I managed to remake the shirt to my previous Lina Inverse costume, and since my dad threw out my old armor (it was metal, omg, bad idea anyway...), I tried making new armor out of cardboard covered in fabric. It... didn't go that great. I can't tell if this was a step back in appearance, but it was definitely a step up in terms of my sewing skill. Some was by hand, and some was by machine, but I learned to make my own trim/bias tape, and attach clasps to close a shirt!