likes pink and Japanese fashion (Decora kei to be precise), so I think you might like her work in general!
I don’t know about everyone else but not only do I learn how to sew, but I can also enjoy your videos as my evening show ( I swear whenever you upload I get my snacks and watch on the tv 😭)
I was crocheting with my dog in my lap while I watched this video and I thought it might bring you some joy to know that every time you said "bone" or "boning" my dog's ears perked up and the tip of her tail wagged just a little bit ❤
I'm making a mushroom hat with a diameter of 88 centimetres right now for my first cosplay ever. I'm only at the base and the con is in 40 days but I hope I'll make it! I was so exited to watch this video, you definitely slayed this cosplay!
You can do it!! I'm sure it will turn out amazing 😄
You con do it 😜 some unsolicited advice: get the big stuff done first and rough. You can always go back and add details later. Nothing makes you look more incomplete than a beautifully crafted top and and then some half finished bottom. It doesn’t matter how beautiful the sword is, if the outfit was made the night before it makes it look like you bought it.
Hearing someone who I look up to say that's its ok to not like something you made makes me feel a lot better about some of my sunk projects. Thanks for sharing this with us
Honestly so many plants inspire fairy core outfit ideas. I really want to make myself a Acorn hat this Autumn.🍂
I grew up reading Elsa Beskow's story books,
and there's a loooot of mushroom hats there :D It's probably been around for longer than people think, but it's fun to see it being reinvented in many ways
One I love it, two can we all appreciate how incredibly adorable your sister is and how badass her outfit for the renfaire was?!
Thank you! Ill tell her that, she's actually wearing the first corset I ever made, its always fun to have that one see the light of day haha
The only youtuber that I'd willingly watch a 50 minute long video from and never skip once.
I’m so happy you mentioned one of my favorite dog customizers. Dollightful does the most adorable dolls.
To be fair, the stays came out so nice, you make stays and corsets look so effortless and the binding looks so neat
I love how the Coffee Dye worked out. ♥
also the corset .. sorry stays lol... looks awesome in general!
Thank you so much for sharing this! Making is not *only* about success, it's about learning experiences and about learning to let go of perfection.
Embracing the possibility of "failure" makes me feel like I'm allowed to take big swings. I'm allowed to go into a project that isn't "safe" and "simple". I'm allowed to challenge myself and I'm allowed to grow form my "failures" ❤
Ps: your sister seems so nice! And you look like you had a lot of fun at the Ren faire! 🎉
I really like this costume and I think the hat is super cute !! I think it just has a lot of dirt (?) You could try to fill it up with more mold or "veins". I have also seen a lot of people use foam spray (The stuff people use to fill up walls) to make the mushroom shape for the clickers. So if you feel like adding more to the hat, you could try that ??
I was thinking spray foam as well.
My 12 year old daughter loves watching your videos, sewing and crafting, and she wanted for me to tell you that you are the reason she wanted to pursue sewing. Here's a little message from her.
"Dear Sarah Spaceman, I absolutely love watching your videos! And wish nothing but the best for you and your channel. I just wanted to say, thank you for doing what you do! Thank you for helping me on my cosplay journey! You're the reason I wanted to be a cosplayer! I'm also working on my first cosplay as your reading this! (it's a gender bent Magolor from Kirby if you were wondering) And I want you to know that no mater what you think of your cosplays I'll always love them! Love from me to you, have a nice day!
(p.s. You could add moss and vines to the hat. just a tip😁)"
I love Dollightful ! She does custom dolls and there all so prettyyyyyyyy ! I think some of her designs are in my dream cosplay pile (her eeveelution, notably)
I think it turned out really cool!
Maybe adding some more fibrous bits of dyed rope spreading over the surface and dangling off the edge might tie it together a wee bit more? Make it look a bit more like a single organism taking over those dirt mound, coming out of the ant
Not only are you great at sewing, you’re also very entertaining. Your videos are very fun to watch ❤️
And thank you, grandma!!
Absolutely living for the dress and stays!! The coffee dye method was a wonderful idea, and I might use it myself....I'm making a dress inspired by the Charmed Book of Shadows and I think it'll be a good method to get that "old page" look!! And thanks for the graphic on Flat Felled seams-it's a suuuuuper common method for adding boning channels in corsets and I've never been able to wrap my smol brain around it 😅😅
Love the mix of design, sewing/construction, and research in these videos
It's inspiring to see somebody who Never Seems To Miss, actually miss. How very human. I love the concept and the vision, your initial doodle is wonderful!!
