DragonCon Countdown: 38 days! I figured that I would just have shortish hair for my Scarlet Witch Costume, even though she has long hair, but I remembered I have a brown wig from being in Beauty and the Beast at my church in 2008. I searched through all my boxes in the attic and found […]
This blogging thing is hard for me
DragonCon Countdown: 39 Days! I started blogging again just recently to try to document the projects I’m working on, especially related to DragonCon. But sometimes I find filling posts with images and content difficult. Shirt I made, not once did I think about taking picture during sewing Because I’m a maker. I love to make […]
Working on Scarlet Witch’s Coat: the Hard Parts
DragonCon Countdown: 42 days! So I started adding all of what I consider the hard parts of the coat, the collar, the belt and the skirt part. Collar Added Belt added The collar is still a bit wonky, but I’ll have it all tidied up by the end of the weekend hopefully. Adding the side […]
Scarlet Witch’s Coat Started
Is it a coat or a jacket? Google defines coat to be: “Coats have tended to be longer than jackets. A jacket goes to the waist. A coat goes down to your thighs. A coat is a long garment worn by both men and women, for warmth or fashion.” (play on “Merriam-Webster defines love as…”, get it 🙂 Well actually mine is a […]
Finishing Scarlet Witch’s Vest
DragonCon Countdown: 44 Days! So this is how I started the morning, still needing to finish the bottom hem, add the lacing, and inserting all the boning. I have never added boning before, so I Googled it and found lots of great help. I sewed casing for 1/4″ boning, then trimmed the boning to size. […]
Working on Scarlet Witch’s Vest
DragonCon Countdown: Day 45!! Since I have this week off work, I’ve been working mostly on my costumes for DragonCon. The biggest project for me is sewing the costume for Scarlet Witch. Lately I haven’t had much luck with sewing patterns fitting me properly, so instead for her vest, I decided to purchase one that […]
Getting in Wonder Woman Shape
DragonCon countdown: 46 days! I don’t know how many of you have seen the new Wonder Woman, but I loved it! I didn’t grow up on comic books and haven’t seen the original TV series so didn’t have anything to compare it to. Maybe it is because I am a woman (Isaac thought it was […]
Epic Goodwill Run!
DragonCon Countdown: 48 Days! I don’t know if anyone is as much of a Goodwill shopper as me, but when I go to Goodwill, I usually have something specific in mind. I don’t go to browse, as I’m not typically much of a browsing shopper anyway, I would be overwhelmed! Last night, after putting Juliet […]
Cow Appreciation Day 2017!
DragonCon countdown: 49 days! Tuesday was Cow Appreciation Day, so we ran to Chick-fil-a before work to enjoy some free Chick-fil-a! For the past several years I’ve printed off spots and just taped them to everyone’s shirts, but of course with little kids, that means that usually all of the spots are off by the […]
