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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…
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huzzah! Rogue Shoes
So didn’t work on anything last night. went on a really lame quest to 3 different fabric stores in search of silver fabric that didn’t look cheap, so I wouldn’t have to order it online, and didn’t find a thing. Then cleaned the house. So for the next costume I’m about to start on, I needed some shoes to mod,…
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a retrospective of the marriott marquis
I like to take pics of our hotel room whenever we’re out of town, so i realised I’ve got a decent collection of pics of our Marriott room from almost every dragoncon. I noticed, when digging through my ’02 pics, how different the rooms looked back then. seriously… marriott room ’02? You look like a cheap motel room a hooker…
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Marie Antoinette & K-9 Progress
posting updates without pics is useless, isn’t it? Hem is pinned, sleeves are in… but I think I may take the sleeves out (which is a pain, because they were awful to put in) and see if I can squeeze some extra space out of the shoulder hem. I feel like the bodice is sitting up too high, thus the…
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Marie Antoinette updates
Didn’t mess with the sleeves last night. Instead went through and replaced the non-matching ribbons on the inside of my hoops, put a hook and eye in on the waist, re-hemmed my petticoat (it was too long) and trimmed the netting. Pleated and hemmed the false front of the underskirt, finished the edge of the top of bodice and spent…
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Marie Antoinette skirt update
I got a lot done last night! Got the skirts attached to the bodice, got the eyelets put in, and got the sleeves put together. Tonight I’ll put the sleeves in, and then start working on the hem. I’ve got to figure out what I’m going to do on the stomacher so I can get it finished and get it…
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Marie Antoinette & Garage Sale
Sorry I haven’t posted in a week! This week was all just working – got a good chunk of the sewing done on surprise costume #1. I need to sew some snaps on, and finish the boots, and get a wig ordered. Beyond that it’s pretty much Chase making parts. I took a break from Marie, because I just don’t…
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wooolvy
last night I dreamt that Wolverine was my dad & he was mad at me ’cause Id given him a haircut & gotten one side shorter than the other.
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Beauty and the Beast Broadway!
Yesterday we had our tickets to Beauty and the Beast! I was super excited since I’ve never seen the broadway version. We had some of my fav seats in the whole theater, I got dressed up and took my opera glasses… it was fun LoL I really liked it. Unfortunately something went wrong with the Beast’s transformation at the end…
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Donna Noble Progress
Chase and I got my Donna belt put together last night so I tried it all on. Still got to add a loop to to it. My hair’s not quite there yet, and I forgot how pale that tank top photographs – might dye it. Also the jacket still needs buttons, I need to find jeans, and figure out shoes…
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Marie Antoinette Coming Together
everything just kinda pinned on. It’s nice to get to that moment where you can finally “see” it taking shape. still got a ton to do… taking a break from it tonight to finish up my donna belt, and do some work on enchantress.
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Marie Antoinette: Petticoat and skirt parts
Some Marie updates… (my panniers were riding a little low here) This was right after I got the petticoat pieces cut – I had just pinned it all on to see how it was going to look. It’s finished now, you can kinda see it in the next pic. This pic kinda sucks, I took it on my way out…
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current Dcon 2011 costume list
1. Lady Blackhawk – this is 99% done on my end, just waiting on Chase to make my logos for the jacket and hat. 2. Donna Noble – 80% done. Just need buttons for the jacket, to finish my belt and find some jeans. 3. Ms Marvel red suit – 100% done! 🙂 4. Marie Antoinette – (not doing that…
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Some Drawings – Enchantess, Valkyrie, Dino
here’s some stuff I drew yesterday. Enchantress: Valkyrie: and a dinosaur
