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.
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| Collar Added |
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| Belt added |
The collar is still a bit wonky, but I’ll have it all tidied up by the end of the weekend hopefully.
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| Adding the side panels to the skirt |
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| Pockets |
The original coat had pockets, so I decided to make sure I incorporated those into the panels for holding my phone, ID, etc during DragonCon.
I then spent the afternoon painting all of the collar, belt and panels with acrylic paint, so it looks like faux leather, because I didn’t think I would easily find slightly different shades of red leather and this seemed like a good option. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. 
I then made and attached half of a full circle skirt with the fabric to give it the nice flow she has on the back of the coat.
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| Back with awesome flowy circle skirt |
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| Front, testing out look of hem |
I’ll be spending most of the day cleaning up all the loose ends:
- hemming
- making sure pockets don’t show
- cutting off any extra fabric
- making sure all the seams are tight
- finding a way of pulling it tight against my waist
Hopefully by the end of the weekend I’ll have a picture of the full outfit!!!
