SO I already posted about yesterday a bit, but here’s some more.
I was up really early yesterday thanks to a migraine, so I got up and ran out and bought a garment rack. It’s been driving me crazy and holding up my packing progress to not be able to bring my costumes I need to hang up into the living room where I’m packing. Here’s what I got:
I spent a little more to get one that wasn’t cheap plastic so hopefully I can use it in my office in the future.
And in use..
Chase has been sculpting new Batgirl gauntlets for me. I love how these are looking.
I got a lot more packed yesterday, and fixed a couple of issues I had on Emma – namely, the fact that the way I had to hook the cape onto the corset last year completely failed and I ended up safety pinning it. I replaced it with something that shouldn’t be an issue this year. I also added an extension to the top of the briefs, because I didn’t like that there was a gap between them and the corset.
While I had Emma out, I discovered a large stain at the hem of the (white) cape. About the size of a basketball. Looks like soda, maybe, or – considering last time it was out was Dragoncon, it was probably beer. Well my mom has been singing the virtues of this “Grandma’s Stain Remover” they sell at Hancocks, and I finally picked some up last week, so I thought this would be a good test for it. 5 minutes later the stain was completely gone and my cape is back to pristine white, so I’m pretty impressed.
Anyhow.
On my to-do list, I had “re-inforce Marie Antoinette TARDIS windows” because I’ve never liked how floppy they are. I pulled them out yesterday and just decided to completely remake them.
The new in-progress in the front, and the old in the back. I found some left-over Sleeping Beauty fabric and used that for the white areas, and leftover taffeta for blue sections. So now it all matches, they’re not floppy (used my stiffest interfacing!) and not overly shiny anymore.
I also straightened up the wig a bit, it was beginning to look a little lop-sided at GMX last year. I wish I could remake the hat, but I don’t think I’m going to have time and funds for that.
On and on… I found what was left of my yellow taffeta from Belle and made four new swags, which are all on the side and back. I didn’t take a picture, but I’m quite happy with it.
So I was a busy little bee yesterday. I blame my hair.
After my haircut yesterday, Frankie put my hair up in this really cute bun. It was really comfortable and sturdy (I took a nap in it!), and kept my hair out of my way of working all day. This pic was taken at 10pm before I finally took it down. I’m going to try it myself today, he didn’t make it look terribly difficult but obviously he’s much better at dealing with hair than I am.
And then the “after”:
