queen aelsa
Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Elf Queen Aelsa (Thor) costume, constructed in 2015.
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2015 Year in Review!!
Maybe the morning after Star Wars isn’t the best time to do this. I went to bed hours after I normally do and still had to get up at 6:30 for work today so I am beyond fuzzy. BUT I realized I hadn’t done this yet and got all excited to type up the post, so here we go, fuzzy…
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MORE!
Queen Aelsa… (not Elsa) Donna Noble, Fires of Pompeii. This needed a photoshoot since I redid the trim and fixed a few problems earlier this year – then I took no photos of it at Dragon Con. Queen Hippolyta, long overdue for a white backdrop shoot Hippolyta could use a big overhaul. Repainting, fixing some broken parts with more than…
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Dragoncon 2015: Costume recap
In (sort-of) order of wearing! 1. Peggy Carter I did some updates to Peggy – I took it up a bit through the waist and removed the shoulder pads, and fixed up the wig. It made a HUGE difference! The jacket fit much better and the wig looked way better, too. I just wish I could have had time to…
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Queen Aelsa & Memphis Comic Expo pics!
This weekend was crazy… ! Saturday was not only Memphis Comic Expo – but moving day for my grandma. The plan was for myself, Chase and Kevin to head up to the convention and the movers/the rest of the family would do the moving. But we ended up heading over that way to help after a couple of hours. And…
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Just keep beading
More beading progress from last night: I got the base of the “spikes” on either side done, the rest of them I’ll do by hand. More general beading, too. Monkeyed around with the top line parts a little, too. FABRIC! My spandex order came! My Captain Marvel fabric! I’m actually doing it!!!!! I was going to do it 2 years…
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Progress YAY
I never did come back with a picture of the wig because I forgot to take one. So I took one this morning. I need to brush the wig out really well. It has been manhandled a lot recently so I need to get it looking nice again. I’ll probably rebraid the front, too, and I’m going to find some…
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Costume Stuff
Breaking today’s post up into 2 posts because my car post got a little long. I got a decent amount of work done this weekend! First off, on Friday, I had the sudden realization that I had my dates for Memphis Comic Expo mixed up. I thought I had 2 weeks to finish my costume. Turns out it’s NEXT weekend.…
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More elf stuff
Since I’m done with Janet Snakehole, I went back to work on the Aelsa costume! I picked up some stretch satin last weekend and got my gloves made this week. I did some decorative embroidery stitch from one of the sewing machines along the front part, and some beading along the front edge. I just need to add the finger…
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More progress
I forgot I had this pic – here’s my wig for Queen Aelsa: I’ve gotten the two wigs sewn together, now I need to style it and add the decorations. Last night, I got my hem top-stitched, put the zipper in, and got the sleeves made and attached: Tonight, I get to figure out the collar. I don’t think it…
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Dress is finished
I finished my Queen Aelsa dress this weekend! Finished all the hemming, and I did a little beading along the shoulders and top edges of the sleeve openings. I also finished adding all of the extra wefts to my wig – now I need to braid it and it’s ready. Still got armor to make and horns + ears to…
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A few things
1. Dress Progress! I got the underdress totally hemmed night before last. Last night I got the other sleeve put in, and started hemming the chiffon. Mom gave me the idea to do a very small, tight zig-zag along the edge. I tested it out on some scraps and liked it. I started at the very back where I had…
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Dress stuff
I had enough chiffon for the whole Aelsa dress!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHH Thank goodness. First off I have to say, I think this is the sloppiest thing I’ve made in years. It did not help that I didn’t have enough fabric and had to kinda piece the whole under-dress together, and then I think lining it in a very stretchy thin fabric when…
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All floors, all costumes, all the time
Floors are done! He had to come back for a bit this morning to finish the transitions between the carpeted areas and the new floor. Now to spend the next couple of days putting everything back together. Here’s Luna playing in the hall last night. She is having a hard time getting adjusted to slippery floors LOL In sewing news,…
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Yay Floors!
The installer was at the house all day yesterday and got the hallway nearly done, the kitchen and living room nearly done! Here’s the hallway around noon yesterday. He still has to go back and do a small strip along the left side of the wall, the area in front of bedroom door and the entryway. Then the quarter round…
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Getting the house ready + sewing
This week through Sunday we are getting the house ready for the new floor! I started packing up stuff on shelves last night, and Chase started experimenting with pulling up the carpet in the hallway. I took some before pictures (even though I already took down a lot of knick-knacks): The flooring will be here on Thursday, and has to…
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More sewing
I did a bit of sewing on Queen Aelsa Saturday night. After cutting the bodice sections of white stretch knit, I realized the colours were going to look too different once I had the chiffon overlay on. So I managed to scrounge enough of the silver velvet to cut most of the bodice pieces out of it – couldn’t manage…
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I made a thing
(Not the bra. That’s just there because my new dressform is shy.) I made a kinda hippie looking silver velvet skirt. Well I got it cut out and pinned together anyway. It’s actually a white velvet with some silver flecking on the top. It’s pretty in person. Not that it matters – this is only an under-dress. I only had…
