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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DragonCon Count Down!
52 days!! I only have 52 days and after a successful sewing project this weekend (I made a lacy t-shirt out of some leftover fabric while Isaac was at the Metallica concert), I have gone crazy decided to add two costumes to my wardrobe for DragonCon 2017. I still plan on wearing my Ms. Frizzle […]
