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Anne is almost done
I gave up on waiting on the rest of the appliques for the neckline. I pulled off the few I had on there, went to Hancock’s yesterday morning and bought some trim. But let’s start at the beginning. Friday I finished my corset. Saturday I ran out to Joann’s since I had a gift card I needed fabric for my…
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Dragoncon Stories: That One Time Ash Punched a Pregnant Lady
I seem to have less stories in later years, because a lot of the later years run together more. I don’t know why that is. We’re already onto Dragoncon 2006 stories now. This was my first year I wasn’t rooming with the girls – I was staying with my BOYFRIEND who I’d met at Dragoncon the year before 😉 I…
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New corset
So remember yesterday how I said I “might” make a new corset? Well I made one last night. All scraps and stuff I already had: Some white cotton scraps for the lining, my leftover Haunted Mansion wallpaper for the outer layer. I had the boning, got the busk out of my old corset, and all the edging I had (which…
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I got nothing
Well, I have pictures, but I didn’t get a thing done last night, except for trying it on, realizing my back panel didn’t fit right and needs to be remade, getting my undersleeves pinned into place, and discovering I hate my corset. Onto pics! So yeah, the dress fits me MUCH differently than the dressform, so the back panel I…
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Frustrated
It’s been a shitty past couple of days. That being said, I’m beyond frustrated with a couple of sellers. I bought two things on June 30th – some appliques from an ebay seller for the neckline on Anne, which you’ve all seen me complain about lately, and then also some buttons from an etsy seller on the same day. I…
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Work, etc
I didn’t get a ton done this weekend. I was pretty lazy. I missed around with Marie Antoinette, getting her cleaned up for Dragoncon. I’m wanting to walk in the parade in her this year, so I played around with ways to bustle it. This is what I ended up with: I sewed the ribbons on last night for that,…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time David Carradine Fell Through a Wormhole
So, Ash and I did the masquerade again that year, and it was again over at the Congress Center or whatever it was called. So we got dressed, loaded up and went on over. We ended up sitting around in a hall backstage for quite a long time. There we are in the background entertaining ourselves: We got there so…
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Skirt, finally
Last night I sat down and pleated the skirt, finally. Cartridge pleated it, then had to handsew it to the bodice. It was too thick to go through the machine. I’ll probably go back over it again a few times just to be safe. Tonight, I’m going to fray-check EVERYTHING. Even with all the edges finished I’m still getting little…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Made Poor Shoe Choices
Dragoncon 2004 parade – we decided to walk with the LOTR group! This worked out since I had Arwen I wanted to wear, the mums had their hobbit costumes, and Ash got talked into wearing a cape and accompanying me to handle my train. My Arwen costume was very long and very white, so to keep it from getting destroyed…
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Dragoncon 2014 Schedule
[raw]I can’t believe it’s 2014. This will be my 13th DragonCon. It seems like just yesterday I was getting ready for my first one in 2002. But, here’s some things I’m thinking of bringing: It’s already kinda out of date since I made it. Here’s some thoughts and updates. Anne Boleyn – from “Anne of the Thousand Days.” This is…
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Flickr Thoughts
So, the past couple of months, I’ve been trying to clean up my flickr account. Retagging, resorting, etc. I’ve gotten to where I really hate flickr, and I’d totally move to some other site if it didn’t mean basically killing most of the photos on my website for several months time. It’s not even the annoying yahoo! redesigns I hate,…
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Today’s update
I didn’t update yesterday because I really didn’t have much to talk about. I finished off the other sleeve, and I got the neckline trim made. Last night I got it attached and repleated the skirt. TheN I tried everything on! I was going to pin the sleeves on but it was too difficult once I had everything on, so…
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Raaaaaaawr
I spent pretty much the entire weekend on the sleeves. I cut off the old pearls, and went back and reinforced each slash with some extra stabilizer. Then I started on the pearls. I watched a LOT of netflix. Last night, I threw it back on the undersleeve and pinned it on to see how it was looking: There’s still…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time My Math Teacher was There
OH. MY. GOD. Dragoncon 2003, still. The three of us were trying to figure out WHERE we could get Anne McCaffrey’s autograph, since Ash and I wanted it for our moms, who were big fans. We couldn’t figure out where or when she was signing, so after a bit of wandering around and digging through the guidebooks, we decided to…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Won
So far all of my Dragoncon 2003 stories sound a whole lot like whining. I promise you that isn’t true. All of these stories make me laugh, then and now. But just to balance out some of the whining-type stories, here’s a less complain-y one. Dragoncon 2002, Ash and I had missed out on Evening at Bree. We had wanted…
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Yuck
Yesterday I had a dr’s appt, which took TWO HOURS just for a freaking refill and pretty much wasted me for the rest of the day. But, I did get a little bit done. I dyed my undersleeve fabric: I really like how it turned out. I just put it in a tiny bit of “pearl grey.” Some of my…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Was Abandoned
This is one of my all time favourite Dragoncon stories. Dragoncon 2003 was just me, Cath and Ash. We had a hell of a time that year. Monday rolled around, we packed up, had them pick up my costumes to ship them out, and checked out of our room – but, our f light didn’t leave for a few more…
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Yesterday
Yesterday was an interesting day. I got to work and the power was out. It was pitch black in my office. It stayed like that for an hour and a half before they got it back on. I spent the time reading on my phone curled up on the couch in the entryway. Then, found out we had visitors coming…
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Marion Ravenwood Costume Patterns Now on Sale
Hey guys! I finally got around to digging up the patterns I created for my Marion Ravenwood top. I’ve posted them on etsy as a $10 download! You get 4 pdfs of the small neckline detail piece, the front pieces, and 2 sleeve options, for you to print on heat-transfer paper! Click the image below to go to my etsy…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time My Wings Messed Stuff Up
I actually talked about this pretty recently in my blog, but here’s the whole story in its entirety. So, I’d been wearing Belldandy to every single convention that year, including shipping those wings to Dallas, Anaheim, and now Atlanta. After the Star Wars costume contest that saturday at Dragoncon, I rushed back to our hotel room – mostly to get…
