zaphod
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
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back to fake life
I started to title this “back to real life” but I realized doing something normal like going to Dragon Con is real life. Going back to the day-to-day of the last year is the fake life. So — Dragon Con was actually pretty great. I had my reservations, as you may have noticed in the last post. But the low…
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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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GMX 2013
Well it’s a week later, I guess I should finally post about GMX, huh? We drove up after work on Friday! We got in later than we expected but we got into the room fast, and I threw on Trillian and we hung out downstairs, and went to the Favor panel! Kevin in the Falcon cockpit! Kevin was doing the…
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New Costume: Trillian
I’ve finished our Trillian and Zaphod costumes and have added them to my portfolio! So Trillian and Zaphod ended up being a lot of fun! We did have a handful of people who were excited to see Hitchhiker’s Guide costumes, including one very drunk person who was excited to see people from “the fish movie” and one who told he…
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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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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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Stuff from last night
Yesterday I didn’t do much in the way of sewing. I got Chase’s Zaphod pants altered to fit, I just need to hem them and add the panels to turn them into bell bottoms and they’re done. I spent most of the night creating the widow’s peak on my Belle wig. What an annoying process. It should have probably been…
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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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Yesterday
Yesterday was errand day – after breakfast and a haircut, we went to Tandy, Hobby Lobby, the wig store, and a shoe store. For me all of those were busts; didn’t find anything at the wig store or shoe store, the only place i got something was Hobby Lobby. But, I got all the closures on the Zaphod jacket finished,…
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Zaphod In-Progress
I’ve been trying to get Chase’s Zaphod coat done over the weekend. It’s mostly finished at this point; I need to press it again, and do the front closure. I don’t have buttons for the front yet, so that’ll have to wait. I miiiiight take the sleeves up a bit once we get the rest of it together. I think…
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various stuff
Well, Friday, I added the panels into my Donna Noble skirt and started beading, and Chase and I went out for sushi and saw Monsters University (it was cute). Aaaand then the next morning Chase woke up with food poisoning. I felt so bad for him! So I spent all day Saturday doing more beading, so I could stay nearby.…
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You guys
I’m so excited!!! There’s been a costume I’ve wanted Chase to do since we MET and he’s agreed to do it this year for Dragoncon! Which kinda throws my Dragoncon schedule into a tizzy because now there’s a costume I want to make for myself to go with his and that’s stuffing my schedule a little too full, so something…
