Finished putting the "bark" on the Johanna shirt last night - tonight I'll start applying the metal pieces/nail heads, and start on the collar and bracelet piece. I also got all of the hook-and-eyes and snaps attached to the dress to keep it and the shirt in place. Then I sewed on snaps onto my Anne Boleyn dress to hold the back and place. Between those two things I ...
8 Days To Go: A pic of you at your most recent DragonCon and what you remember most from that year Hmmmm a story from last year, hmmmmmm. Oh, I know. I was wearing Donna Runaway Bride, and Chase and I had gone over to the Hilton for something, and were about to head back to the Marriott. As we started heading that way we were passed by a ginormous Doctor ...
Well, the good news - Indy got a check up and she is 100% fine. I'm so relieved. What a massive stress off of me. I guess it was the perfect storm of her schedule being off, new food, stealing cat food, and Chase and I being closed up in our individual work rooms (which we don't usually do, but needed to keep the kitten out). Anyway, yesterday I finished altering ...
Yes another one. Because sitting at work freaking out over how much work I have to do at home means I need something to distract me. This meme came from darkfirewolfe! 9 Days To Go: A pic of your first DragonCon and what you remember most from that year 8 Days To Go: A pic of you at your most recent DragonCon and what you remember most from that year 7 Days To ...
Yesterday got home and did some little things - ironed Peggy again, put the insoles in my Anne shoes, fix the hook and eye on my corset, put the hand loop on my Anne skirt, finished altering my Peggy shirt, etc. Got started on the "bark" of my Johanna shirt. Which basically means I stood there with my arm out while Chase glued stuff to me. And no it's not ...
So, here is an attempt at a Dragoncon Schedule. Wednesday: Evening - Johanna, for a photoshoot. I will not be wearing this "on the floor" that night. Hoping to go take some shots on the 10th floor (and the elevators before they get too crowded). If anybody else is already in and has a Hunger Games costume and wants to join me, please do! Chase'll be taking photos. Thursday: No ...
Indy's been sick all weekend. Drinking a lot of water and peeing way more than usual. She's had several accidents, just since late last week. At first thought she was just off her "schedule" after she got sick to her stomach weekend before last, because that's happened several times before - but now not sure. Hoping it's just a bladder infection of some sort. I'm making myself sick over it. ...
I have this great Johanna gif that I have not gotten an opportunity to use so I'm just going to use it everytime I make a post about my costume. I got the chiffon overskirt cut and sewn together, and pinned in place. I'm going to have to handsew it in place before trying to machine sew it. Then, onto ruffles. so many ruffles... I got a good many made ...
I took some "mostly finished" pics of Anne on the dressform at lunch. As I was messing with it brought to mind the handful of things I still need to do. -Reposition hook-and-eye on corset -Test fit of back panel with it all on - maybe replace hook-and-eyes with snaps? -fray check the zipper interior -Sew ribbon onto bottom hem so I can loop it around my wrist and carry ...
Today's question is... How much did that costume cost you? You'd think this would be a simple answer to someone's question and wouldn't really belong in my FAQs... but it isn't a simple question for me! I can usually give someone an estimate if they ask me how much I spent on a costume, just based on knowing how much a certain type of fabric usually runs, how much wigs ...