WorldCon Packing

In addition to what I still have to complete (look back at WorldCon Preview if you're interested) I also have to pack soon.  I am a forgetful person, so I always make detailed packing lists for a con.  Here's my packing list for WorldCon:

Thursday: Green Tea Dress

Pack:

Skirt

Shirt

Coat

Hose

Heels

Cloche

Makeup

Underwear

Bra

Thursday Night: Silver 20's Dress

Pack:

Dress

Purse

Heels

Hose

Makeup

Underwear

Bust Flattener

Friday: Stripey Steampunk

Pack:

Corset

Undershirt

Lacing

Skirt

Hose

Shoes

Bra

Underwear

Jewelry

Goggles

Makeup

Friday Night: Stripey Pirate

Pack:

Hat
Shirt
Corset
Skirt
Lacing
Hose
Shoes
Armwarmers
Jewelry
Makeup
Petticoat
Underwear
Bra

Saturday: Regency

Pack:

Corset
Chemise
Dress
Jewelry
Wrap
Shoes
Stockings
Makeup

Masquerade: Lake Dress

Pack:

Stockings
Shoes
Underwear
Bra
Hoop
Skirt
Bodice
Lacings
Wig
 Coronet
Wisk
Jewelry
Makeup
Shirt

Sunday: Sandry

Pack:

Shoes
Boot Covers
Bodice
Lacing
Pants
Gloves
Wig
Ribbons
Underwear
Bra

Sunday Night: Fancy 50's Dress

Pack:

Dress
Cincher
Bra
Hose
Shoes
Jewelry
Makeup
Petticoat

 
Later Sunday Night: 20's dress

Pack:

Dress
Stockings
Shoes
Flask
Bust Flattener
Jewelry
Makeup
Underwear

Monday: Circus Ringmaster

Pack:

Shoes
Stockings
Underwear
Bra
Skirt
Petticoat
Hat
Corset
Shirt
Bolero
Makeup

Monday Progress Update: July 23

I got quite a lot done this week, I really put my nose to the grindstone for WorldCon stuff.

Here's the start to my Regency short corset.


 I pretty much made the Green Tea dress from drafting up to almost done:

The skirt.  All it needs is a hem, right now it's pinned in place.

The shirt/dress in front of my pile of stuff I'm working on and spare fabric.  I really need a better system for spare fabric.

The back of the shirt and the coat over it.   The left side has been hemmed and is finished, I still need to finish the front and right side and do the neckline and cuffs.

Front of the coat.


I got a lot of work done on the 50's dress too:

It now has sleeves and a skirt.  It needs to be hemmed on the peplum and the armholes, the neck needs binding, and the peplum lace needs to be adjusted.  Then the skirt needs to be hemmed after it's hung.

The Stripey Steampunk corset, which now has sleeves with ruffles.  The left side has been bound and needs hand finishing, the right side needs binding sewn on it.  Then it needs a modesty panel and grommets for lacing.

WorldCon Preview

Mostly for my own reference, but here's what I've got in the plans for WorldCon:

Thursday: Green Tea Dress

To Do:

Mock

Cut

Sew Coat

Sew Skirt

Sew Shirt

Finish Coat

Finish Skirt

Finish Shirt

Thursday Night: Silver 20's Dress

To Do:

Style!

Friday: Stripey Steampunk

 To Do:

Bind Corset
Grommet Corset
Lace Corset
Mock Sleeves
Cut Sleeves
Sew Sleeves
Attach Sleeves
Ruffle Sleeves
Finish Top

Friday Night: Stripey Pirate

 To Do:

Make Hat

Make Cravat

Make Skirt

Saturday: Regency

To Do:

Make Short Corset

Masquerade: Lake Dress

To Do:

Make Bodice

Mock Sleeves

Make Sleeves

Attach Sleeves

Trim Bodice

Trim Skirt

Trim Sleeves

Make Ruff

Make Crown

Fan

Skirt Closures

Style Wig

Documentation

Sunday: Sandry

To Do:

Finish Bodice Piping

Finish Tab Binding

Make Modesty Panel

Make Spats

Style Wig

Sunday Night: Fancy 50's Dress

To Do:

Sew Peplum

Attach Lining
Bind Neckline
Cut Sleeves
Sew Sleeves
Attach Peplum
Attach Sleeves
Hem Peplum
Cut Skirt
Sew Skirt
Attach Skirt
Zipper
Hook and Eye
Hem Skirt

 
Later Sunday Night: 20's dress

 To Do:

Raise Waistline

Monday: Circus Ringmaster or Merida

To Do:

Nothing!

 To Do:
Color Snap Tape
Fix Arms
Attach Dress Shields
Make Belt
Make Quiver
Buy Bow
Paint Bow
Decorate Quiver
Style Wig

Monday Progress Update: Mar 26

Got some more finishing work done this week, and got a good dent in another costume for Costume Con:

This is Thing 1's Lolita Flower Dress for the Future Fashion Folio show at Costume Con.  The bodice is finished, and the skirt is pinned together.  I finally got four good purples I liked in a gradient, but I really wish there were five.  I hate how the bottom of the skirt is two rows of white petals.  I'm debating between making a row of green leaves for the first row and moving all the rows down, trying to dye the extra petals from the third row something in between the third and fourth, or replacing the bottom row of petals with a lace trim.  I'm also trying to decide if I want to hem the petals.  I'm afraid a hem will take away the floatiness of the habotai, but I also don't want them to ravel too much.  I guess, for a one-wear dress it's really not going to be that bad.  They absolutely need ironing before I sew them down though!

Thing 1's finished Easter dress.  Now I only have Thing 2's suit to go, and one week to finish it!

