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Sneak Peeks: Lady Blackhawk, Donna Noble, etc
Here’s a few pics I took of stuff I was working on fri-sat. Trying on Lady Blackhawk. My hat is huge! LOL. I will always have that problem because I have a tiny head. Hippolyta embroidery. It’s not perfect, but it’s going to show up a LOT better than the original drawn on lines. It’s a pain and taking longer…
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im in love… Marie Antoinette finished
Some “real” pics finally. They still just don’t show how sparkley it is. All I have left to do is finish attaching the hook & eyes along the front (finished them once, but switching them out to black), and to finish my wig, which is giving me fits right now because I’m not sure what exactly I want to do…
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Lady Blackhawk is done!
It’s a crappy pic, sorry LOL I got my patch blanks earlier this week, and got the hawks embroidered last night, and sewed the patches on this morning. I’m pretty pleased with how they turned out; they’re not perfect, especially since I realised about halfway through the first one that I’d reversed the symbol when I drew on my guide.…
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Making my Marie Antoinette Wig
(I’ve edited this post since finishing the wig so I have the full build process in one post!) So here’s my fumbling around with wigs. I really hate styling wigs – I wish I’d had it in my budget to buy a really fantastic custom piece off etsy or something, but, well, obviously I didn’t! So here’s what I did.…
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some pics
Finally uploaded some pics from my phone. Here’s the dress as it was last week, I think it was: I had the lower sleeves and stomacher just pinned on there – I’ve since gotten them sewn in and, well, it’s pretty much done. Once I try it on I might find something that needs to be tweaked, so I’m calling…
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30 days of dragoncon
I found this on tumblr. Thought I’d do it – going to have to catch up, so doing 2 of them today: Day 1. A photo of your first Dragoncon We were babies – Ash was still in high school. Day 2. One of the first friends you met via/through/ at Dragoncon Met my husband at dragoncon 2005. Tonight! I…
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Lots of Updates, Still no Pics
I need to break out the real camera and take some pics to post. My blog is awful bland with no pics. I’ve been working on “Pink Barf” – got the suit picked apart and cut the legs off. Got new front pieces cut. I had to go back and re-dye them because the chunk of leftover material I dyed…
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Rogue Pink Suit & Emma Frost Updates
This post isn’t going to be very interesting, because it’s about 2 of my surprise costumes. We’ll refer to them as “Pink Barf” and “Fur Monster.” I started on “Pink Barf” about two weeks ago and initially made great progress. I didn’t care for the shade of pink of my fabric though, even though it’s what i picked out from…
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that moment…
that moment you get your costume to the point of finally trying it on. isn’t it fantastic? Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days; been busy at work and busy sewing every night. Over the week I’ve finished the beading on Marie (although I have a handful of beads leftover I may go back and toss on), finished the…
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FOOT! Follow Up
Went in for my post-op appt this morning. He took all the bandages off (YAY! Felt amazing to finally get all that stuff off.) and looked it over. Said it looked great, I don’t need to come back in. Just put peroxide on it everyday, keep a bandaid on it, keep taking my medicine. He said it should be back…
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i can’t concentrate
being on the pain meds makes me feel slightly drunk and drowsy, and also all over the place, I can’t concentrate on anything. which results in this: honestly she wouldn’t stay out of my way while I was working on it yesterday (see? wouldn’t get out of my lap.) So I think she must think it’s for her! I’ve gotten…
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FOOT! Updates and beading
I dozed off an on yesterday, got the beading on my dress mostly finished (want to go back and add a few more to the top, but technically it’s finished), and did something wasn’t supposed to do: unwrapped the bandages on my foot. They told me not to, that the doctor wanted to do that at my follow up tomorrow…
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I tried to sew with my feet and it didn’t work out so well
(recap: July 2nd I caught the side of my foot on a broken, bent sewing needle stuck in my carpet in my sewing room. 7/6 went to the dr and was put on antibiotics and got a tetanus shot.) So my foot got a ton better last week. I had finished the antibiotics Wednesday, and by Friday I was walking…
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Marie Antoinette Progress Updates
Ash and I went shopping sat morning – then I spent all sat afternoon and most of sunday beading Marie. I can’t believe it but I’m over halfway done. on my schedule I thought I’d still be doing this well into August. After the beading I just need to finish the sleeves – I need to put together the other…
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Harry Potter Midnight Show
It was so good! I didn’t cry, thought I would. Like so many people I’ve spent so many years with Harry, it’s been such a part of my life – so I’m sad it’s over. I was the only person dressed up when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened here 10 years ago (in my robe with my homemade…
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So Many Choices
I can’t decide between 3 costumes for my last dcon costume. I’d been considering an alternate Scarlet Witch Costume, since I could reuse my boots, gloves and wig. That’s been my #1 choice for a while. Also thinking of doing a Shadowcat costume, the basic X-Men uniform suit. I’ve always liked the suit and could reuse it for other characters……
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Marie Antoinette progress pics
here’s the dress as of last night: And a couple of detail shots, The detail along the bottom: and the sleeves: None of that is done; I get to sew on all that trim tonight (its just pinned on) and I’ve got more work to do on the sleeves.
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A Crazy Day
Today was crazy. Mel was in town with the baby (who is adorable) so we met her for breakfast. Waited nearly an hour and a half for a table, after being told 30min wait. Would’ve left if we realised it would be so long, but the manager comped our meals over it which was super nice. After we ate, walked…
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FOOT!
Last night started making the blue trim for the dress. I like how it’s coming along. Today I had the doctor’s appointment. I hated to go but this was one instance where I wanted to be there and get this taken care of. It was really hurting this morning, to the point after I made it to the bathroom to…
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Marie Antoinette Progress
got a good bit of work done this weekend, mostly getting all the silver trim done. It’s all just pinned on here: And starting on the lower sleeves too, obviously. I started on my blue trim last night, but it’s taking a lot longer than the silver did. It’s hard to get a pin through the blue fabric, and my…
