Today’s post covers my favourite posts/notable memories from my costumes category, starting in 2010 and going through 2013!
January 15, 2010 – CLEANING MY OFFICE, COSTUME SCHEDULES
I spent a good part of the late part of 2009/early 2010 getting my sewing room in order. And of course making some plans.
February 8, 2010 – JANE AND BATGIRL UPDATES
Boy talk about stuff that didn’t happen. I was supposed to do Jane and Batgirl for Anaheim. I ended up dropping Batgirl completely because of budget. And I was trying to get started on Lady Gaga early but didn’t get to that til summer.
February 20, 2010 – COSTUMES I WANT TO DO, PART 1
I did a whole series of costumes I want to do. Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7.
Out of all of these I’ve managed to do a few since then: I did do Magik in 2010, I did Wasp in 2011, and Enchantress in 2011. (Although for all 3 of those I did different variations on the outfits shown in the posts.) I did 70s Supergirl in 2013, Batgirl in 2012 (tho I did new52 instead of Stephanie Brown), Bespin Leia in 2017 (YAY), Mara Jade as Arica in 2010, and Marie Antoinette in 2011, Megara in 2014, and Julia (Cowboy Bebop) in 2010.
A lot of these are still on the “Dream” list.
February 26, 2010 – 2012
Thankfully I did not cause the world to end in 2012 with my costume lists. Although I did have a realization a week later.
March 15, 2010 – MIDSOUTHCON 2010 PICS!
Midsouthcon finally moved away from the mean hotel the year before, yay! This year I did a few panels, wore my updated Wonder Woman.
April 3, 2010 – PIC FROM OUR GRIZZLIES STAR WARS NIGHT TROOP!
This was the first time we did a Sci-Fi night for the Memphis Grizz and it was a lot of fun. As I’ve already said in another post, I got to shoot the t-shirt cannon backstage! I was supposed to shoot it during a timeout but it jammed, so they told me to just threw tshirts instead. Still awesome.
April 20, 2010 – ANAHEIM COMIC CON PICS
In April we went out to Anaheim with Scott, Ash and Kevin. We went to Disneyland, did some sight-seeing and went to Anaheim Comic Con. I wore my new Jane and new Ms Marvel. Met George Barris. Threw together a quick Tony Stark for Kev.
May 4, 2010 – MTAC 2010 PICS
Chase was on staff this year and we did a photography panel. I threw together a new Julia costume. This was the con where we realized we’d kinda outgrown MTAC. And then Nashville had a massive flood on Sunday and we were stuck there for an extra night.
May 25, 2010 – THE COSTUME CLOSET IS FINISHED
So you’d think in a new house I’d have plenty of room for my costumes right? Wrong! I had to figure out how to store nearly 200 costumes in between two reach-in closets. I came up with a small bin system that made it easier to move stuff around.
June 6, 2010 – PADME SENATE ART AND MORE REDBIRDS PICS
And this was the first time we did a Sci-Fi night with the Redbirds, at least that I remember (may have missed one earlier?). Chase stuck his friend from out of town in his Vader and he threw out the opening pitch LOL
June 28, 2010 – WSMI HUNTSVILLE 2010 RECAP
So this was an interesting weekend. The WSMI exhibit was coming to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville AKA one of my fav places in the world. And they invited the 501st/RL to come out and troop the opening weekend! Of course we’d had fun doing COSI in 2006 so we wanted to do it again. And my parents came along, too. Well mom tripped and fell in our driveway right before we got on the road Friday. I got the worst blisters from my shoes I’ve ever had, and worst of all, Ash woke up sick Saturday morning and my parents ended up having to take her to the minor med!
We keep saying we want a redo of this weekend.
July 16, 2010 – A FAQ: OMG SHOES
My first FAQ I did on my blog.
August 24, 2010 – LADY GAGA UPDATES… OR SOMETHING
Summer of 2010 was the usual Dragon Con prep. Most notable was my breakdown over Gaga and the skirt structure, the sequins, the shoes, the hoops, the wig… oh, everything.
September 7. 2010 – DRAGONCON 2010 RECAP (SORTA)
Dragon Con 2010 was the usual. New costumes were Lady Gaga (which I finished in the room thursday night), Alyss, Ame-Comi Supergirl, Magik, Mara Jade as Arica, Black Widow, Donna Troy. Also brought back Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Ms Marvel, Jane, and Starfire… I think that’s it. My boots for Arica broke as soon as I got on the con floor so that sucked. We were invaded by football fanboys. We met Stan Lee. All in all fun as normal.
September 22, 2010 – DRAGON*CON 2010 TILT-SHIFT PARADE VIDEO
For a few years in a row, Chase filmed the parade in a tilt-shift style, here was his first one.
October 26, 2010 – GMX 2010 PICS!
Back to GMX for year 2, and this time we took Kevin, too.
October 28, 2010 – END OF AN ERA
It last 2 years and a few months – I finally used up the last of the giant roll of white satin we bought for our aisle runner. I’d been using it for mock-ups for just about everything since the wedding. Super useful.
