glimmer
Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Glimmer (She-Ra) costume, constructed in 2013.
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Dressform Pics
Here’s everything so far. I’m only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I’m bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but…
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GMX Pics: Part 2
Got the rest of my pics uploaded last night! A few pics of Sarah Sanderson from friday night: Time Lords visiting the Doctor… Kevin really was out of his element in this costume – the collar was uncomfortable for him, he had trouble walking in it – but he FELT really cool, haha. Peggy with a couple of Caps: I…
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2013 Year in Review
2013 on its surface looks like I was a lazy bum on the sewing front this year. So, first, let’s look back at what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2013: Romana I Yes! I actually did this one! Yay! an Edwardian dress No. I did a ton of planning for it, got fabric samples, and then decided it…
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Dragoncon Pics
Here’s so more dragoncon pics I’ve collected from others 🙂 Supergirl, from Icosplay.com With my glowing Kryptonite glass LOL Donna, from Lofidelity Here’s a great handful of He-Man/She-Ra group pics from Steve McManus: I love this pic of my Belle from Lionboogy: And this one of me and Chase from Star Wars Fever: And the Doctor, Romana and K9, from…
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New Costume: Glimmer
I’ve finished my Glimmer costume and have added it to my portfolio! Glimmer is the main costume I was keeping secret — I got to be part of a big He-Man/She-Ra group at Dragoncon, and I picked Glimmer, and Chase was Bow. We wanted to make the costumes have a more realistic bent, which for me was difficult with a…
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Dragoncon 2013!
Well I’ve been home from Dragoncon for a few days but haven’t posted a thing here – sorry! It was a good year. Even though I felt like i was a day ahead the whole time (Thursday felt like Friday, Friday felt like Saturday) by the end of it, it felt like it had rushed by way too fast. I…
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In which Chase holds props
We worked on costumes for the past 2 1/2 days and I only have two photos to show today. First, I finished my Fionna sword! Whee! And here’s the staff for my last costume. I took pictures of some other things but the paint needed touching up very badly so I didn’t post them. Another thing to add to the…
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Random Randoms
Worked on some different stuff last night. I finally finished my Romana I brooch and got it attached! About time, I think I’ve been done with everything else on it for a few weeks now. Overall really happy with it. Although could I have taken a worse picture? Why didn’t I at least stick it on the dress form that…
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Fun with Worbla
I just cleaned the house and burned mashed potatoes and beaded my skirt some last night, so I don’t really have much to post today. Chase did work on my belt a bit. I looove how it looks. Tonight I’ve got to get some actual sewing done. My to-do list for tonight: -Finish re-inforcing Romana cape feathers -Finish Chase’s shirt…
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Stuff from yesterday
Well yesterday, I packed some more… We played with worbla… I helped Chase with a wig, and I got my skirt put together And then I decided I hadn’t done enough beading on Saturday so I started beading the skirt And Chase has the power I also painted some gauntlets. My hands are covered in purple and brown paint, and…
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in which i do nothing but mangle a wig and unsuccessfully dye chiffon
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Wig, etc
Didn’t get a lot done yesterday. Storms and family lunch took up the bulk of the day, but I did get my Belle wig finished, re-dyed my chiffon, nearly finished Chase’s Zaphod gloves and finished altering his Zaphod pants. The only pic I have to share today is my wig that I posted about dyeing saturday – here it is…
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Saturday night
So! Yesterday, I started kinda packing, almost finished embroidering my pants, then Chase and I ran errands and fell asleep on the couch. Today we got up early and went and had breakfast, then a couple more errands. Came home and got to work on stuff. I finally broke down and dyed my wig. Been scared of doing it. It…
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Updates & Pics
I got some decent work done last night! And took pics! This one is actually from night before last. Gollum made my Donna Runaway Bride earrings for me. I worked on the corset for the last costume for a bit – got the straps added, cleaned up some loose threads. Then I patterned out my skirt and cape. Thankfully I…
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20 days to go…
So we’re in the final stretch here. We have 20 days before we leave. I’ve got to get a lot done this weekend. 3 of my costumes are pretty much finished – Donna Runaway Bride is totally done, Trillian is totally done. Romana I and Supergirl are at like 90%. The other new costume is only at like maybe 40%…
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Embroidery & Quidditch
I don’t have many pics to show of work this week. I’ve worked on my corset embroidery off and on. Last night I cleaned out my makeup bin, organized everything and wrote up a list of stuff I needed for Dragoncon, and then sculpted my Romana buckle. Here’s the corset, one side done: And over the weekend Kevin and were…
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4 Day Weekend
I had a 4 Day Weekend this past weekend – I had Thursday and Friday off to sew. I didn’t get much of anything done because I’ve had so little to work on. Today is also the 5th day in a row I’ve woken up with a migraine. I mean, my medicine takes care of it in like 15 minutes,…
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updates & whatnot
I haven’t gotten much of anything done this past week, I’ve been super lazy. I was off work yesterday and again today to work on stuff, but hardly got anything done. I did make this. Really using my time wisely. We did play withe Worbla. And I dyed my chiffon for my cape, although I think I’m going to re-dye…
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Updates on stuff
Spent most of the weekend working on stuff. First up, Chase got his Zaphod wig. Secondly, we bought some leather. Thirdly, I made the outer layer for that bodice I’ve been working on. The purple leather on the bodice is the same as what’s above, it looks icky in the yellow lighting of our room. And the start of covering…
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More progress stuff
Didn’t get a lot done last night. But! We did start wet-forming my gauntlets.
