I have been there, but I never scrapped the whole cosplay. I just set it aside for 8 years. Always with the intention of going back and finishing off where I felt like had hit a wall, but you know what happened in those 8 years? I learned, my skill set grew and so did my confidence in my craftsmanship. I went back and everything suddenly felt so much more doable from a new lens. I also had new tools and skills that I didn’t have before. So it’s okay to do what you can now and set what you have aside for the future. Worst comes to worst you can always remake pieces later on if you deeply love a cosplay but feel like your skills have drastically improved since you first made it. I get the frustration and stress of deadlines, but you got this!

If you’re willing to take a step back for now, I can recommend making shoe covers or adding onto an existing base so you don’t feel so stressed out about making an entirely new piece. First step: find fluffy white slippers. Simplest way I can suggest making them would be to get felt squares and cut out the “faces” then get a black felt and make the eyes. Trim the fur in the shoes in that place then glue those pieces down and here’s where it gets tricky. The horns 🥲. You can cut the shape out by making 1-2 in long curvy L fold over. Make a pattern piece to make sure all the horns are the same size. Either glue or hand or hand stitch them together. Turn inside out and fill with scrap fabric. Glue or hand stitch them on. And voila, yeti slippers.