2005 costume projects

Sola, it looks great! And congrats on making the hairpiece look good!


~Laura

 

Beautiful job, Sister Sola!

 

Thanks you guys!

Benae, for keeping the hairpiece on, I sewed a trim on the inside of the base, the part that goes over my own hair in a bun. I don't know why I didn't take a picture of that also.

The trim has little loops at 1.5" intervals, and those can sit outside the opening, flat against my head/hair, and then I used those tiny clips to grab the loop and my hair. You can see the clips better in this picture:

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I think I'll use tortoiseshell clips next time though, so they hopefully won't show up as much. Bobby pins wouldn't be strong enough, as the thing is somewhat heavy.

 

You look terrific, Sola!! I love how it turned out!

 

Thats a good idea I've been thinking all day (even got slightly distracted at work ) about how to keep it on my head. Thanks for the little tip

 

Yes, that's the part that was intimidating me the most - which is why I left it till last!

I'll take a pic of the bottom tonight.

Maggie - thanks!

 

Wow... heh, well I suppose I'll stand (er sit) here in something akin to awe Naboo_Girl--absolutely 'scrumtrulescent,' if I may add, rendering of the PotC dress. Tres fabuleuse. Also the Moulin Rouge opening sequence outfit I saw (don't remember the username, sorry-mind like a sieve), again, with the fabuleuse-ness. [I would love myself to be able to recreate some of my personal 'favorites' I've seen over time, but I guess being a poor student who's never received the sewing machine she's asked for doesn't really do the trick... So far I've only sewn a few dresses, piles of doll clothes, miscellaneous bags/pillows/etc., and my 'evil Willow' costume (all handsewn=for days).] Well I will just bask in the insane creativity then... hope for a project on this year's list(!)

 

Here's the trim that helps it to stay on:

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Weeeee my photographer arrived
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I look like I'm floating LOL He took the pictures on a shadowless white background. Unfortunately the dress isn't tight enough around the middle, making me look fat.

 

You all have such beautiful costumes!!! I've been inspired to crack down on mine

 

This afternoon I attached the sleeve constructions to the yoke and collar construction of the EP I Senate costume under dress. I sewed the lining and zipper in by hand yesterday. Then I finished the insides of the armhole with bias tape. It is finally able to be hung on a hanger.
I spent a little time reading about pleating and if there is any way to make it easer to do. My sewing machine does have a pleating attachment, but I have never used it before. I guess this is a good time to figure out how to use it and see whether or not it will help. I know it will only put pleats in (evenly) at the edge of the fabric, I will still have to make the folds down the entire length of the fabric. Argh.
But the part that is completed looks really, rally nice. That will inspire me to make the rest of it look as nice.

 

Casandra beautiful Purple Padme

I can imagine sewing all the sections of the skirt was... fun....

Voile Dress is going... it's happening.

Just have to put in the sleeves, hooks and eyes, and hem the bottom... and gatehr the shoukders

Got the bonnet of silliness done though
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And beautiful lavender flavoured lemonade made as well

 

I love that silly bonnet!
It looks like some sort of wacky (and pretty!) floral halo!

 

2004 was a strange year for me productivity wise.

It was the year I started veterinary school so it was a little bit like half a year. It was also the year I built Nightcrawler which was kind of all consuming for a good 4 months. I also spent an entire month in the hospital.

If you do the math, you get:

1) Nightcrawler
2) Illyria (for cutest sandgirl)
3) 2 Hogwarts uniforms
4) pirate frock coat
5) popeye (for the 3 year old son of a friend)

for 2004.

Not a big year, and Nightcrawler was definitely the highlight. I won Best in Class Novice at Convergence and Archon. The craziest was winning Best in SHOW for Workmanship at Archon. I couldn't believe it. I just stood there as if there was some other Nightcrawler that must have been in the contest and finally Steve Swope was like "That's you, go!" and pushed me on stage.

Being that I am still in vet school, I'm not expecting to do anything exciting in 2005. My meager plans are:

1) fix my Nightcrawler feet so that kids don't keep breaking the toenails.
2) Repair child inflicted damage to Nightcrawler tail

Okay, so volunteering at the Museum of Science and Industry was a little rough on my costume... But there you have it. Now the sappy stuff: I knew that when I started vet school I would have to curtail my involvement in this hobby so every costume I built and every trip I took last year was special. Thanks to so many of you who've shared the experience with me. It's been great.

-e

 

I'll say it again emily, your Nightcrawler was phenomenal!!! Good luck in school this year, and do come and visit us here from time to time!

michaela - I love the cute bonnet!!!

 

Zam: again, having seen Nightcrawler in person, it IS fantastic. It was great having met you at ComicCon last year.

Good luck with vet school this year.

CIII????

 

'05 costume list -

Things I >WILL< do :
- Finish prequel-era Jedi (should be done by C3 at the latest - I've got everything I need for it)
- TK armor mods, particularly a good suspender setup for the thigh pieces and a fan rig for the helmet. Possibly also a voice-amp and aerator speakers built into the helmet?
- Custom saber for Jedi, using EL kits previously obtained.
- Imperial Officer (I'm cheating on this one - someone's making it for me, and it should be enroute shortly. Need different boots, though)

Things I'd >LIKE< to do :
- Still thinking of a New Jedi Order-era custom Jedi.
- Matrix agent.
- Matrix human (in-Matrix, not "real-world") - I just really like the coats .
- Predator costume. I figure I will get started on it, but there's so much to it that I doubt that it'll be done this year.
- Acquire second (and maybe 3rd) Vader bodysuit
- Paint Vader armor and helmet in subdued 2-tone scheme.
- Come up with a costume to go with the Cat-person prosthetic facepieces I got from The Scream Team last year. I do really well with their vampire piece (Immortal, their new one - it's GREAT!). Need a costume, cat-eye contacts, claws...

I'll probably come up with other stuff to do, I'm sure, but that's the short list, anyways.

Eric Tank
SL-7171 Garrison Tyranus

 

love that bonnet great job on your costumes sister sola and Benae_Quee

 

......an emergency costuming project the night before last caused me to change the thread in my serger from the orange palette to cranberry.

Rather than change it back and begin the arduous pleating project, I decided to begin on the coat for the EP I Senate costume.

I made tons of progress on the body of the coat yesterday. I have the sleeves made and the first one pinned in, but I don't like how it's sitting in there. I am going to widen the armholes more.

After the construction is complete, I can begin to sew on all of the spiral 'roses', the 'crunchy' velvet at the shoulders and bottom front sides by hand. Then I will sew on the braided gold cording by hand. Then I will make the interesting bands of trim for the cuffs and front opening. Then I will figure out how to hem it and work on the doll version.

 

Wow - everyone's costumes look great! The bonnet is so cute! And your hairdo piece is awesome, Sista Sola!



ecila

 

The sleeves are in and the seams are finished. I sewed 3 'roses' on to one sleeve. This is going to take a while.

 

Wow, everyone's costumes look so great Sister_Sola, your dress is beautiful!

Well I finally broke down at bought a serger today. Now to learn to use the thing.

 

Sola, I am late on this, but you look great!

 

*kerflump*

'tis done. Well I need to pipe the bottom of the bodice properly, it is just machine sewn in place, so I need to undo a row of stitches and replace them with either herringbone or whip stitching.

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the bonnet looks much less silly in the right setting

More photos and info.

The bridesmaid dress I wore on Saturday can now be seen in the top right of the first photo of the green twill mock up.