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Ugh
So I went to spend some quality time in my office last night. I went to grab the bodice pieces out of my pattern bag – they were already cut since this is the same pattern I used for my previous Anne in 2009 – only to discover they were not in the bag. I grabbed my two versions of…
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Anne work commences
Part of the reason I was rushing on Peggy was so that I could get everything finished and the fabric scraps put away so I could have a clean office to start on Anne. Because Anne is seriously taking up some room. I got the skirt pieces cut last night and sewn together quickly. I pleated it just to see…
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So much work I can’t even remember it all
I REALLY dug in on Peggy this weekend. Chase was gone Friday-Saturday evening, so I attacked it with everything I had. Worked until about 1AM Friday night/Sat morning, got up, had breakfast, ran to the store, and then back at it until Chase got home around 5. I was kinda in a rush because I REALLY wanted to take it…
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I’m almost there
Shirt & tie are just stand-ins! Needed to see the jacket with something similar on underneath. Last night I top-stitched the front, got the collar put in and started on the epaulets. I’m going to have to take the collar back off because it’s slightly too big and I need to put a couple of darts in so the whole…
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Today’s update on Peggy
Doesn’t look all that different from yesterday’s post, but last night was clean up. I cleaned up the inside and pressed some stuff and fixed my dart, and reshaped my collar. Also made the upper collar but haven’t attached it yet. It’s a little big on my dressform, it’s fitting me better – I’ll try to take my next picture…
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Your Daily Update
Didn’t get to work much last night; but I did get the jacket basically put back together. I need to go back in and trim and replace my seams and darts, and also I think I may need to move the left side down – the pockets ended up uneven and I think it’s just because I’ve got it placed…
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An End to the Anne Fabric Debacle
This is part 2 to this post, way back OVER a month ago… So I thought my fabric searches were over and done with. I had that last 4 yards coming in from Murfreesboro and that would give me 14 yards all together, which should be enough. Well time goes by and they never call to say my fabric is…
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Last night…
I got the other side cut out, got my pockets done, darts put back in place and started putting the jacket back together. It looks like a right mess in that photo but I wanted a progress shot. Tonight I’m going to get the darts put back into the lining and get the lining and outer layer reattached. I’m hoping…
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All Peggy, all the time
This weekend I got a LOT done on Peggy. I jumped in and cut out my actual fabric, got the lining put together, and then the front side put together: Another shot: I did a test run of a attempting a double welted pocket. And then a quick test fit of the jacket with the skirt. And then I attempted…
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The Case of the Missing Lip Stain
So last summer, I got some of Revlon’s “Just Bitten” lipstain. The commercials claimed it to be “long lasting” which is something I need when wearing costumes all day long. I LOVED it! I liked it for wearing outside of costumes, too! For costumes, it was easier to put on than regular lipstick for me (I think because it’s like…
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Jacket mockup
Yall can probably expect me to actually update on costumes on a pretty regular basis this summer; I’ve been in a posty mood and I don’t see it fading. Here’s my 2nd jacket mockup I put together last night. I just put the pieces together and left it – tonight I need to press the seams and play with the…
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Lots of work
So last night I got all of this done Yes, that’s right, I cut out four squares of black fabric and pinned them to my dressform. Man that was a lot of work. Actually I spent most of the evening researching the costume and gathering up my references into one folder, and then I went and cut out the fabric…
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This weekend’s projects…
On Saturday, I jumped in and dyed my wool. Just as reminder, here’s what it looked like originally along with my dye tests: Chase helped me fill up one of our big bins with hot water. Then we took it outside for the actual dyeing: Here it is drying: And then we went to see X-Men, which I enjoyed very…
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Dye test
Dye tests on my Peggy Carter fabric:
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A few more Momocon pics
Here’s a few more pictures that I didn’t have uploaded yet when I posted last. Kevin’s absolutely epic take on the classic “help I’m falling down the Marriott” photo: I loooooooooove these photos of my Belldandy Chase took. I TRIED to be good and wear sandals with Belldandy (I’ve gotten in trouble with hotels for not wearing shoes with it).…
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Peggy Carter fabric
I picked up fabric for Peggy while in Atlanta this weekend! Color is not 100% – but it matches up pretty well, both in texture and weight, to the actual fabric of my grandfather’s WWII jacket, and since that’s my main inspiration, I’m very pleased with it. Will probably do a test dye sometime soon and see if I can…
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A bunch of questions
1: What was your first cosplay? Depends on how strict you want to get with the definition. I generally point to my Halloween costume of 1998, when I did a closet costume of Britan from my comic, SunDowner. If you say OCs don’t count, then my 1999 Halloween costume of Quistis which was my first foray into sewing. Or if…
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DRAGONCON COMETH
Now Momocon is out of the way I get to dig into Dragoncon stuff. On our way out of Atlanta, we stopped by Gail K Fabrics, and I found some fabric I’m happy with for Peggy Carter. I’m beyond myself excited to tackle Peggy and Anne Boleyn – so I’ll be jumping on those, first. I’ve really got to figure…
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Meg thoughts
or, How to make your Uncomfortable Costume Comfortable in Two Easy Steps I was pretty well pleased with Meg, at the end of the weekend. But, the first time I wore it on Saturday, I made a huge, rookie mistake. I should have known better. I put my Meg wig on and everything felt fine. The problem with the wig…
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Momocon Pics – Round 1
Here’s the pics from my camera and my phone, and a handful from Chase – haven’t gotten all of his uploaded yet. We had a fantastic time! It was definitely a different crowd than we’re used to at a convention, but Kevin was in Kevin Heaven. We were up before the sun on Friday and the trip in went really…
