What I did today:
1. Made time traveler choker and added a pocket to the bodice
2. Finished black and silver striped bodice
3. Put a couple hook closures on the waistband for my purple bustle
4. Started mystery costume
So it looks like all that's left is finishing the mystery costume, doing a costume run through and packing!
Not too bad, not too bad.
A bientot mes amis!
Miss Leah J Wilde
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Marcon prep #9
Alright, let's see how I'm doing on my preparations for Marcon next weekend shall we?
1. Finish beau's kilt - finished this last night. Sewed the last closure into place and added the belt loops.
2. Make mystery costume (no I still have not done this!) - this is packed in my sewing bag to work on at my beau's tomorrow
3. Do a costume run through to make sure everything works like it should - planning to do this Monday afternoon
4. Collect my fascinator for my steamy vampire costume - No date and time has been set for this yet
5. Make a choker for my time traveler costume - This is also packed in my sewing bag
6. Add a pocket to my time traveler costume for a pocket watch - As is this
7. Finish Miss Dashwood's bloomers - Sewed the elastic channels closed today
8. Take in Miss Dashwood's skirt - Also did this today.
9. Check to see if my blue corset can go with my clockwork pajamas - Checked this and it might work, I'll just take it with me and decide when the time comes. Not like it takes up a lot of room
10. If not see if I can get my purple brocade corset put together using navy zipper - Not going to bother. I probably don't have the time
11. Finish black and silver striped bodice (bought elastic cord yesterday!) - This is packed in my sewing bag
12. Dye my hair (not sewing related but this is a MUST) - This will happen sometime next week
13. Waistband for my purple bustle - Today I sewed a wide piece of grosgrain ribbon along the top of the bustle. I have it packed in my sewing bag so I can put a couple hook closures on it this weekend.
14. Decorate hair sticks to match saloon girl costume - Hair sticks, ribbon and lace are packed in my sewing bag. I'll probably pick up some ribbon and beads this weekend to add to them.
14. See if saloon girl bodice can be taken in any - I tried on the bodice and decided the only place it could possibly be taken in was along the hook and eye tape in the front. Pinned and folded it back about 3/8 of an inch, stitched it in place then used a little zigzag stitching along the edge as decoration.
15. Finish packing list and pack - Packing list is pretty much finished. Just need to pack next week.
16. Buy / charge camera batteries (again not sewing but a MUST)- This also needs to be done next week.
I think my preparations are going well, don't you?
A bientot mes amis!
Miss Leah J Wilde
1. Finish beau's kilt - finished this last night. Sewed the last closure into place and added the belt loops.
2. Make mystery costume (no I still have not done this!) - this is packed in my sewing bag to work on at my beau's tomorrow
3. Do a costume run through to make sure everything works like it should - planning to do this Monday afternoon
4. Collect my fascinator for my steamy vampire costume - No date and time has been set for this yet
5. Make a choker for my time traveler costume - This is also packed in my sewing bag
6. Add a pocket to my time traveler costume for a pocket watch - As is this
7. Finish Miss Dashwood's bloomers - Sewed the elastic channels closed today
8. Take in Miss Dashwood's skirt - Also did this today.
9. Check to see if my blue corset can go with my clockwork pajamas - Checked this and it might work, I'll just take it with me and decide when the time comes. Not like it takes up a lot of room
10. If not see if I can get my purple brocade corset put together using navy zipper - Not going to bother. I probably don't have the time
11. Finish black and silver striped bodice (bought elastic cord yesterday!) - This is packed in my sewing bag
12. Dye my hair (not sewing related but this is a MUST) - This will happen sometime next week
13. Waistband for my purple bustle - Today I sewed a wide piece of grosgrain ribbon along the top of the bustle. I have it packed in my sewing bag so I can put a couple hook closures on it this weekend.
14. Decorate hair sticks to match saloon girl costume - Hair sticks, ribbon and lace are packed in my sewing bag. I'll probably pick up some ribbon and beads this weekend to add to them.
14. See if saloon girl bodice can be taken in any - I tried on the bodice and decided the only place it could possibly be taken in was along the hook and eye tape in the front. Pinned and folded it back about 3/8 of an inch, stitched it in place then used a little zigzag stitching along the edge as decoration.
15. Finish packing list and pack - Packing list is pretty much finished. Just need to pack next week.
16. Buy / charge camera batteries (again not sewing but a MUST)- This also needs to be done next week.
I think my preparations are going well, don't you?
A bientot mes amis!
Miss Leah J Wilde
Friday, May 21, 2010
Marcon prep #8
Beau's Kilt - Finished sewing the waistband. Started sewing on the hook closures. Sewed one on backwards so the stitching had to be ripped out - not an easy task I assure you - and re-done. I need to finish sewing on the closures and do the belt loops.
