dragoncon2015
Below you’ll find my blog posts and photos about our 14th trip to Dragoncon in 2015. This includes planning, costume construction, photos and trip reports. For this year my new costumes were Captain Marvel, Leia's Comic Book Suit, Donna Noble's Unicorn and the Wasp dress, Georgian Belle, and Janet Snakehole.
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New Dragon Con costumes added!
I’ve added my 5 new Dragon Con costumes to my portfolio! > And our complete Dragon Con 2015 gallery is here!
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More Dragoncon stuff
Some more of the Leia pictures… There were so many great Star Wars costumes there this year… but it’s been so long since I wore a Star Wars costume at a con that even while I was dressed as Leia I’d just walk right past them without thinking about it. Then later I’d be like…. I was dressed as Leia!…
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Moaaaaaaar pics
Slowly getting Chase’s pics uploaded. Here’s a couple of Peggy from thursday: I tell you, taking those shoulder pads out made a huge difference. My neck doesn’t look so short now. Chase & I found an abandoned nook of the Hilton Saturday morning for the Doctor Who photoshoot and got some Donna photos… And then I MET A DOG DRESSED…
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Dragoncon 2015: Costume recap
In (sort-of) order of wearing! 1. Peggy Carter I did some updates to Peggy – I took it up a bit through the waist and removed the shoulder pads, and fixed up the wig. It made a HUGE difference! The jacket fit much better and the wig looked way better, too. I just wish I could have had time to…
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Dragon Con
We’re back! Time to recap… Wednesday We got up bright and early and were actually on the road at the time we wanted to be. I played a lot of tsumtsum (it’s been a while since I played). Once we got to Atlanta we got lunch (Takorea), then went and checked in and unloaded. And then off to ikea! Yay!…
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Dragon Con 2015
Final round-up post! You can find me at: The Vintage Vogue Fashion Show – Friday @ 1pm (Hyatt) The Post-Parade Doctor Who Photoshoot – Saturday @ 10:30am (Hilton Steps) Marvel Superhero Photoshoot – Sunday @ 3pm (Hilton Steps) The last two are dependent on the weather — if it’s raining it’s no go for me. I still don’t know when…
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almost time
I spent friday night/saturday finishing up everything. I finished my wig for the pink dress, outside of trimming the lacefront (I should do that this afternoon instead of when we get there… I’ll do that at lunch), and made some hair decorations for it out of leftover materials. I put some snaps on the dress at the bottom to hold…
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The light at the end of the tunnel
I’ve felt icky all week, the weather shifted and gave me a migraine and yesterday I just could not get it under control. It couldn’t make up its mind whether or not it was now a migraine or a sinus headache, which means I take one medication, it doesn’t work, take another, that doesn’t work, take another — ok that…
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The Pink Beast’s Shoes
So a while back when I was hunting good wedge boots for Captain Marvel I stumbled across some of those cheap-o Halloween costume witch shoes. They were my size and they were only $5 on clearance. So I bought them. One day I will splurge on some American Duchess shoes, but for now, $5 is all this broke-ass can budget…
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“Is it illegal to look in your neighbor’s mailbox?”
The things you find yourself doing during the Dragon Con panic. I’d been waiting on this package for a week… shipping had taken 3 days longer than I expected so I was already frustrated. I knew it was scheduled to be delivered Saturday so I checked the mailbox multiple times and nothing. It was well past the time our mail…
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Werk
So yesterday I got the other sleeve finished off, and finished making my main trim. I put some chiffon and leftover silk on the dress to see if I liked the idea of doing a kerchief or a belt. I dunno. I’ll have to wait and see when I get closer to being done, I guess. Rest of my underskirt…
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TRIM
So Monday after work I drove up to my grandparents’ and met them for dinner. My grandma had already gone and gotten my fabric for me! So that was really nice, I got my fabric and dinner with my grandparents and a little sewing break. So since my last update I’ve installed the hook and eye closures in the front…
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Other updates
Because I forgot in the last post. Also I finally added a tag for the pink dress – it’s “Pink dream dress” because last year I dreamed about this dress and it’s why I wanted to make it. I haven’t been tagging the posts because I didn’t know what to call it til now! And wait… hold on… Joann Fabrics…
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Pink everywhere
So since my last post I’ve painted my whole underskirt! I’m like 70% good with it, I kinda wish I’d done a few more smaller things to make it look fuller but then I might think it looks crowded so who knows. I really hate painting so I don’t know why I decide to do things like this. I liked…
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work work work
This week I’ve been working 7-4 instead of 8-5, my boss said I could try that out and it’s been giving me an extra hour of time to sew each day. Yesterday though, I skipped my lunch hour and went home at 3. It made the night soooooo long. Like by 8:10 I was looking at my phone thinking it…
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arggh
It’s just one thing after another. I finally got the skirt fixed and then the bodice wasn’t fitting right. I had to tinker with it over and over again the past couple of nights trying to get it to fit. Finally had to cut open the back interior and insert some elastic so it has some give. Thankfully my velvet…
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Whatever
I have been struggling for two months to come up with 12 costumes I want to take to Dragoncon. I’ve been having a hard time whittling down the list to make it be 12. Today I decide to f— it. I’m taking all of them. With this possibly being our last Dragoncon, why should I limit myself? I may not…
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Finally
I finally turned a corner with the pink dress. Thursday night, Friday night and half the day Saturday I spent wrestling with the skirt lining. The pattern doesn’t call for a full lining, but I wanted one because I’m bustling it and the underside will more than likely show. SOMEHOW my front lining panels were two inches too short horizontally.…
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Crazy weather
Yesterday around 4:30 I heard my boss and coworker talking about how dark it was outside, I peeked my head around the corner and it was pitch black out, like it was midnight! Right after that the rain and wind started, it was like we were in a hurricane. By the time I left at 5 it was only raining…
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I’m not dead yet
I’m still here, arm’s still intact. Just been involved in the flickr to smugmug move during the day and sewing at night so I haven’t really had a chance to do much updating. Also really haven’t had much to post. I’ve been struggling with the pink dress and feeling stymied by it almost every day. I went to dye my…
