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in reality
I keep trying to put together some kind of dragoncon costume schedule to post, so people can know when I’m wearing what. today I realised that this is really my dragoncon schedule: 1. wear costumes 2. nap 3. wear costumes 4. tequila shots so yeah, im just going to post that when anyone asks
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Voices Carry
I loved the song “Voices Carry” by Til Tuesday when I was a kid. For YEARS I thought they were saying, “Hush, hush, keep it down now, this is Carrie.” It wasn’t til I was in my teens that I realised it was “voices carry.” DUH. And when “Livin La Vida Loca” came out, the line “Lips are devil red”…
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Lulu
Lately I have been playing around with the idea of remaking my Lulu costume next year. Not because I hate my original version from 2002 or anything; but more just as a fun thing to do. It would for the most part, be fairly easy, with some interesting parts, and I think some of my original pieces could be re-used.…
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2 weeks!
Last night I spent most of my time digging through closets looking for costume pieces. Where-ever my Lady Blackhawk belt was, it wasn’t labeled, so I just had to look in every costume box to figure out where it was. (I finally found it in my Ms Marvel box.) I also pulled out everything else I needed for this year,…
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Wig, etc
Didn’t get a lot done yesterday. Storms and family lunch took up the bulk of the day, but I did get my Belle wig finished, re-dyed my chiffon, nearly finished Chase’s Zaphod gloves and finished altering his Zaphod pants. The only pic I have to share today is my wig that I posted about dyeing saturday – here it is…
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Saturday night
So! Yesterday, I started kinda packing, almost finished embroidering my pants, then Chase and I ran errands and fell asleep on the couch. Today we got up early and went and had breakfast, then a couple more errands. Came home and got to work on stuff. I finally broke down and dyed my wig. Been scared of doing it. It…
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Updates & Pics
I got some decent work done last night! And took pics! This one is actually from night before last. Gollum made my Donna Runaway Bride earrings for me. I worked on the corset for the last costume for a bit – got the straps added, cleaned up some loose threads. Then I patterned out my skirt and cape. Thankfully I…
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20 days to go…
So we’re in the final stretch here. We have 20 days before we leave. I’ve got to get a lot done this weekend. 3 of my costumes are pretty much finished – Donna Runaway Bride is totally done, Trillian is totally done. Romana I and Supergirl are at like 90%. The other new costume is only at like maybe 40%…
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Stuff from last night
Yesterday I didn’t do much in the way of sewing. I got Chase’s Zaphod pants altered to fit, I just need to hem them and add the panels to turn them into bell bottoms and they’re done. I spent most of the night creating the widow’s peak on my Belle wig. What an annoying process. It should have probably been…
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Things I need to stop doing
Things I need to stop doing: automatically assuming the worst about people.
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Yay!
So I went to my grandmother’s this weekend, I needed a little get-away and it was really nice to be almost completely out of pocket for a couple of days. (And by almost I mean that the reception on our phones was so bad that we really couldn’t get online most of the time or anything!) But that doesn’t mean…
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Embroidery & Quidditch
I don’t have many pics to show of work this week. I’ve worked on my corset embroidery off and on. Last night I cleaned out my makeup bin, organized everything and wrote up a list of stuff I needed for Dragoncon, and then sculpted my Romana buckle. Here’s the corset, one side done: And over the weekend Kevin and were…
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4 Day Weekend
I had a 4 Day Weekend this past weekend – I had Thursday and Friday off to sew. I didn’t get much of anything done because I’ve had so little to work on. Today is also the 5th day in a row I’ve woken up with a migraine. I mean, my medicine takes care of it in like 15 minutes,…
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updates & whatnot
I haven’t gotten much of anything done this past week, I’ve been super lazy. I was off work yesterday and again today to work on stuff, but hardly got anything done. I did make this. Really using my time wisely. We did play withe Worbla. And I dyed my chiffon for my cape, although I think I’m going to re-dye…
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Updates on stuff
Spent most of the weekend working on stuff. First up, Chase got his Zaphod wig. Secondly, we bought some leather. Thirdly, I made the outer layer for that bodice I’ve been working on. The purple leather on the bodice is the same as what’s above, it looks icky in the yellow lighting of our room. And the start of covering…
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How I wear so many costumes at a con – part 2
Since it’s Dragoncon season again, the question keeps coming up – “How do you wear so many costumes at a convention??” I’ve answered the question here at my blog once before, but I thought I’d tackle it again, this time a little less tongue-in-cheek. The amount of costumes I can take/wear depend on several factors. 1. On-site Hotel Staying at…
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More progress stuff
Didn’t get a lot done last night. But! We did start wet-forming my gauntlets.
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A bodice
I finished the base of the bodice for the 4th costume. That’s just the interior, I still need to make the outer layer and get it attached, and then I can put the eyelets in the back. I’m waiting on my fabric, just ordered it today!
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Yesterday
Yesterday was errand day – after breakfast and a haircut, we went to Tandy, Hobby Lobby, the wig store, and a shoe store. For me all of those were busts; didn’t find anything at the wig store or shoe store, the only place i got something was Hobby Lobby. But, I got all the closures on the Zaphod jacket finished,…
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Runaway Bride Donna is done!
I finished up everything on Donna yesterday! Finished the petticoat, fixing a small issue on the outer skirt layer, rehemming the front (since I got shoes to wear with it now), and finishing the tiara. I just need to press it again, and re-sew down one bead in the front that’s come loose. That’s 3 I can say are 99%…
