Black Canary – DC Comics (Classic Version)

Made for: Dragoncon 2009

Background: Thought this would be fun to do. This started out easy, then turned a little more complicated than I expected.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Classic Black Canary tag

Patterns Used:
McCalls 5006

Bodice:
Around the time I started this I was also working on Sally Jupiter, so as I was looking for a bodice to wear under Sally I was also hoping whatever I could find I could also use for this Black Canary. Well I ended up with two bodices, neither were exactly right for Black Canary. One of them I ended up with was a cheap Leg Avenue costume… didn’t look great, but it was the right shape. So I cut it apart and used it as a basic pattern to make my own. It’s made of 2-way stretch vinyl (leftover from Mara Jade). It was tricky to make this one piece that I could still manage to get into. I also mistakenly cut the vinyl the wrong direction for the bottom section – so it doesn’t actually stretch. Oops. LOL.

Jacket:
The jacket was the easiest part – I used a pattern. Navy blue satin lined with dark blue lining material.

Accessories:
My blue tights are from welovecolors.com, fishnets from my earlier Black Canary. I was going to save money and wear my old Black Canary wig with this up until about 2 weeks before the con, I found a wig I thought would be perfect. It ended up being a lot more “curly crimpy” than “wavy” but I ended up liking it ok.. The boots were my old Imperial Officer boots, I just made the toppers (out of vinyl) to wear with them.

History: I haven’t gotten to wear this a lot, mostly due to the fact that I’m scared I’m doing to destroy it while getting into it, since the bottoms don’t stretch very well!

                       

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