Thank you for posting this even if you consider it failure! I think it turned out really cute. Although, it's nice to see not everything goes the way you originally planned. I recently did a cosplay for a con this past weekend and ended up having to give up on making the shirt for it due to time constraints and it just not working. I bought a plain t-shirt to wear instead and people still knew who I was cosplaying as so I felt way better about my failure. I still plan on finishing the shirt at some point but I was glad I stopped when I did and went with a backup plan. So I totally understand that sunk cost. I REALLY wanted that shirt to work but if I stayed up all night to finish it while still not liking the way it looked, I would have been so exhausted and frustrated that I don't think I would have had as much fun. I can't wait to see if you do a TotK cosplay!
Working on some self-drafted horns for a festival in between a crochet jellyfish hat for a carnival at said festival, discovered the channel while working on these and it's been keeping me going creatively to see Sarah making stuff and being so proud of it, super heartwarming.
Ello! Just here to say that I had a dream last night where I was at Anime NYC and it had a super big Five Below store inside of the con and i met Sarah in there buying bobbi pins for her strawberry miku cosplay that she was wearing. I’m going to Anime NYC in November and I’m currently working on sewing my cosplay for it. Sarah inspired me to make the cosplay and start a new and exciting project like this. I always have her videos on in the background while I sew :) I hope you know how much you inspire me, you’ve really made me want to start doing way more things with my skills and cosplays so thank you for introducing a more exciting view to my life . Love you, queen Sarah Spaceman
When your sister came on, I was like did she dye her hair again lol good family genes. Also, thank you grandma and all those who came before her and passed their machines down!
Aww sorry your hat wasn’t what you wanted. I think the cordyceps (sp?) were well made. Always love your videos and so happy I found your channel! Really appreciate your humor and your willingness to encourage your audience and explain so much about your process to us, and with graphics to boot! I’m not planning on getting into cosplay (in the near future), but your videos are still very inspiring for me!
Although I don't make cosplay, the feeling of not feeling satisfied with a project is something that hits me the most because I'm still a beginner and my perfectionism makes me very frustrated. I'm glad this video included your frustration and your feelings because it helps me to remember that I sew for fun, to have fun in the outfits I make. Thank you!
seeing Sarah hit 110K makes me so happy because if anyone deserves it, she does
The binding explanation is the absolute ✨best ✨ I have ever seen!
Bless you for being aware of the thrift sizing problem and trying to buy in your size 🙏
The content gods have blessed us with new Sarah. Huzzaaaahhhh
31:50 as someone who makes fursuits. LIVING for the fact that other people call upholstery foam "furry foam" XD
Hi ! I’m working on a Cyno cosplay from genshin impact rn and I’m watching all of your videos to cheer me up… sometimes I want to stop because I’m not sure of what I am doing, sometimes I’m proud… anyway thanks for creating content and I hope I’ll see you in a Convention in France one day ❤️
your abilities are very impressive to me and you've greatly inspired me to make my own cosplays
YESSSSSS ITS ALWAYS A GREAT DAY WHEN SARAH POSTS A NEW VIDEO LETSGO
Very excited to see you become the mushroom of my dreams ♡♡♡
You inspired me to try a renfair bodice and I also ended up using my mock up as the fashion layer. Its a mess, but it was a great learning experience. So thank you :)
I remember seeing mushroom hats on deviantart back in the 00s. My obsession with mushrooms hasnt changed much.
I realy apreciate the animation for the french seam, you made it look so easy. I do not saw and I am not a cosplayer but I realy enjoy your videos just for the chill and cosy vibes and the beautiful garments. ✨️
That algorithm based stay pattern is so cool- it reminds me of the dressform I made using bootstrap fashion. It makes a pattern to match your exact measurements:D
thank you! (creator of that site here)
I've really wanted to see a mushroom hat from you. I'm so glad you did this. I have two cosplays coming up that involve mushrooms but every tutorial is a cardboard base and I didnt want that. My current plan is pellon 70 and wire based off of your giant witch hat
Your videos never fail to inspire me- I am a creative by nature and sewing is one of my favorite hobbies, but it’s always so daunting for me. I know that the only way to improve is by making mistakes, but hearing you talk about it in this video really made a difference for me. I always get so inspired by your videos, but this time around I’m really eager to give my best shot at making something. Thank you so much for sharing this project and getting into the topics you did. It really put a lot of things into perspective for me!
I love that you shared this process, it's something that isn't often shown on social media! Not every project is a winner and that's okay, you get the experience and learn to do things differently or learn new skills from those "failed" projects. I remember when I started sewing/crafting my own cosplays seriously I made a Marth (Fire Emblem) cosplay and I sunk so much time and effort into it as a wee beginner crafter, only to realize I hated the way I looked in the cosplay at the end. I wore it to one convention and then never again, but I learned so many valuable skills from that one ambitious build.
