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15 August 2018

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Kes

I guess I need to post here that we lost Kes on Monday.
We are all devastated.

the beadings will continue until dragoncon

a trip and a lot of beading

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Marrissa August 16, 2018 - 6:44

I’m sorry to hear this. 🙁

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My Hera (Lore Olympus) costume I made for dragonco

My Hera (Lore Olympus) costume I made for dragoncon 2019. I really love how this turned out.

Making my 18th century inspired version of Belle’s library dress from beauty and the beast! I made this in 2019 and just because of that timing I’ve ended up not wearing it much 😭

One more Padme at dragoncon pic and then back to o

One more Padme at dragoncon pic and then back to our regularly scheduled random posting.

My Nadja costume at dragoncon 2024. I wasn’t ori

My Nadja costume at dragoncon 2024. I wasn’t originally planning to bring her back this year but had to get a shoot with the WWDITS guys, and Chase put together a new casual Laszlo look. One of these days I’ll make him a proper Laszlo costume.

Another Ozma of Oz pic from dragoncon 2024. Origin

Another Ozma of Oz pic from dragoncon 2024. Originally made for and debuted at dragoncon 2004, it was so much fun to get to wear this again!

I kinda thought I’d end up not wearing Seven of

I kinda thought I’d end up not wearing Seven of Nine at dragoncon, out of all the costumes I brought - but I ended up wearing her for a longtime Sunday evening. The new facial appliances worked so much better than the ones from last year!

Ok now that it’s post-dragoncon, I’m thinking

Ok now that it’s post-dragoncon, I’m thinking making about future projects, what Leia costume should I do next? I’m still missing a couple of sequel era outfits, I have the stuff to remake Endor, and there’s some comic & book stuff I’d like to do too. What do yall think?

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“Individuals with a September 20 birthday inherit the qualities associated with the Maiden. Symbolized by the Earth element, Virgos are characterized by their practicality, attention to detail, and a keen sense of organization.”

Really still kinda kicking myself for not taking m

Really still kinda kicking myself for not taking more pics at dragoncon. Here’s one more T’Lyn.

Making my Mara Jade green tunic costume for dragon

Making my Mara Jade green tunic costume for dragoncon 2024!

More in depth construction info (and complaining) is up at my blog.

Making my Lavender Haze Taylor Swift costume for d

Making my Lavender Haze Taylor Swift costume for dragoncon 2024!

Making my Tatooine Padme costume for dragoncon 202

Making my Tatooine Padme costume for dragoncon 2024

Most of my mirror selfies from dragoncon. I left o

Most of my mirror selfies from dragoncon. I left off my Star Trek dress and forgot to take one of Seven of Nine 😭

Until I get some more pics of us in our Shin Hati

Until I get some more pics of us in our Shin Hati and Baylan Skoll costumes from dragoncon, here’s a closer look at some of the pieces on our dressforms.

I really wanted to do some more in-depth construction content on these, but alas the month leading up to dragoncon was chaos. I’m amazed we got these finished in time 😹 got a few more things to do - I want to do some more weathering, some snaps on Baylan gaiters, little things like that - but overall really happy with them.

Some shoutouts I have to give on these costumes:

I was really happy with how well the @bernetteusa b37 handled all of these layers of leather and faux suede. Baylan’s vest especially ended up with some very thick areas of multiple layers of leather. The main reason I chose the b37 was that I wanted something that could tackle the crazy things I sometimes I have to put through a sewing machine, but still accessible and easy to learn for a new or novice costumer. Over the last few months of dragoncon construction it’s really hit the bullseye on that goal, and I’ve been very very happy with it. Visit the first link in my bio to check out Pintuck & Purl if you’d like to look into a Bernette for yourself.

For this project I leaned heavily into the patterns created by @sionnach.studios - it was so nice to have a starting point for these and not having to pattern from the ground up. @chasingphotography handled all of the armor and 3d printed parts, along with out lightsabers, and did a fantastic job. If you’d like to read more about the construction of these, I have the construction breakdown page up at my blog. And will hopefully have more pics of these to post soon - I plan on finishing our cases for MCX next month and wearing them there!

Another Padme pic, shot by @chasingphotography at

Another Padme pic, shot by @chasingphotography at dragoncon!

I made this “close enough” Stevie Nicks costum

I made this “close enough” Stevie Nicks costume last year when we went to one of of her concerts Halloween weekend, so I thought it’d be fun to bring along to dragoncon for an easy late night costume.

My Taylor Swift Lavender Haze costume at dragoncon

My Taylor Swift Lavender Haze costume at dragoncon - I didn’t get a lot of photos of this, despite the fact I wore it quite a bit. And of course my fav photo makes the slight fold line in the dress look like I don’t know how to use an iron 😹 I swear it’s not that noticeable in other photos! Either way it’s getting WAY ironed before we do the white backdrop shoot.

My rhinestoned boots held up well!! I did a spot check as I was putting them away yesterday and it doesn’t look like I lost any stones. (Even after getting my foot run over by a guy dragging a huge rolling backpack through the Marriott AL crowd!)

There were always 3 Mara Jade costumes I wanted to

There were always 3 Mara Jade costumes I wanted to do, and at long last I’ve completed my personal trifecta! Here’s my black suit Mara at dragoncon 2005, my dancer disguise at dragoncon 2010 and my green dress/tunic at dragoncon 2024. Only took 19 years to get them all done 😹

I was pretty happy with how T’Lyn turned out! I

I was pretty happy with how T’Lyn turned out! I do want to do a few tweaks now that I’ve worn her - mainly I think I need to shorten and take in the collar of the top a bit. But she was a great fun comfy costume to wear at night at dragoncon.

I have a few updates to do to these costumes befor

I have a few updates to do to these costumes before we wear them again - for Shin, I want to do a lot more weathering of the fabric pieces to tie them all together better. Both of our gauntlets need better closures, and I’m going to finish our capes - I had mine mostly finished, haven’t done anything with Chase’s tho. (Decided to scrap them for dragoncon since it was already going to be so hot in these to start with 😹) I also need to make some kind of pouch for myself to carry my phone and stuff - I had nowhere to put anything. The only pockets we had anywhere were Chases’s pants pockets. I blame this for why we took so few photos - it was hard to get to either of our phones while we were in costume. So a pouch of some sort is needed.

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