My finished 1912 corset.  I really need to train it a little so it laces nicer on top, and I hate how it gaps in the front so I may put in an underbusk that will extend down further on the bottom to close the gapping.

And my finished stripey underbust.  I really like the black busk, it looks really nice with the black bone casings.

Monday Progress Update: Mar 19

I had the flu last week so I didn't get a lot done.  Here's what I did do, though:

I finished the binding on my stripey underbust.  Now all it needs is grommets.

I sewed a lot on the green dress I cut out for Thing 1 for Costume Con.  It needs the armholes finished, a zipper put in, trim, and a hem now.

Also got a lot of work done on Thing 1's Easter dress.  I'm trying to convince myself right now that I don't really need to edge-stitch all those pleats in the skirt.  Dang it.  Also needs the bias sewn on the neck and bias put on the arm holes.  Plus I need to get to Thing 2's suit :(

Got a bit of work done on the skirts for next week's One Week One Pattern challenge.  Really have to get on that.  I almost finished this skirt, and I serged a lot of other skirt pieces so they're ready to sew.

Monday Progress Update: Mar 12

I've done a lot of shopping and cutting this week.  Hopefully I can get some stitching done next week, since everything is ready now!

I wanted to try Tilly's One Week One Pattern Challenge:

 But, when I started planning I realized that all my skirts from my favorite pattern are too large. Yay and boo! So I spent the week cutting seven new skirts from the pattern. I need more skirts anyway, lots of stuff is getting too large. So this is all the cut skirts laid out. I'm using Simplicity 2152 and making variations of the two shortest skirts (the longest is too long on my 5' tall person).

In  continuing from last week, I attached my garters and grommeted my 1912 corset with white grommets.  I realized after posting that I really didn't like the dark, so I went with white and lavender.  I haven't finished the flossing yet, hopefully tomorrow!

I also finished the binding on the bottom of my stripey underbust and boned it.  I need to finish the bottom binding and grommet it in black and it will be done!

More cutting: I am making Easter outfits for my niece and nephews, so I cut Thing 1's dress so I could pattern the collar and skirt.  I'll try to put this together this week.

And the final cutting, one of Thing 1's costumes for Costume Con, cut and ready to sew.  I had to stop because I didn't have any thread the right color, but a weekend shopping trip fixed it and I'll get started this week!

So I put that away and I started on this gathered green bodice for another of Thing 1's dresses.  This one didn't have any green fabric gathered I liked, so I spent a day sewing 2" lines on this one so I could gather it to fit.  Yikes!  It's a bit small right now, but I'm going to baste it to the pattern pieces and then ease up a bit on the threads to make it fit right.  The rest of the bodice is cut, so I should get this sewn together soon, too!  And I ordered more purple dye for the horrid purple dye experiment, that should be in by the end of the week so I can try again for the skirt of this dress.

Monday Progress Update: Mar 05

I've got a few weeks to update, so this is going to be a little long:

I finished my 1860's corset.  This picture doesn't have it but it is also bound and laced.  It's a good size for me now, hope that means it still fits in May!

I also mocked up two patterns from Truly Victorian:

TV 247: 1865 Elliptical Skirt and TV 202: 1869 Grand Parlor Skirt.

I made the Grand Parlor Skirt first for my waist size and it wouldn't fit over the hoop!  I had to add a 2' wide gore in the back to get it to fit.  For the Elliptical Skirt I cut the XL size and pleated it down to the 28" waist, which worked a lot better.  I'm going to finish both skirt mocks for petticoats.  I'll probably add a flounce of eyelet on at least one of them, too.  I think I decided that the Grand Parlor Skirt would be the best for my Historical Cinderella, so I'll be working on mocking the bodice soon so I can get started.  Also, speaking of, I've done a color study so I can better figure out fabrics on the dress:

I also got a lot of work done on my 1812 corset:

It's made of a single layer of Farthingales' white floral brocade coutil from the pattern that Bridges on the Body drafted from an existing corset for her 1912 Corset Sew-Along I got behind because I had to wait on an order of boning. It has the bones flossed at the top, bound on the top and bottom in white satin, and the top is trimmed with a soft raschel lace that's been gathered on the top and bottom.  The top stitching is covered by a lavender ribbon that will tie above the busk.  I've covered the garters in the same lavender transparent ribbon.  The garters still need to be attached, the bottom of the bones needs flossing, and I need to put in the grommets but I'm stuck on design.  I can do white or dark purple grommets and white, lavender, or dark purple flossing.  I can also make the garters detachable or permanent.  Let me know what you think!

I got some work done on my steampunk outfit. I'm making two different tops.  This is the underbust corset.  It's a single layer of cotton duck topped with black and silver striped dupioni.  The bone casings are covered in black dupioni, and you can see how I've cut black dupioni binding to add soon.  The busk is black, and the eyelets will be too when I get around to them.

I also put the busk in the vest top.  It is ready to have the edges finished.


I also dyed another gradient for another dress for Thing 1.  This one didn't turn out as well as the last one:

I need to darken the second and the last ones.  I've already overdyed the second because it was too blue and the third and fourth because they were too pink (and I think they might still be, I might go back and dye them more blue).



I sewed and boned the base of my little black dress and cut the fashion fabric and lace:

And I started two skirts:

Finally on the sewing front: I did some decorating/organization work in my sewing room:

I put up more bulletin boards and more pattern hooks;

and re-covered my sewing table (and promptly stained it ironing black dupioni).



On the non-sewing front I just had to make a cheesecake last night from this Design Sponge Rose Cheesekake with Raspberry Topping recipe. It's yummy, but we decided that the rose and the raspberry just don't jive too well. Next time I think I'll try pomegranate instead.