I loved the cameo from your sister! Her ren faire fit was so pretty! Nothing can beat an all black witchy fit.
Best way to end my day after a long work shift! I always learn something from your videos (the bias tape with the stays blew my mind).
While it might not be living up to your expectations, I think when someone knows what it's supposed to be it feels very "oh, I can see that now!". Either way, I love the video and I love that you talked about the sunk cost fallacy, I think it's so important to know about it, for many reasons.
Oh my gosh that's my ren faire! I cant believe I could have met you, that's so wild! I'm sorry the project didn't turn out how you wanted, but the coffee dye for the stays was BRILLIANT. Hopefully I'll see you at Dragon Con this year!
That triumphant thrusting of kettlecorn in the air. The hat was a bust but the corn was there to console you, kettle corn never disappoints!
Your sister is awesome trying SO hard to get it but also be honest. And thank you for highlighting the sunk cost issue when it comes to making, because it's so often a thing and so rarely talked about.
Mine was a piece of embroidery (that was meant to be part of a much bigger project) that would have been fine if I had not started adding more complication to it. It went wrong in so many ways, but the stand out was the cursed rabbit that was done twice and just got more cursed...
Oh - and the "how I would do it" that no one EVER asks for. I think adding in some nicely creepy vines and leaves to give a context that pulled it out of cake territory would be fun, and would add more texture.
Between you and Kamui, I can make anything! I love watching the historical seamstresses but I feel like I learn so much practical sewing from you. Like from start to finish I followed your corset video and go it done in about 5 hours. My mind is blown!!!
Grandmas deserve all the gratitude. ❤
Thank you for sharing your efforts, not everything can be a favorite can it though? So glad you are kind to yourself. You have such lovely, adult nuggets of advice/wisdom to share with other makers. I refuse to apologize for bingeing several of your videos while I should have been asleep. Thanks again! ❤
I never thought I would see Dollightfull in one of your videos, but here she is lol- two incredible girls that i love simply because of designing.
I love the fact that you search about the stuff you do, you get to learn and see a bunch of things you never would have thought of- the care you have for the stuff you make is so admirable, and I love every second of it.
Keep doing what you love and we all will be here for it ^^
Always posting right at as I get out of school, very convenient. I love your videos
This has inspired me to make a creepy mushroom costume, oh my gosh. Am I leaving for MomoCon in 15 days? Yes. Do I want a creepy horror mushroom costume? Also yes.
"Skirts, pockets, boobs" -- you just named all of my favorites. Sarah, you really are my favorite youtube channel these days! Can't wait to run into you at a Con someday and nerd out over the sewn details in our cosplays. Edit: I did want to mention that I just made a structured bodice for a gown that my bff is wearing in a local fashion show & I used a smooth (and still breathable) heavy drapery fabric as the structural layer -- it works beautifully!
Additional Edit: What if you made a little fascinator style ant with giant cordys coming out of it's body? I think the scale may help too :)
As it is, I still like it and those stays -- especially the embroidery -- are gorgeous.
humm if you maybe add the white gill stuff under the mushroom to the bottom of the hat it will pull up the white from the dress, and have fun and make ruffles or someting to the hat to brake up the "ground" brown of the hat. may add moss ? it be fun to tackle it again with a fresh pair of eye and not "give" up on "failed" projects.
Omg.. it actually looks amazing! I can't believe how talented you are. Your channel is such a creative inspiration
46:14 Lately, I've been thinking a lot about art projects at school that I've invested so much money and time into, yet I still got really bad grades, it just ruined my mood everytime it crosses my mind, it has made me lie awake at night crying multiple times. This part of the video felt so specific and directed right at me, its something that really has been bothering me lately, thank you for saying that. The things youre talking about isn't 100% the same as my situation because I cant just quit, its a school project, but it made me feel more ok about my art projects not always going as well as I wanted them to.
i started a lot of projects, that i hated at the end. After many abandoned cosplays i discovered, that i moustly enjoyed prop makeing, and right now i'm strating comisions in my country ^^
Anyway, you are amazing. I can't stop rewaching your videos. Hope you have a great day :)
30:22 you have no idea how excited I was to see a reference to Dollightful, I was thinking about her doll the whole time you were talking about the mushroom hat! She’s amazing, pls everyone go give her a watch
also i definitely think this design just needed more time to cook haha. the idea is cool! and other people are saying if you use the iconic frill bits of mushroom it'd read better, and i agree~ maybe you could come back next year with the same design as a redesign challenge? :3
I have taken the sunk cost with composite edits and it is SO heartbreaking, and sometimes you just have to walk away for a hot minute before your brain can tackle it again. So I feel this, but that ant is the cutest bean and I love him. O_O
I also have had moments where I've worked hard on a cosplay and stepped back and gone "Well I made it. It's not great" - most noteably, when I made effie trinket's purple suit from the first movie. That was a cursed project.
