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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weekend update
Friday night I went to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the Orpheum (part of their summer movie series!) with dad. It was a lot of fun; we sat in the first row of the big balcony and people had coconuts they were banging together so it echoed all over the theater LOL Saturday morning I embroidered –…
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Donna
So I finally started my embroidery last night. I drew up my patterns for the main front piece Wednesday night,and yesterday I transferred that to the back side of my fabric. I did a few test runs to see which thread I liked better (I had a non-metallic gold, and a metallic gold to choose from), and which bead size…
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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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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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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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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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Adventures in Fabric
First off, many thanks to my husband who has been dealing with Joann Fabrics for me trying to hunt down more of this fabric. Secondly, a lot of this post is just me venting frustration. First off, why would you ever manufacture a fabric only 45″ wide. This needs to stop. The shortest should be 60″. So, to recap, I…
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Donna – Unicorn and the Wasp Thoughts
Ever so vaguely crazy. I can knock the basic dress out in a day or two. But I want to bead/embroider the whole thing. Will I manage this before Dragoncon while also doing my other projects? Stay tuned to find out.
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Peggy Carter – Thoughts
I’ve been entranced by WWII uniforms ever since I tried my grandfather’s Air Force uniform jacket on several, several years ago. The construction of it was just so beautiful. So, I thought this would be fun to do. I’ve got a wig picked out. And I’ve been hunting fabric. The problem with the fabric, though, is cost. I found something…
