Pop that collar!!

I have been able to get so much done today!

Firstly, as I was finishing the bodice, I realized I sewed a piece backwards. Quite annoying. This fabric that I am working with has a very faint pattern and if you aren't paying attention it is easy to mistake the back for the front.

The edge where the straight top part is, should have been the side that was attached to the piece on the right. SO by doing it incorrectly it gave me a square neckline in the back basically. Once, I realized this I had to take almost the entire thing apart. Super frustrating. But once corrected, I was really able to move along quite quickly.

The fit of the bodice was has been the worst part of this project so far, I'm not sure if I just suck, or measured incorrectly, but to correct it I just made a larger seam allowance and this really helped with the fit!

The back, the correct way!

Next was the collar. After doing the Alice in Wonderland project, this collar was a breeze. The patterned called for it to be sewn directly to the right side of the bodice, which would have left a raw edge (icky), so I made the collar the same way I did the Alice one. By puting it on the wrong side, folding, and ironing it over to create a clean edge.

(wrong side of collar and bodice)

The pretty finished product!!! The collar turned out so damn fierce!! I am so in love with it! 

Next will be the sleeves, which is my least favorite thing in the planet to do, but once they are done I will be a solid third of the way done this project!!

Keep watching for a new update!!

Thanks guys!

Evil Queen Update

This weekend I was able to finally get some work done on my Evil Queen cosplay!

Now, maybe it won't seem like work to you guys, but it really is!

On Friday, I was able to make a muslin of the bodice part of this cosplay. Before I start using the final fabric for any cosplay, I always look through all aspects of the pattern to see if there are any parts that seem super difficult. And this type of bodice was one I have never done before! So before using the 80$ fabric, I used the 4$ a yard muslin, that way if it turns out horribly I can just try again! With no hours of tears because I ruined the final fabric!

 

(Front goodness. Kind of hard to see, but there's a deep v-neck, that will have a very dramatic collar attached to it.)

(Back goodness, that isn't as fun. To problem solve some of the fit issues, I may add some side or back darts!)

I am really glad actually that I did the muslin first, because the fit came out really weirdly. At first, I thought maybe I had mis-measured and cut the wrong size out. But after remeasuring I saw I didn't. SO I'm just freaking out as to why this isn't working. Then I realized that I made my seam allowance way too small! (easy fix) so I went back and fixed it! Whew!! 

It is still a little to loose at the waste, which is odd because the patter is designed to be tight fighting, so I will have to fiddle around with it more to make it more fitting.

BUT SEE! This is why we do a muslin first!!

This week I am getting my wisdom teeth removed :( So I am not sure when my next update will be, I am shooting for next Sunday. But stay tuned and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Business cards and other fun things

This week has not been great for accomplishing any sewing. (womp womp) BUT, I have gotten a lot of holiday crafting done! I am hoping to make at least one home made gift per family member. Most of this has consisted of cross stitching goodness. It's my favorite old lady craft! I'm also planning on doing some modge podge fun stuff.

In cosplay news, my boyfriend's amazing sister is making me some business cards! They will have all my social media information on them so that way when people ask me for my picture they can tag me on Instagram or follow me on Twitter!

This week I will be starting on doing a quick muslin of the bodice piece of the Evil Queen cosplay! 

If I don't get it done this week it will be because I may be getting my evil wisdom teeth taken out that have been the absolute worst the past few days. 

Stay on the look out for an update around Thursday or Friday!!!

Once Upon a Time Cosplay: Week 1

This weekend has been quite productive in regards to the Evil Queen cosplay; I have purchased the fabrics and patterns for this project! I have also gotten the Captain Hook pattern but I haven't 100% figured out which fabric I will be using for that yet.

I have been able to get all my patterns cut (all 20 of them!) and I have started on making a muslin for the bodice part of the coat. It will be the most difficult part of this, no doubt. So, I would like to do a practice with the cheap fabric before the super expensive fabric!

http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6818-products-47127.php?page_id=915

( Here's a link to the pattern I am using, it's a McCall's pattern.)

I am so beyond excited to get going on this!! YAYY!

Wizard World Philly 2015

The costumes for Wizard World Philadelphia 2015 have been chosen!!!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

HAN and LEIA!!

One day of the convention we will be doing Han and Leia. We plan on going to the convention for two days, so because we have a lot of time to work on these cosplays, we have decided to do two different costumes!

One day we will be doing heroes, and the other we will be doing villains! 

(This is all in the hopes that we are able to get both done! haha!)

And for the villains....

The Evil Queen and Hook from the wonderful television series, Once Upon A Time!!

These two characters flip between hero and villain throughout the series, and I think that is what I find most appealing about them. (and that Captain Hook is insanely gorgeous!)

I have been lucky to find patterns for our villains costumes, which is so great! I'm not ready to be drafting my own patterns yet!

This cosplay will push me to the next level in craftsmanship, I will be doing very structured, fitted, and detailed pieces that I can not wait to start!!!

So stay tuned for more updates!

Halloween, the aftermath

This Halloween was an absolute blast!

The boyfriend and I saw a friend of ours band (In the Presence of Wolves), and they did an AMAZING set that was a cover of Prince's Purple Rain album! It was so beyond cool, they were all dressed as Prince, in their 80's garb, and even had some of Prince's mannerisms down to enhance the experience!

The boyfriend and I dressed as Jim and Pam from the Office. And I did attempt to do a make up video on the cat makeup, which went terribly. HAHAHA! I am no make up artist. I was able to make myself look like a cat, but not anywhere as good as the YouTube ladies do it. So, my advice for any cat costumes is just go look it up on YouTube. 

I have some links for you guys on costumes that I had used as reference for some of my many costume ideas this year. But don't think of them as just Halloween costumes, any of these ideas would make a great and easy cosplay, especially if you are going to a convention for more than one day, an easy second day outfit is always a great idea. 

I hope to be making the Louise Belcher costume in my free time soon, but I just wasn't able to complete it for Halloween this year.

Coming up, look for some winter crafts I'll be doing (adding some of my other hobbies to this!), and the cosplay for this spring's Wizard World Philly. I will be doing weekly updates and how to videos on my cosplays for that weekend. But for  now they shall remain a secret!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Fj0ugAIbE

(GREAT Louise hat video!)

All the Ideas!

So for Halloween this year I have had about a million and one ideas on what/who to be. 

I was thinking Elsa, Louise, Max from Where the Wild Things Are; but I finally settled on one.

A Cat.

I'm sure some of you are thinking; "Really? A cat?"

BUT! I have a pretty good reason. 

The boyfriend has always wanted to dress up as 'three hole punch Jim' from the tv show "The Office". And every convention I say 'no, that isn't complicated enough'. And this Halloween he said he wanted to be three hole punch Jim, and how could I say no after all of the people he has dressed up for me?!

So, in that episode of the Office, Jim's love interest, Pam was dressed as a cat. 

Get it now??

SO I will be dressing up as Pam the cat to be nice. I am a good girlfriend after all!

(proof that this isn't made up!)

Tonight or tomorrow morning I will be posting a make up video. My first EVER! It will cover my cat make up and the three hole punches, I am planning on doing a little fancy cat make up for the fun of it. Let's see if it works out!