Monday Progress Update: May 28

A day late and a dollar short!  I've been at Anime North this weekend, so your weekly update comes a bit late.  It does, however, come with documentation for my Historical Cinderella that won "Most Historical" at the con this weekend, as well as documentation for my Chevalier D'Eon and Reinette dresses.  I hope to upload a bit more as the weeks go on, I think it's really helpful to have documentation available to look at when you're just starting to make your own style.  I make my documentation in Comic Life with a liberal dose of help from Irfanview.

Also, got these pictures of my Looking Glass Wars costume group from my mom:

And here's a little bit of photo evidence of Thing 1 wearing Alvis:

More after Dress U this week!

Monday Progress Update: Apr 23

Thing 1's flower dress is done except for its belt.  I'm still deciding why to do with that.

 I think I'm leaning towards this belt, but I"m still not sure.


Here's her accessories: a headband and wristlets. ; If I have time I'm going to make two more kanzashi for shoe clips.

I also finished my SF/F entry.  I added the trim to the skirt:

And made this sceptre:

All I have left is to finish the circuit for the skirt, which I'm actively avoiding.



I also did some embellishing work on my historical dress:  I added lace and bows to the stomacher:

And added trim to the skirt:

And the petticoat:

So much handsewing I rubbed my thumb raw!  I also covered my shoes:

But they still need decoration.



Since those are mostly done until my wig shipment comes in I started to work full on my Cinderella dress.

Monday Progress Update: Apr 16

I got a lot of stuff into finished stages this week.  I'm so excited!  If Costume Con were to happen tomorrow all of my competition pieces would be able to go onstage (not that I'd be happy with them, but they could do it).

 I finished grommeting my SF/F bodice and made a modesty panel with a peplum to match the bodice.

I also replaced all the LEDs in the skirt that I blew out last fall.  I'm in the process of figuring out resistors in order to not blow them out again.  I also spent 2 days looking for my pink EL wire, but it has gone AWOL after DragonCon.  I don't know where it is, so I guess I'm gonna work without it.

Thing 1's SF/F sleeves got cut out on tissue paper stabilizer,

And sewn to her dress  . . .

And then the dress hem was dyed light green,

And then stiffened with horsehair, lined and finished!  I may add a hook and eye to the top of the zipper, but otherwise this dress is done!

I also wired her heart . . .

And got it painted!

I finished painting all the petals for the flower dress, and I sewed them on the skirt then sewed the skirt to the top, added a zipper, put lace on the neckline, and put the lining in at the neck.  I still need to finish the lining to the zipper and waist, and finish the sleeves and trim them, add a sash, and finish her headpiece and tights (whew!).

And finally I got a good fitting mock-up of my Cinderella bodice.  It's ready to get cut out!