November 8, 2010 – MCFC 2010 – MS MARVEL PICS
Went to MCFC for the first time, and took advantage of it being downtown and got some awesome Ms Marvel pics.
2010 COSTUME TALLY: 12 new for myself. 1 for Chase, 1 for Kevin.
January 12, 2011 – STARTING HIPPOLYTA
For MidSouthcon 2011, I was invited to be a Guest of Honor!! How cool is that? So I wanted to do a really great new costume, and I picked this Hippolyta costume from Amazons Attack. Even though I got a decent start on it, it ended up being a little last minute with the armor and everything :\
March 10, 2011 – ECCC 2011 PICS!
Chase & I went up to Seattle for ECCC and really enjoyed it! Enchantress was new for this and the only other costume I took was Ms Marvel – I wanted to keep the shipping simple.
March 28, 2011 – MIDSOUTHCON 2011 WRAP-UP!
Besides getting sidelined with a bad migraine one morning, MidSouthCon was so much fun! It was so neat to be a guest at my home con! I debuted Hippolyta, and otherwise tried to bring a bunch of crazy, different stuff. Didn’t take a ton of pictures.
April 10, 2011 – DONNA NOBLE JACKET + SEWING ROOM
After Dcon 2010 I made a pledge to be a Doctor Who fan before Dcon 2011. Mission duly accomplished, I decided to make a Donna costume for that year and got a good, early start on it.
May 20, 2011 – MARIE ANTOINETTE CORSET STAR, AND PROP ROOM
I got started on another dream costume – Marie Antoinette!
June 6, 2011 – A BRIEF MOMENT OF PANIC
And then the fabric I ordered came in and was completely different in person than it looked online (ALWAYS GET A SWATCH). Improvise, adapt, overcome.
July 6, 2011 – FOOT!
So, while sitting cross-legged on the floor of my sewing room, working on my Marie Antoinette trim, I went to cross my legs and got a bad scratch from a needle stuck in the floor. I doctored it but it didn’t seem to get better so went to the Dr and they said it was probably infected, so got some meds.
July 15, 1011 – HARRY POTTER MIDNIGHT SHOW
End of an era!
July 20, 2011 – I TRIED TO SEW WITH MY FEET AND IT DIDN’T WORK OUT SO WELL
So after finishing my antibiotics my foot felt better but then started hurting again. Went to the doctor and HALF OF A FUCKING NEEDLE WAS IN MY FUCKING FOOT
July 30, 2011 – THAT MOMENT…
That magic moment when you can finally put the costume all the way on and visual the finished thing…
August 16, 2011 – K-9 TEST RUN!
Chase built a robotic K-9! I’m so impressed! I made him a little jacket to wear with my Marie Antoinette, and then made 2 Romana costumes later on to match him.
September 12, 2011 – DRAGONCON 2011 RECAP
This was one of my fav years. For new stuff I had Marie Antoinette + the TARDIS version of Marie Antoinette, Donna Noble, Shi’ar Rogue, Emma Frost, Lady Blackhawk, Valkyrie, classic Ms Marvel. For old stuff I brought back Ame-Comi Supergirl, Black Widow, regular Ms Marvel… can’t remember what else.
Walked in the parade with Prydon Academy for the first time and that was SO much fun. Got my pic with Stan Lee. I had a couple of malfunctions with Shi’Ar Rogue and Valkyrie but nothing awful. Wearing TARDIS Marie Antoinette was the best.
October 24, 2011 – GMX 2011 PICS
This was a sad and subdued GMX.
November 1, 2011 – HALLOWEEN 2011
I made my DCNU Wonder Woman for Halloween – she was supposed to be for GMX but the belt wasn’t quite finished.
December 7, 2011 – BOREDOM SETS IN… PADME NIGHTGOWN AND BELLE
When you have nothing to sew, you drag out old projects and attempt to finish them. I did at least finish Belle.
2011 COSTUME TALLY: 12 new. 2 updated.
February 16, 2012 – NEW LEIA PICS
My traditional winter sewing-break gets more prevalent every year. In February we did a trooping event for the Phantom Menace re-release (hey whatever happened to all the other re-releases?), and while I had Leia on, we got it shot on the white backdrop finally.
April 8,2012 – RANDOM COSTUME NOTES
Got my Batgirl cowl – it’s finally going to happen! Was also working on Romana II and the Belle village dress from 2009 – and making plans for a crazy summer of sewing.
May 1, 2012 – ROMANA & BELLE SNEAK PEEKS
Got these two mostly finished up. Belle was long overdue – I started that one in 2009!
May 21, 2012 – INDY HELPS
A compilation of Inspector Indy.
May 31, 2012 – TIMEGATE 2012
Ash, Chase and I went down to Atlanta for Timegate! This was a fun little laid-back weekend.
June 30, 2012 – A FAQ: HOW DO YOU WEAR SO MANY COSTUMES?
