Today's question is... Do you have some rituals/things you always do at a convention to make costuming easier that might be helpful to others? I kinda had to condense that question down - but the idea is, what are some things that *I* specifically do at conventions to make costuming easier. I've already gone over a lot of generic tips in my FAQ Fridays before, and a few personal ...
Doesn't look all that different from yesterday's post, but last night was clean up. I cleaned up the inside and pressed some stuff and fixed my dart, and reshaped my collar. Also made the upper collar but haven't attached it yet. It's a little big on my dressform, it's fitting me better - I'll try to take my next picture of it on me instead. Tonight, I will hopefully finish ...
Didn't get to work much last night; but I did get the jacket basically put back together. I need to go back in and trim and replace my seams and darts, and also I think I may need to move the left side down - the pockets ended up uneven and I think it's just because I've got it placed too high (I hope that's all it is. Otherwise I'm ...
This is part 2 to this post, way back OVER a month ago... So I thought my fabric searches were over and done with. I had that last 4 yards coming in from Murfreesboro and that would give me 14 yards all together, which should be enough. Well time goes by and they never call to say my fabric is in. Chase calls up there for me and they tell him the 4 yards ...
I got the other side cut out, got my pockets done, darts put back in place and started putting the jacket back together. It looks like a right mess in that photo but I wanted a progress shot. Tonight I'm going to get the darts put back into the lining and get the lining and outer layer reattached. I'm hoping I can get to the point I can top stitch. ...
This weekend I got a LOT done on Peggy. I jumped in and cut out my actual fabric, got the lining put together, and then the front side put together: Another shot: I did a test run of a attempting a double welted pocket. And then a quick test fit of the jacket with the skirt. And then I attempted the pocket on my jacket..... and didn't like how it ...
Yall can probably expect me to actually update on costumes on a pretty regular basis this summer; I've been in a posty mood and I don't see it fading. Here's my 2nd jacket mockup I put together last night. I just put the pieces together and left it - tonight I need to press the seams and play with the collar and the fit. I used this high quality felt ...
So last night I got all of this done Yes, that's right, I cut out four squares of black fabric and pinned them to my dressform. Man that was a lot of work. Actually I spent most of the evening researching the costume and gathering up my references into one folder, and then I went and cut out the fabric for it. I had a dress already shaped very similar, ...
On Saturday, I jumped in and dyed my wool. Just as reminder, here's what it looked like originally along with my dye tests: Chase helped me fill up one of our big bins with hot water. Then we took it outside for the actual dyeing: Here it is drying: And then we went to see X-Men, which I enjoyed very much. Yesterday, I jumped right in. Started on a mock-up ...
I've finished my Meg costume and have added it to my portfolio!