No DragonCon prep for me would be complete without a trip to Eddie’s Trick Shop. I went to the warehouse the other day while the girls were napping, so I’ll definitely have to make the trip back when they are awake. Olivia loves it there, I usually have to talk her out of buying 10 […]
Detangling a Wig :)
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 […]