When you get tired of answering a silly question. The answer: I transform like Sailor Moon in a corner.
July 16, 2011 – MORE HOCUS POCUS PROGRESS
Over the summer one of my big projects was the 3 Sanderson Sister costumes. I got my Sarah costume done fairly early on.
July 29, 2012 -FINALLY, SOME BELLE PROGRESS
Oh and in the middle of that I was also making a whole new, elaborate Belle ballgown.
August 1, 2012 – WORKING, OR NOT… BATGIRL STUFF
And a super complicated Batgirl suit.
August 6, 2012 – GROUP PROGRESS: TIME LORD UPDATES
And 4 velvet Time Lord robes…
August 20, 2012 – COSTUME UPDATES: WASP, BATGIRL, BELLE
And a Wasp costume, and a Fluttershy costume that’s not even mentioned here. And I updated my Emma Frost, too.
September 11, 2012 – DRAGONCON 2012 RECAP!!
This was a BUSY Dragon Con. All those new costumes plus several old. We walked in the parade in the Time Lords.
The girls and I ran amok as the Sanderson Sisters Saturday night.
I brought back Slave Leia for the first time in years. I had toe panties. Met Stan Lee again. I got bombarded while in Belle so much I had to take it off to have a break.
October 6, 2012 – NEW PHOTOS, NEW COSTUME!
More white backdrop stuff… and a timelapse video of how we do whitebackdrop shoots!
November 1, 2012 – HALLOWEEN 2012
We went all out for Halloween at work with a mad scientist theme, so of course I had to make a Dr Forrester.
(Also) November 1, 2012 – GMX 2012 RECAP
Took Kevin to GMX again! No new costumes this year, I was still exhausted from that insane summer. I did add wings to Wasp and help Kev put together an 11th Doctor.
2012 COSTUME TALLY: 10 new for myself. 1 for Chase, 1 for Derek, 2 for Ash, 1 for Cath, 1 for Kevin.
Holy wow but I took a good long winter break this time. I did some light sewing but there’s nothing really interesting until…
April 29, 2013 – HOME FROM C2E2!
We took Kevin up to Chicago for a trip to C2E2! Did some sight-seeing, meet up with Chase’s brother and sister, and did the con. I only took 3 costumes – what I could fit in a carry-on bag, including my new Fionna. Met Peter Davison.
May 8, 2013 – FCBD AND MAY THE FOURTH
This was right when I was transitioning my hair from a darker red to a lighter red and WOW did my Leia buns not match anymore.
June 11, 2013 – BLARGH.
Summer 2013 was rough, emotionally speaking. I was working on a handful of Dragon Con costumes but not near as many as the year before. Including Trillian and Zaphod, a dream duo!
August 9, 2013 – UPDATES & PICS
My projects for this year were updating Belle and Batgirl, small updates to Marie Antoinette TARDIS, then new were Romana I, Donna Runaway Bride, Glimmer (and a tunic for Bow), Trillian and Zaphod, and 70s Supergirl. A lighter load but still kept me busy. And for whatever reason I got in a little habit of taking pics of Gollum helping me.
August 22, 2013 – RANDOM RANDOMS
The most DragonCon prep photo that ever photoed.
September 7, 2013 – DRAGONCON 2013!
Another fun year. He-Man/She-Ra group was awesome. Doing Zaphod and Trillian together was awesome even if hardly anybody knew who we were. This was the last year I did the parade I think? It was a different route and so freaking hot. Got accosted by John Barrowman.
And doing a photoshoot late on Monday means you get the habittrails to yourself.
September 25, 2013 – STORY TIME
The E True Hollywood Story about that stupid Quidditch sweater.
September 26, 2013 – APOLOGIES
I got a Tom Servo for my birthday!!
October 25, 2013 – MORE HOCUS POCUS
Got the band back together to take some awesome location photos.
November 1, 2013 – HALLOWEEN, PART 2
Went all out decorating the entry way to look like Hogwarts, with dry ice in a cauldron and potion bottles with labels and a backdrop painted like stone and candelabras. And we had a Harry Potter pumpkin too. Kevin came over and handed out candy with us.
November 8, 2013 – GMX 2013
Another year another GMX. Nothing new, just rewearing mostly my Dragon con stuff. Updated Kevin’s Link costume.
November 18, 2013 – MCFC!
I didn’t even have a post about MCFC 2012 that I saw… but for 2012 and 2013 I just wore one costume that I needed to shoot on the white backdrop. We’d go up to the con for a bit, then come home and do the photoshoot. Did Ahsoka in 2012 and Batgirl in 2013. (Gotten to wear I do this with local cons pretty frequently, it’s handy.) Met Jess Harnell this year too.
November 22, 2013 – RANDOM THOUGHTS
Seriously I’m getting all riled up about this again just re-reading it.
2013 COSTUME TALLY: 6 new for myself. 2 for Chase, 1 for Kevin. 4 updated. 1 non-costume sewing project.
And now we move into the current era next post!