Well first, Donna progress: I've gotten quite a bit done on the lower half since my last update. The upper left side is almost done. I'm hoping that by the end of the week all of that section can be finished and I can focus on the lower "big triangle" bit. On the original, I'm like 99.9% certain all of this beading was done on organza and it's an outer layer ...
It's been a while since I had a FAQ Friday to post! Today I wanted to talk about something I initially did not think was important, but now would never skip it - the test run. When I first started costuming, finishing a costume was often at the 11th hour, and since I often shipped my costumes to the hotel ahead of time, half the costume (the part that was ...
I finally finished the beading on the top (except for the upper band)! I got to move on to the lower half last night. I decided to pin it onto my dressform this morning for a better picture. My dressform is currently at the lowest measurements for getting things off and on easier, so she's a little (ok a lot) smaller than I am right now, causing the dress to ...
I allllllmost got the top finished last night. I probably won't be able to work on it much tonight (taking Kev out for his bday!) but hopefully can have it finished it up tomorrow (except for the upper band, of course - haven't really touched that) Luna discovered I have fun things in my work box. I throw empty spools to her to play with all the time and she ...
I'm alllllllllllmost done with the top section. I think if I really push tonight I could have it pretty much done. I need to finish doing the circles on the right (hate doing those), bead them, finish that one middle piece on the right, do the beading along the top edge and the rest of the large beads.
Saturday I got to spend a few hours as Batgirl at the Jackson Generals Superhero night! It was really fun though I absolutely burnt up! I have a handful more; but all these were just taken on Chase's iphone because I forgot my real camera at my grandma's house! It was super hot, I had to take several breaks to take the cowl off and cool down. I was never ...
Monday I focused on getting the bottom half of the dress patterned out. Chase printed it for me Tuesday -- but we had to go help with moving some stuff at my grandma's that night, so by the time we got home i was too tired to do anything with it. So yesterday I got my quasi-light table set up again and got the pattern transferred over: It's not perfect; ...
Saw Jurassic World twice this weekend and now I am a velociraptor. Chase was out of town Friday and Saturday and I tried to get a lot done but I didn't really. I started on the circles underneath the points. Not crazy about how the beaded ones looked so I stopped beading them and just focused on getting the basic circle done - but they are a pain in the ...
It's that time of the year, the time of the year when I can't make up my mind about what costumes I want to take to Dragoncon with me. Currently... 1. Captain Marvel - For sure! I have all my fabric, just need to find a base pair of boots, buy a zipper and some buttons and I have everything I need. 2. Donna Unicorn & Wasp - obvious if you've been ...
Crap, I had a long-ass post written out about crazy stuff last night and Donna progress and wordpress just had an error when I went to post and didn't even save the draft. WTF :\ So, short version: 1. Bad migraine day yesterday 2. Cath came over and we made a bunch of capes for her summer camp 3. Chase locked himself out of his car 4. Cath called Triple A and they came and ...