dragoncon2010
Below you’ll find my blog posts and photos about our ninth trip to Dragoncon in 2010. This includes planning, costume construction, photos and trip reports. For this year my new costumes were Donna Troy, Black Widow, Alyss, Lady Gaga, Magik, Ame-Comi Supergirl and Arica, so construction posts for those costumes are included.
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4 days later… Arica nearly finished
I have a costume. Well, almost. I 95% have a costume. I’m really pleased with how quickly it came together. It has a couple of issues, the zipper is kinda funky and I should have gotten black instead of nude, but ah well. I need to move the snaps on the skirt in a little – it’s a little too…
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state of affairs: Dcon2010 costumes
A little update on, well, everything. Lady Gaga: Haven’t touched it, needing more fabric. I did get my shoes. I need to order fabric for the bodysuit, and also my wigs. This one still has the most work left on it. I’d say it’s at 20% Black Widow: Got my wig, wristbands are nearly done, need to put my belt…
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DOUBLE RAINBOW ALL THE WAY!!
OMG OMG
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Arica Progress Pics
last night’s viewing: mst3k Monster a-go-go I got the sleeves cut out and hemmed, the skirts cut out and finished, except for attaching them together at the sides. Tonight will be working on the design on the front. I’m hoping I can get it pretty finished tonight.
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Arica progress pic
last night’s viewing: mst3k: crash of the moons I cleaned my office, then started cutting out pieces for MJ. Got the bodysuit cut out but not sewn together – I want to sew the front design on before I sew the pieces together. Started cutting pieces out of my blue fabric – cut the front skirt, anyway. Made a mockup…
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Supergirl boots
last night’s viewing: Interview w/the Vampire Didn’t get a lot done. Almost got one of the shoes for Surprise #2 done. Given up on finishing the dress for the formal thing simply because my black satin has gone missing. It’s been floating around my fabric bin for 4 years and now it’s gone… lame. Going dress shopping tonight w/my mom.
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Sewing non-costumey stuff
last night’s viewing: 2 mst3ks. I did a lot of sewing, but none of it was for dragoncon. I pulled out a dress I started making back in 2006 to see how much was left to do on it. I got the skirt finished off and the top put together, and started looking at the waistband. I’m giving myself tonight…
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various costume updates
Yesterday’s viewings: All MST3ks: Jack Frost (again), The Beast of Yucca Flats and half of Lost Continent. (also some random stuff on tv while doing some hand-sewing in the living room). The bodice of Surprise #2 is finished! Well, except for embellishments. Made the skirt, got it attached, made the sleeves, got the embellishments on them finished. They’re a little…
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Supergirl updates + wigs
Last night’s movie of choice: The Royal Tennenbaums Just more work on the bodice. More hand-sewing than I expected. Got a little more of that to do today then I can finally get those grommets in. Got both my Black Widow AND Surprise #2’s wigs in the mail yesterday. Love my Black Widow one, Surprise #2’s I was a little…
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Arica and Supergirl progress
last night’s movie of choice: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I started out with dyeing my Mara Jade/Arica netting – I couldn’t quite get it dark enough with either dye, though. So now it’s dry and I’m considering what step to take next. I need to order my skintone fabric soon – I’ve tried looking locally and can’t find…
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Dragoncon photoshoots & Schedule
I tried not to sign up for too many photoshoots this year. I get tired of running around “I have to be at the photoshoot at 10 hurry up!! because then I have to change and be at photoshoot at 11!!” you know? But here’s where I’ll specifically be: Friday: Ladies of Gotham (in Black Canary) – 6pm Saturday: Parade…
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steady workin… Supergirl and Black Widow
Last night’s movie of choice: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Project: Bodice for Surprise costume #2. I got the two sides put together and figured out, started getting the boning cut. Will at least get it to grommet stage tomorrow. I’m excited about it so far, my idea for it worked out fine, hopefully things will continue to go…
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a note
When I was taking that pic of the Donna Troy suit last night – I wanted to take it just straight on the front… but everytime I tried I realised, “this is nothing but a picture of my boobs.” So we ended up with the slightly to the side. It’s still pretty much a pic of my boobs, though, just…
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Donna Troy Progress Pic
Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise – my MST3K dvd set I preordered last month came a day earlier than I expected! It has Jack Frost on it, which is one of my favs and I lost my copy a while back. So I popped it in and got a lot of work done last night. My Donna Troy fabric…
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heart attack
or, “Hard Attack” as my cousin once wrote. Woke up this morning and found an email from the Atlanta Marriott Marquis confirming our reservations for Dragoncon – again. I didnt’t know why, I already had a confirmation email from them. I clicked on it and quickly realised the difference – it was confirming Thursday-Monday instead of Thursday-Tuesday. I dug up…
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costume catch up
So I posted my Dragoncon list the other day but didn’t really go over it. I thought I’d post it again and update each. 1. Lady Gaga I’ve got the top basically made. I’ve got the organza cut to cover it, but haven’t put it on yet – I’m worried I might run out since I’m using the same organza…
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Dcon 2010 Costume Schedule
I changed up my list a little bit… here’s the updated list… You know I know a lot of people have mixed feelings on when people do “secret” costumes. Some people don’t like it, some do, etc. I think some people view it as a a “na na I don’t want anyone copying me” thing. Which for me, it’s not.…
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365 Project – Padme Family Gown + Gaga Progress
I got a virus about a month ago, I successfully removed it that night and all was good. Well not really. Ever since then I haven’t been able to upload pics – but only it certain places. I can’t upload using flickr’s main uploadr, which I’ve never had an issue with before – I have to use the basic uploader…
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Deciding on DCon 2010 costumes…
New stuff: Surprise #1 (probably fri night) Surprise #2 (fri morning?) Lady Gaga Grammys Red Carpet outfit (probably sat night?) Donna Troy Black Widow Mara Jade as Arica Magik (sat afternoon – marvel shoot) Old stuff: Jane (fri afternoon?) Ms Marvel (sat morning – parade) Starfire (sun morning – dc shoot) Black Canary (fri afternoon? – gotham girls shoot) Snow…
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Amidala Senate art
I only have one more episode 1 outfit to go 🙂 So I’ve changed up my Dragoncon costume plans a bit. I need to update the in-progress page because of it. I’ve dropped two costumes and added one definite, one maybe. The two I dropped are Ame-Comi Black Canary and Batgirl. Batgirl I dropped because #1, the expense – if…