A new Sarah vid right when I was about to quit sewing my cosplay?? Miracle?? I really love your videos and I hope your experience as a full-time creator is a positive one.
I personally love the hat!! I find it really nice that you chose a different type of mushroom that only the cool kids would get hehe but I understand the feeling.. thank you for sharing the ups and down of your process with us
4:10 I don't know if she made this animation but it is so helpful to understand. Seriously, i don't sew and i don't plan on ever sewing but she is just so intelligent and enterteining i keep rewatching her videos. I've learn so much about sewing from these videos! It's insane how she makes it so easy for people to understand by using visuals and explaining. Great work.
Oh my God I'm excited for TotK cosplay! This is an adorable outfit, and this was a weirdly well timed reminder. Enjoy the game!
I think this still turned out pretty cool!
I was working on a renfair costume design that’s supposed to be “fairy crawls out of a swamp, sees fancy dressed humans, goes “I wanna try that! Looks fun!” and proceeds to put together an outfit of swamp things”
And I have been having a lot of trouble planning the hat, as I have zero experience making those from scratch, but this hat’s foam-and-fabric base looks like it would work really well for what I’m trying to do! And would be about my skill level!
Just probably with a bunch of little plants, and a stump as the center. And a cattail sticking out instead of a feather.
I’m gonna try that out once I’m done with my current sewing project and have some free time again! 😊
That was an awesome video! Thanks for brightening up my day and making it less intimidating to make stuff. And hey, maybe one day you'll go back and repaint the hat mushrooms or something.
I think if you added moss and fake leaves to the hat it would read better as "soil over your head" and you could add some to the dress/stays to pull the look together a little bit more. Great video as always! I stumbled upon your chanel with your sakizo cosplay and I've been watching all of your videos in a row while crocheting a strawberry bag :)
mushroom hats always make me think of Elsa Beskow, who was a children's book illustrator and writer born in the 1800s and passed away in the mid-1900s. She drew and painted a lot of little mushroom-cap-wearing people! I also think the thing with mushrooms as hats is big among fairy/folk tale illustrators, i e Brian Froud.
I think I should mention the swedish author Elsa Beskow. She wrote children's books like "The Children of the forest" (1910) and other books with mushroom/flower people in the forest. At least as an scandinavien who grew up reading her books, I automaticly think "Ooh, Elsa Beskow!" when ever I see mushroom faires. I love how you deep dive into things like this, and love your videos! 🤩
Great video! I think the most important part of the sunk cost fallacy is acknowledging that it is a fallacy.
You don’t really lose anything because you did gain progress compared to where you started. In addition, you’re actually saving yourself from further “sunk cost” (more materials used, more time spent) when you step away from a project instead of forcing yourself to finish.
Omg I was hopping you mention dollightful and you did! She’s such a great costume and character designer.
thank you grandma!!
every time i watch one of your videos, i discover something new about sewing machines. i love it sm
Thank you for being real and showing us that sometimes things just don't work out as intended. My own sunk cost project is the Voidmother from Elder Scrolls online using that goofy light up fabric. I got the fabric to work as a mask, but the rest of the outfit just looks... not great.
Regardless, I love love this idea and want to give it a try, but like, with more horror.
I'm always really impressed with your explanation animations so it's nice to see them :)
But the must be so much woooooork lol I'm glad you seem to only use them when you can't explain any other way.
Also: Thank you, Grandma!!!
My favorite part of your video's is the research and citations/you give. It feels like you're a internet historian and it really cool 25:55
I instantly thought of dollightfull and tried to remember when she made that video. Glad you discovered her now! Shes such an amazing artist and doll customizing is just mini cosplaying haha
Thanks for sharing this! It's fun to see your process and hear your thoughts even when (part of) the end product isn't what you wanted. I love that you brought up the sunk cost fallacy and how the reality of making means that not everything works the first time, and that's ok. I think it leads to some fun discussion in the comments as well, I love seeing the different approaches folks suggest, whether it's emphasizing things from the context of the game, or mushrooms/cordyceps/bio elements, general design, or some other angle.
So I made a mushroom hat out of foam for a warehouse party, and the foam MELTED 🫠
Oh no!
i crochet a whole vest that i was super super excited for and it ended up super unflattering and fit weird. So I frogged it and a year later am now using that same yarn to try again while watching your videos :) hopefully this one will turn out better, time will tell.