Birthed from womb of Dragon's maw
And borne unto the stars
By light and darkness cast aloft
Are dreamtide oaths resworn
Moon is swathed in ever-light
Ne'er again to know eclipse
Earth, with hallow'd bounty reconciled

Rosa is of course one of my favorite Final Fantasy characters of all time, and when I found out that 4 was going to be re-released on the DS, I jumped all over it!

This is a beautiful design that - different from my previous incarnation - I worked hard on to complete as accurately as possible. There are a lot of different aspects to this costume, but I feel like I had a lot of success making it not only accurate, but practical, as well.

As a whole, the costume was an exercise in... exercise, really. It contains almost every aspect of costuming that I've encountered, including the garment creation, paint and appliqué, armoring, metal and jewelry work, and wig design.

This costume made it's debut this costume at Dragon*Con 2009 with Dahlia as Rydia, and we participated in the Masquerade at that event.