marie antoinette

Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Marie Antoinette costume, constructed in 2011. This also includes the first TARDIS variation, also from 2011, and the second TARDIS variation, from 2014.

  • 2014 Year in Review – 2015 Plans
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    2014 Year in Review – 2015 Plans

    It’s that time of year!! Time to look back at what I accomplished and what I… didn’t accomplish. So last year, I said I was going to make… 1. Willow – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nope. Even though this would have been easy I just never got to it. 2. Johanna’s Interview Dress – Catching Fire I DID THIS ONE!…

  • Dressform Pics – Last bit
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    Dressform Pics – Last bit

    Here’s the last few I didn’t have uploaded yet yesterday. Anne was a bit too big to properly spread out the train. Did the best I could in the space I had. I was surprised I was able to get Johanna’s shirt on the dressform at all, but somehow I did. And I’m amazed the collar piece fit. (Early on…

  • MCFC – part 2
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    MCFC – part 2

    Saturday pictures! I wore the TARDIS in the morning: The angels have the phone box! Then I have a ton of costume contest pics up in the set! Unfortunately Chase didn’t manage to get every contestant, but there’s a good number. Dramatic judging: More judging: I love how I look more like Donna Noble when I’m not wearing my Donna…

  • Dragoncon pictures I stole from other people
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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…

  • Dcon 2014: Marie Antoinette TARDIS costume
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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…

  • mostly done
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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…

  • This weekend
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    This weekend

    Went to Mema’s. Slept, ate, did a fat lot of nothing mostly. And this 2 weeks before dragoncon! But we came home early yesterday (with a sick puppy in tow. I think she over-indulged this weekend and made herself sick. she’s still not feeling well.) and I dug in. I mostly finished Fires of Pompeii Donna. It took approximately 2…

  • HAAAAT
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    HAAAAT

    I got my new hat for Marie Antoinette, omg I love it. Can’t wait to decorate it this weekend. Also, now that my Peggy wig has fully dried – I really like it. I don’t think I need to recurl it. I think I can just jump right into styling, so that’s nice!

  • Work, etc
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    Work, etc

    I didn’t get a ton done this weekend. I was pretty lazy. I missed around with Marie Antoinette, getting her cleaned up for Dragoncon. I’m wanting to walk in the parade in her this year, so I played around with ways to bustle it. This is what I ended up with: I sewed the ribbons on last night for that,…

  • Dragoncon Costumes: Everything Else
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    Dragoncon Costumes: Everything Else

    Thoughts & Pics on all the “old” stuff I wore this year… 1. Belle I wore Belle Friday morning for a while. Had wanted to wear it again but didn’t get a chance. (Well, that’s a lie, there were chances… I just didn’t have the energy for it!) I love how it looks with my Marie Antoinette hoops, and really…

  • Dragoncon 2013!
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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…

  • More from yesterday
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    More from yesterday

    SO I already posted about yesterday a bit, but here’s some more. I was up really early yesterday thanks to a migraine, so I got up and ran out and bought a garment rack. It’s been driving me crazy and holding up my packing progress to not be able to bring my costumes I need to hang up into the…

  • GMX 2012 Recap
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    GMX 2012 Recap

    GMX was a lot of fun this year! We took Kevin, who wore his Harry Potter and Doctor Who costumes, and I took Wasp, Ms Marvel, Donna Noble, Marie Antoinette, and Anne Boleyn. We mostly hung out, shopped, Kevin played video games and Chase took photos. It was a nice lowkey weekend 🙂 Here’s some of my fav pics. Kevin’s…

  • Dragoncon 2011: found flickr pics
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    Dragoncon 2011: found flickr pics

    is it too late to be posting random flickr pics from dragoncon? I’m squinty in this pic but I really like it. This one doesn’t have sharing enabled, but I love this shot of me as Donna with Rose. And just a nice shot of my Marie…

  • 2011 Costume Wrap-up
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    2011 Costume Wrap-up

    It’s that time of the year! Beginning of this year these were my plans: Enchantress – done! Alternate Wonder Woman – aka Hippolyta – done! Lady Blackhawk – done! Rogue – done! Marie Antoinette – done! Charlotte (Princess & the Frog) – no 🙁 Ms Marvel red suit/Moonstone – done! Disney character – no 🙁 TV character – no 🙁…

  • BBC America Contest, and Wonder Woman Progress
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    BBC America Contest, and Wonder Woman Progress

    I’m sad and tired and don’t know what else to do but keep myself busy with everything else. So.. I’m one of the finalists in the BBC America costume contest… there are a lot of really great entries, I’m really stoked to be among them. If you want to vote, click the link 🙂 Here’s some of the pics we…

  • Making my DCNU Wonder Woman Costume
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    Making my DCNU Wonder Woman Costume

    I started on my GMX costume, DCnU Wonder Woman, this weekend. Here’s my fabric: Red canvas & cotton for the interior of the bodice, red matte satin for the outside. Navy blue spandex for the bottoms. I also bought a pair of navy blue leggings to do the pants version also – I don’t know if I’ll have time to…

  • Dragoncon 2011 Costume Recap
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    Dragoncon 2011 Costume Recap

    First up, Supergirl. My plan was to wear Supergirl all Thursday night; I ended up wearing it for about 20 minutes because I wanted to put on Donna. So now that Supergirl was out of the way (LOL) I wore Donna the rest of the night – there were so many Doctor Who people around and with K9 out, it…