dragoncon2014
Below you’ll find my blog posts and photos about our thirteenth trip to Dragoncon in 2014. This includes planning, costume construction, photos and trip reports. For this year my new costumes were Anne Boleyn, Johanna Mason, Peggy Carter, Donna Noble (Fires of Pompeii) and Rogue as Ms Marvel, so construction posts for those costumes are included.
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Dragoncon pictures I stole from other people
I’m a nasty little thief, stealing pictures from other people. I love this shot of my Peggy with the USO Girls from Kaydee: Although it makes me think my jacket is a little big? I need to adjust the belt up higher and it’s already wrinkling at that lower point. Hm. Anne onstage, from Sean Peck: Two gorgeous shots of…
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Dcon 2014: Anne Boleyn
Ok, I think this is the last costume wrap-up post I need to do. Due to the crowds I only got to wear Anne once. I probably would have braved it again if I didn’t already have proof that someone stepping on my skirt could rip it – Chase accidently stepped on the side of it as we were heading…
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Dcon 2014: Johanna costume
Well, you know, I really wasn’t sure about how this was going to turn out. This was my stress costume this year that I was still slapping together at the 11th hour and had gotten to the point of, “I don’t care, just finish it,” you know? So I was pretty surprised I actually liked how it turned out. All…
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Dcon 2014: Donna costume
It would figure; the simplest costume is the one I screw up. It really needs some tweaks before I wear it again – I was really unhappy with the way the trim was laying especially on the bustline, so I want to switch out for something not so bulky that will lay flat. It was also causing the back to…
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Dcon 2014: Rogue costume
I literally only have one decent picture of this costume. The other ones we took are blown out (can’t see the star) and have I have a huge hair shadow across my face. I wore this for about 2 hours friday afternoon – and had intended on wearing it again late friday or saturday night. But I couldn’t convince myself…
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Dcon 2014: Marie Antoinette TARDIS costume
Well this one isn’t NEW but it’s updated and I’m really pleased with it! When I first did the TARDIS dress back in 2011, my plan was to create a couple of other underskirts to wear with it, so I could be different versions of the TARDIS. Well I never got around to that – mostly because I hate painting…
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Dcon 2014: Peggy Carter costume
First wrap-up on one of the new costumes – Peggy ! I was super pleased with how it came out. It was relatively comfortable – outside of being insanely hot. It wasn’t too bad as long as I was inside – even in the oven that is the Marriott – but outside was no bueno. I had to leave both…
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Dcon 2014: Megara
I wore Megara for a couple of hours Saturday afternoon. Nothing major. It was more comfortable than half of my other costumes and I almost put it back on Sunday, but decided I didn’t feel like messing with the sandals. I wish I’d had time to fix the pleats on the dress before Dragoncon but alas – I’ll have to…
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Dcon 2014: Shadowcat
Ya’ll don’t even KNOW how excited I was to bring Shadowcat back to Dragoncon. As I’ve mentioned, Shadowcat was my first superhero costume for my first Dragoncon in 2002. I’ve been playing around with the idea since Dragoncon 2011. But never had a good excuse to until I got to be part of a very awesome 80s X-Men group this…
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Dcon 2014: Dr Forrester
I wore this both Thursday night – to take advantage of my crazy hair from Marie Antoinette – and Saturday afternoon (only for a few minutes). I’ve got a few more pics of Dr F coming soon from Chase. I didn’t wear it terribly long on Thursday because Tom made my arm pretty sore LOL And I threw it on…
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Dcon 2014: Emma costume
So last year I did all these little updates to Emma – mostly fixing the issue with the bottoms not reaching the corset, the cape closures. And then I didn’t wear it last year. I made sure to bring it back this year and got into it on Saturday afternoon. However, after all that, I only wore it for maaaaaaybe…
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Dcon 2014: Donna Noble Costume
Starting out with some of my older costumes – less thoughts that way which is good cuz I don’t think my brain is fully functioning again yet. So, nothing really new with the costume except the wig. My hair’s gotten way to long for Donna as I mentioned before – so I got a wig late last year. A few…
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Lucky Number 13
This year was weird. The bad: -First and foremost, Ash wasn’t there. It just made the weekend feel off. -The crowds were really heavy. To the point I wasn’t comfortable rewearing Marie Antoinette or Anne Boleyn as the weekend wore on. And it’s not so much the amount of people – it’s the lack of crowd control. Dragoncon could easily…
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Final Dragoncon Line-up
Last schedule thoughts: Friday I will definitely be at the Vintage Vogue Fashion Show, so I’ll be over at the Hilton from 12:30-2:30. If I can manage I’ll try to wear Anne a little longer than that, otherwise I’ll probably be in her again Sunday. Saturday I’ll be at the USO Girls/WWII shoot at 12:30 as Peggy, and later that…
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Dragoncoooooon
Spent all last night running around the house, finishing packing, finishing projects. I don’t know how we’re going to fit it all in the car. This is just part of it: We’ve got: 4 garment bags 1 large costume bin 1 16x16x16 wig box 3 boxes we’re carrying for friends 1 mini fridge 1 giant box of food Chase’s costume…
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mostly done
-Make collar and bracelet pieces for Johanna -Make earring for Johanna -Make bracelet for Johanna -Trim Johanna wig lace -Try on/clean up and finishing touches on Johanna -get eyelets set into Peggy belt -get buckle covered and attached for Peggy belt -paint my props for Peggy -recurl Peggy wig -assemble briefcase for Peggy -finishing resewing trim on Donna -paint crown…
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to-do list updated
-Make collar and bracelet pieces for Johanna -Make earring for Johanna -Make bracelet for Johanna -Trim Johanna wig lace -Try on/clean up and finishing touches on Johanna -get eyelets set into Peggy belt -get buckle covered and attached for Peggy belt -paint my props for Peggy -recurl Peggy wig -assemble briefcase for Peggy -finishing resewing trim on Donna -paint crown…
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I wanna go
Before every Dragoncon, before every Disney trip, I always feel like Joey in, “The One Where Ross Got High.” Yet I’ve never been able to find a gif of that so I could share my feelings with the internets. So today I made my own.
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Aaaand I’m sick
Woke up sick to my stomach this morning. Took some medicine and came into work but don’t know that it’s doing much good. Uuuugh I gotta go get my haircut today, don’t have time for this. I packed a bit yesterday. Worked on getting the loose thread picked off Donna (where I had to pull up the trim and sew…
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im almost there
Finished putting the “bark” on the Johanna shirt last night – tonight I’ll start applying the metal pieces/nail heads, and start on the collar and bracelet piece. I also got all of the hook-and-eyes and snaps attached to the dress to keep it and the shirt in place. Then I sewed on snaps onto my Anne Boleyn dress to hold…
