black canary

Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Black Canary (DC Comics) costume, constructed in 2008.

  • Cable Show & Photoshoot Photo dump
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    Cable Show & Photoshoot Photo dump

    I know I haven’t actually updated on any sewing for a while – but that’s coming very soon I promise 🙂 Chase was asked to take part in this cable trade show for Turner networks in Washington DC, as one of several clonetroopers in their booth. I got to tag along as a handler 🙂 It was nice quick little…

  • 2008 in review
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    2008 in review

    What I accomplished in 2008 (and what I didn’t, LOL) Well it was weird year for me, costume-wise, because the first part of the year was eaten by my wedding, both financially and time-wise. I was still attemping to work on stuff – to make things that were easy, or that I already had material for. I think after the…

  • Black Canary Photoshoot Preview
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    Black Canary Photoshoot Preview

    The photoshoots went great today, from what I’ve seen on Chase’s computer I’m really pleased, especially with the Wonder Woman shots. I went ahead and uploaded one of my favourite Black Canary ones — I should have the rest up on my flickr throughout the week.

  • Dragoncon 2008 Costume wrapup
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    Dragoncon 2008 Costume wrapup

    1. Giselle I was really pleased with the updates to Giselle. An hour’s worth of work turned it from a costume I really didn’t care about to something I was really happy with. I actually wish I’d tossed it on on Monday at the con as well. I might wear it sometime at Halloween if it’s not too cold out.…

  • Dragoncon 2008 – sunday!
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    Dragoncon 2008 – sunday!

    Sunday we slept in, then I put on Poison Ivy (I wanted to rewear Zatanna, but my feet said “NO!”) and Chase and I went and had a little lunch. Then Chase remembered he was supposed to go to the clonetroopers.net lunch LOL. So he went to that, and I met up with Ash and we went shopping for a…

  • Dragoncon 2008 – saturday!
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    Dragoncon 2008 – saturday!

    Ok I’m going to stop talking so much about my costumes and what I want to change, since I’ll want to make a separate post about that later. But anyway – on to Saturday pics! Thank god for Ash! She came over to help us finish getting ready that morning – I was getting Starfire on for the very first…

  • Dragoncon 2008 – thurs and friday!
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    Dragoncon 2008 – thurs and friday!

    Hey guys… sorry I haven’t posted in a few days!! Dragoncon was a blast, as always. I managed to come home with a nasty head cold so I’ve been kinda in-and-out of it since then. I finished uploading our photos today, though – had over 1000, almost filled up the memory card, LOL. I think I’ll break up my posts…

  • To-Do list 8/24/08 and Starfire Updates
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    To-Do list 8/24/08 and Starfire Updates

    Three days left to work! Starfire: Paint collar Attach spheres to collar Put straps on back of gauntlets Attach brooch to suit Sew boots to bodysuit Add spheres to top of boots Here’s a sneak peek of it… put everything on to make sure it was going ok. Wonder Woman: Finish painting the tiara (needs another coat) attach star to…

  • christmas in july
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    christmas in july

    It’s been like Christmas the past two days, with all the packages I’ve been getting in the mail. I’ve been trying to get as many of my materials for my Dcon costumes — so I’ve ordered a lot of things the past few days. I got my bodysuit for Starfire, which means I can get started on that! I got…

  • win!
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    win!

    The seller emailed me back; she is sending the right boots monday and told me to keep the other pair as an apology. Awesome! LOL I’m sure I can use them for a costume at some point.

  • Black Canary boots
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    Black Canary boots

    I’ve been making some good solid progress the past two days, and I was excited when what I thought were my Black Canary boots were delivered today… because that was the last piece I needed, so I could make the yellow straps and be done with it. Unfortunately the seller apparently sent me the wrong pair of boots. Instead of…

  • So, Dragoncon Plans
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    So, Dragoncon Plans

    Starfire – I got my wig, I need to start working on it – unfortunately my wighead clamp doesn’t fit on any of our new counters or tables! D: Hopefully it will fit on the new work table I get pretty soon. I’ve got my fabric, and I got my boots in the mail today. I order the bodysuit… and…