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it’s dragoncon eve
I really don’t have much to post today, no real costume updates to mention. This past week has mostly just been slowly packing, and helping Chase finish up Vader: He finally got to try it all on last night. The only thing that didn’t work was his shinguards, so after this pic we replaced the strapping with something different that…
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one week remains
Well not quite but it’s close enough. I’m in good shape. Here’s a random pic I took of the jedi Leia tunic last week just for IG. No updates here. Got a new button cover kit last week, so I replaced Padme’s cuff buttons for a 3rd time. Please I never want to do this again. Luna supervised. Finished all…
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t minus 2 weeks
Work is really trying my patience. I’m soooo ready to go. I need a break from work, a week out of the house. Well of course, I don’t really have much to post about since I’m pretty much DONE. I’m just gonna go through this weeks pics one at a time in no order. Ok so first up let’s talk…
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i’ve achieved a state of clear
It feels really good to be almost done with 6 new costumes + soft parts for 2 costumes for Chase nearly a month before Dragoncon. Ok so I’m just gonna go through my pics in order. We finally made our own badge ribbons to hand out this year! Obviously I’ll be handing out the Space Bun Club ribbons LOL And…
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all work and no play
I feel like I didn’t get much done last week, but then I look back at where I was last week and realize… I did get a lot done. I finished up Bail. I didn’t like the trim I bought for the neckline, so I made some out of leftover Vader pleather. Also added some elastic loops to the bottom…
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barbenheimer
Yes, we took Saturday off costume work and did a double feature. We started with breakfast at the Liquor Store: Then off to see Oppenheimer on the imax: Chase got a leg cramp right as they were starting the Trinity test. He had to awkwardly try to get out of the aisle, then was stuck standing in the hall for…
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the truth is out there
Did I mention before I’m doing an X-Files rewatch? I was going to watch all of Voyager after finishing TOS, but instead I got sucked into one of my OG fandoms. Fond memories of scouring the 90s internet for X-Files fanfics… Oh and did I mention I’m doing a Scully costume for Dragoncon? LOL Just a cheap quick thing. Using…
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these violent delights
Let’s start out with Seven progress this week because looking back at my last post… dang I finished a lot since then! It didn’t feel like that much but it was. I did finish getting all of the HTV sewn on and FINALLY got to start sewing everything together. The back panel It took me a minute to remember how…
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a whole lotta nothing
I don’t have much of anything to post this week. Spent most of the last week trying to get the HTV for the Seven yoke to work. Basically everytime we’d do a test it’d come out backwards. Chase was definitely sending it mirrored – backwards. Then not mirrored – backwards. We’d finally get a test square that was right, go…
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Bespin Leia cost breakdown
So I posted a silly video on my tiktok yesterday about why I don’t do commissions and I used Bespin Leia as an example of an incredibly in-depth costume project that I’d NEVER EVER do on commission – I mean, I’m not gonna do anything on commission but in particular THAT ONE – mostly because 95% of people who ask…
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hurricane elvis round 2
We had a big storm move through last night. It didn’t last all that long but was pretty intense. Power dimmed a few times but we never lost it completely. So we didn’t think it was that bad. Waking up this morning to most of the city still without power (and the power company saying it’s gonna be a few…
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the final frontier
So I know it probably doesn’t look like I got a ton done this past week based on how few pics I have to post this week… but I did! It just wasn’t on the exact things I wanted to work on LOL I ended up getting stuck on the Breha vinyl pretty much the whole week. Didn’t start legitimately…
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its boots day
Last part of my Nadja costume arrives today – my boots! Yay! I could finish Nadja in a couple of hours at this point – 1. Finish and sew on sash 2. Sew on hook and eye at back 3. Sew hat onto the headband But I’m now knees-deep in Breha construction so it’ll wait. My goal is to have…
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happy june
It’s June which means we are now FULLY into Dragoncon mode. But first Kevin’s room. I talked about the trim colour last week but I took this pic with the swatch of the colour and I SWEAR how are these the same? They do look closer to each other in non-direct light, but here in direct light in the window…
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card declined
I love having to get a new debit card because of the “potential” it could’ve been leaked and having to go through and update my card everywhere. You never guess every single place it needs to be updated. Woke up this morning to a message that my card had been declined on a subscription I’m currently on, never even thought…
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oh hai mark
I don’t think I mentioned it in my last blog post, but my great-uncle passed away last weekend. He was 102! I didn’t post yesterday because we had his funeral. It was a long day. But we’ll get to that later. I got as much done on Nadja as possible while awaiting my next fabric shipment. The upper skirt is…
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its the most wonderful time of the year
I had an instagram story memory pop up yesterday that this time last year I said “dragoncon season is officially starting for me today.” That made me feel really good because I have a huge head start this year compared to last. Rebels Leia is nearly done, and I’ve got a good chunk of Nadja done now too! So yeah…
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Wedding Leia photoshoot!
Ok here it is! I didn’t put these in my weekly post earlier today because it was already really long and I felt like these deserved their own dedicated post. Took these Sunday before last at my parents’ house. Same place we shot Ewok Leia back in 2007 — but for Ewok Leia we actually went into the woods and…
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you know its not the same
I’m just going to start at the beginning of my photos from the last week and work my way through them. First up – my Nadja swatch arrived and looked good finally! I think I finally got the stripe sizing good. So I got my yardage ordered and hooray it was on sale – it was $50 cheaper than I…
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may the 1st
It’s dad’s bday today! We went out for dinner Saturday night to a new korean bbq place. It was ok. Not like the one we had in NYC. I don’t have a lot of costume progress to show this week. I’ll chat about it at the end. New pin for the collection! A friend gave us some irises back in…
