Update! News! Excitement! Contest!

Greetings readers! I have some great news. First, I apologize for the lack of updates recently. I managed to get sick for most of the winter break and then school started again. Plus I am trying for an internship... scary!!! The good news is The Stitch and Seam is starting up again with updates for February! Yay! The cosplayer for February is actually going to be FIVE cosplayers. Exciting right?

Also, I am going to do the Valentine's Cosplay Contest Feature! It was a pretty big hit last year and I loved all the entries so I am doing it again. It is a hane for the readers to show off their love of cosplay. Here is how it will work. You send in a picture of yourself and your best friend, significant other, or just you and a pal dressing as your favorite couple and tell me about it. The details for the entries are all below.

In other good news, I will be more actively updating VFire's Corner this year with fun cosplay tips and adventures. In fact, I am going to try and catalog my adventures making Palutena and Sgt. Calhoun this year. I also plan on getting a full Sheik build up since I get questions almost all the time about how I made her.

Valentine's Cosplayer Feature Entry

You will need to e-mail/message me the following at VFire.props @ gmail.com or Facebook.com/VFireCosplay

Entries are due by Feb 10th.

All entries will be featured on Valentine's Day!! Everyone is a winner for this one. Share the love! (Entries are subject to review, so play nice. Love you guys.) Please submit the following. There is no age limit.

Entry Form

Picture of you and another with photographer credit if possible.

Names of cosplayers:

Names of Characters:

Series name:

Write a short paragraph about why you cosplay together/ how you met/ why you like cosplay/ why you are best buds or significant others/ why do you like these characters. Have fun with it!

Optional: Add a short paragraph about how you made your cosplay, or your favorite part of the cosplay.

As always, thanks for reading! - VFire

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