johanna
Below you'll find my posts about my Johanna Mason costume from Hunger Games: Catching Fire, made for Dragoncon in 2014.
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Skirt, finally
Last night I sat down and pleated the skirt, finally. Cartridge pleated it, then had to handsew it to the bodice. It was too thick to go through the machine. I’ll probably go back over it again a few times just to be safe. Tonight, I’m going to fray-check EVERYTHING. Even with all the edges finished I’m still getting little…
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Round-up
A lot of thoughts, discussions, and purchases this weekend. Here’s a breakdown of everything I have going on. 1. Meg – still sewing pleats. Good grief. I took my dress, my pins, needle & thread, scissors and my ironing board and dressform to my grandma’s this weekend. I got out of my car and warned her, “You’re going to think…
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Random costume thoughts
I was hoping to get a lot of sewing done this past weekend but hardly did anything. I couldn’t wrap my head around where I’d left off on Johanna. I cut out the gores for the skirt and that’s about it. So I’m hoping to jump back in this weekend. I’d like to get the main bulk of the main…
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Shopping, etc
Went to Mema’s this weekend, and hit up the fabric stores up there. Managed to find another partial bolt of my Johanna chiffon, so I bought up what was left. Also got some paint I needed, along with some beads. Also got 7 yds of one fabric for another costume I’ve wanted to do since 2004 and might actually now…
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More Johanna progress… sort of… not really
I’ve been making a corset and another little Elsa American Girl doll, so I haven’t really messed with Johanna except to pin down some pleats a little more correctly to get a better idea. I’m liking it! Remember how I said I liked the base fabric? I may have to revise that opinion. When I bought, I thought the inside…
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Johanna progress
So I started messing around with my Johanna costume, even though I still have other stuff to finish right now. I got the lining and most of the dress cut Sunday: I reaalllly like the fabric I got for the base dress and I’m kinda sad it’s basically going to be covered up. Maybe I can figure out a way…
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new costume tags
Well I made some new tags on my side-menu there so I figured I ought to make a post to go with them… and updates on what I’m working on. 1. Silver Elf I haven’t touched this in a year. Still can’t decide what to do with the sleeves. 2. Elsa I’ve gotten some fabric samples and picked up a…
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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…
