dragoncon2012
Below you’ll find my blog posts and photos about our eleventh trip to Dragoncon in 2012. This includes planning, costume construction, photos and trip reports. For this year my new costumes were Batgirl, the Sanderson Sisters, Time Lords, Wasp, Fluttershy and Belle's ballgown, so construction posts for those costumes are included.
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Group progress: Time Lord Updates
All Time Lords, all the time this weekend. Derek’s is completely done YAY… mine is done except for putting on some hook and eyes. Chases’s just need hems and to finish the belt. Ash still needs a lot, but I think I’m finally to the point it’s like sleep walking, so I’m hoping to be done with ALL of it…
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Costume Progress Collage
I made this yesterday and forgot to post it last night. A little collage of everything I’m working on:
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I have pants
I finished my Batgirl pants. Only took two tries. But they fit decently well… and I never want to make pants without a pattern ever again. So tonight I will start on the waist section…. I dyed Cath’s Winnie costume last night. Seems to have turned out pretty well, although I ran out of one colour to mix with the…
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Working, or not… Batgirl stuff
So I don’t have a lot to show right now. I’ve been on some meds than been irritating my stomach really bad, to the point it’s hard to do much of anything except lay on the couch and rub my stomach. Today is my last day on the medicine, though, so hopefully it’ll be better soon. I did get Cath’s…
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Finally, some Belle progress
I spent all day working on Belle. I got the bodice pieces sewn together, and the eyelets put in the back. I pinned on my trim to see if I still liked it. Haven’t decided whether or not to use it yet. Then I started working on the shoulder piece. The shoulder piece is finished except for the back where…
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Costume Progress and a Giant Photo of a Book
So, haven’t had much to post lately. I finished up the main part of Ash’s Mary costume, I’m quite happy with how it turned out. We just need to get her shirt fabric, and making the shirt won’t take long. Hem her skirt and weather it all and we’re good to go and I can mark another one off my…
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Dragoncon 2012 Schedule
Here’s a basic list of what I’m bringing and when I’m thinking of wearing it! Thursday: Slave Leia, Romana II Friday: Ms Marvel, Batgirl, Belle, Emma Frost Saturday: Donna Noble (Journey’s End), Surprise #1, Wasp, Surprise #2 Sunday: Hippolyta, Belle, Batgirl Monday: Donna Noble (Silence in the Library) I only have a few photoshoots this year (tried to keep…
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Wasp Costume Progress
Basically finished up Wasp. I want to fix one spot on the back of the skirt and I miiiight shorten it a tad (I was worried it was going to be too short but I think it ended up a tiny bit too long). I need to make the upper black glove sections, and the headphones. Ordered my wig friday…
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A rough idea of my Belle Costume
And I do mean rough I got the skirt pleated, and finished the basic corset. I got the outer bodice pieces cut and pinned together. I just pinned the fabric swoop on to get an idea of how the bodice was going to look with the skirt. I still have more fabric to buy (going tomorrow) before I can continue…
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Oops: Updates & a Sleeping Beauty GIF
Sorry no new updates. I know I promised pics but haven’t gotten around to it! I’m almost done with Wasp, hopefully finishing up her dress tonight, and bought my wig tonight. I’ll take some progress pics tonight. I cut out Belle’s bodice last night, putting it together today. Made the mockup for my cousin’s costume and it actually fit right…
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More Hocus Pocus progress
I just about finished my Hocus Pocus costume. Just need to finish reenforcing the eyelets, and put a closure on the skirt.
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Wasp Progress
So it took me a week longer to finish my embroidery project than I expected, on top of going to Minnesota for a weekend trip to see my in-laws last weekend. So I was feeling a little stressed the other day, and really buckled down and tried to finish some stuff last night. And I did! I finished the embroidery,…
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Attn my velvety friends
I have finally finished the sleeves, and started attaching them. I decided to re-do mine, again, since I am a masochist, apparently. But, here’s a photo of the robes this past weekend when I put a hoop in the bottom to see how it looked. We still need to buy cotton for the underrobes, the velvet for the upper cape/collar…
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Pictures of Things
So. Here’s some pics like I promised. Here’s my new Belle wig, haven’t done anything to it, but I’m really pleased with it. And then I’ve got a lot of red stuff. And here’s the cutest thing ever.
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I am ensconced in velvet
I have been lost in a haze of velvet and iron-on stabilizer the past two weeks, so I’m sorry for the lack of updates. I’m going to be taking some pics and posting them this weekend, both here and facebook, I promise! In other news, I nabbed some taffeta at Joann’s for super cheap. Was going to use a 50%…
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The Time Lord & Witch sweatshop
Three Time Lord robes in-progress Derek’s needs the sleeve pieces sewn together, Chase’s has the sleeves cut but I need to go through and put the stabilizer and interfacing and lining on. I took mine apart to recut the lining of the main body and the sleeves. I’ve got one other side to unpick tonight, then I can cut the…
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Time Lord costume progress
This weekend Derek came down and we worked on Time Lord stuff! Got some work done on the first collar… And I got Derek’s robe done pretty far along! I fixed some issues I had on mine . For his, I still need to finish the other pieces of the sleeves, put it together, and sew both sleeves together and…
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Dragoncon 2012 Costume Line-up
Tentative ideas!! I figure it’s June now, I can start thinking about schedules. Here’s what I’m most likely taking… So stuff I’m working on/thinking about… 1. Batgirl – I have the cowl, picked out fabric and started planning pieces. 2. Belle’s Ballgown (remake!) – I have my basic fabric, my eye on a wig and going shopping for more fabric…
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More Hocus Pocus Progress
Here’s what I’ve been working on! My Hocus Pocus costume is coming along. I’m doing the Sarah Sanderson costume – my cousin is being Winnie and Ash is being Mary. I’m making all three; I’ve only done some research and scouting for fabric on the other two so far, but I’ve nearly got everything bought for mine, and a good…
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Time Lord Costume Progress
So here’s what I got done this weekend! This was the main robe on Friday… And then with one pinned on sleeve… Tonight will be another sleeve and then start working on the collar.