Pre-Marcon To Do List:
1. Finish beau's kilt
2. Make mystery costume (no I still have not done this!)
3. Do a costume run through to make sure everything works like it should
4. Collect my fascinator for my steamy vampire costume
5. Make a choker for my time traveler costume
6. Add a pocket to my time traveler costume for a pocket watch
7. Finish Miss Dashwood's bloomers
8. Take in Miss Dashwood's skirt
9. Check to see if my blue corset can go with my clockwork pajamas
10. If not see if I can get my purple brocade corset put together using navy zipper
11. Finish black and silver striped bodice (bought elastic cord yesterday!)
12. Time traveler prop (not likely)
13. Princess Leia belt (also not likely)
14. Harley Quinn hat (also not likely)
15. Dye my hair (not sewing related but this is a MUST)
16. Waistband for my purple bustle
17. Decorate hair sticks to match saloon girl costume
18. See if saloon girl bodice can be taken in any
19. Finish packing list and pack
20. Buy / charge camera batteries (again not sewing but a MUST)
Wow...I have a lot to do...
Fingers crossed I finish everything
A bientot mes amis
Miss Leah J Wilde
EDIT Finished the kilt tonight. Now my to do list is only 19 items long.
Pre-Marcon To Do List:
1. Finish beau's kilt
2. Make mystery costume (no I still have not done this!)
3. Do a costume run through to make sure everything works like it should
4. Collect my fascinator for my steamy vampire costume
5. Make a choker for my time traveler costume
6. Add a pocket to my time traveler costume for a pocket watch
7. Finish Miss Dashwood's bloomers
8. Take in Miss Dashwood's skirt
9. Check to see if my blue corset can go with my clockwork pajamas
10. If not see if I can get my purple brocade corset put together using navy zipper
11. Finish black and silver striped bodice (bought elastic cord yesterday!)
12. Time traveler prop (not likely)
13. Princess Leia belt (also not likely)
14. Harley Quinn hat (also not likely)
15. Dye my hair (not sewing related but this is a MUST)
16. Waistband for my purple bustle
17. Decorate hair sticks to match saloon girl costume
18. See if saloon girl bodice can be taken in any
19. Finish packing list and pack
20. Buy / charge camera batteries (again not sewing but a MUST)
Wow...I have a lot to do...
Fingers crossed I finish everything
A bientot mes amis
Miss Leah J Wilde
EDIT Finished the kilt tonight. Now my to do list is only 19 items long.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Marcon prep #7
The only progress I've made is on my beau's kilt. I had to make a new waistband as the previous one was too short. Matching the plaid when possible, it was machine sewed on then turned under and pinned to the inside. I'm currently about halfway through hand stitching the waistband down. I actually folded it almost in quarters instead of in half because it worked better. The kilt is so bulky along the pleats that the waistband would have been floppy at the top otherwise. So all I have to do is finish the hand sewing of the waistband and sew on a few hook closures. I'm thinking of doing four - two on each side of the flap.
A bientot mes amis!
Miss Leah J Wilde
A bientot mes amis!
Miss Leah J Wilde
Monday, May 17, 2010
Marcon prep #6
1. Sewed the silver satin buttons onto my black and silver bodice. 13 buttons down one side. The 14th button was (1) messed up and (2) an odd number of buttons fit easier. I started making and sewing black elastic button loops on, but ran out of elastic after 8 loops. Each loop is a piece of elastic cord about 3 inches long that is knotted, looped around the button, then the other side of the bodice is lined up, the elastic loop is pinned and then sewn into place. I'm going to hunt for more elastic and if I come up empty I'll either buy more or leave the bottom of the bodice unfastened. I'll likely buy more, as to not be a lady of questionable reputation.
2. The bias around my 'jacket' has been hand stitched down. Then I cut more bias, pinned and sewed it around the armholes and then hand stitched it in place. Unless I decide the jacket needs a closure, which I'm thinking it does not, the jacket is DONE.
3. As for my 'time traveler' - finally added more ring tape to the bustle, so it'll bustle a little higher now and hopefully show some of the underskirt in the back. I also stitched a ring right below the flap at the back of the underskirt so that the bustle can be tied into place. I decided not to move the hook closure because I'm too worried about it disturbing the bustle. And because I was too lazy to redo it honestly.
4. The beau's kilt is now ready for waistband application! Had to redo some of the pleats - during previous fittings he had not noticed that all the pleats went one direction and he checked his Utilikilt and the internet to find that the pleats should go opposite directions and meet with a box pleat in the back. So I had to rip out half the pleats and re do them. I didn't really mind as it kept my hands occupied. The kilt was approved with a final fitting. Now all I need to do is attach the waistband, make and attach belt loops and sew on hook closures.
5. Little progress has been made on my mystery costume. I did however sew the pleather strips together into one long strap. I don't anticipate this costume taking too long, but I always tried to be prepared for the worst.
Overall, I think my preparations are coming along quite quite well.
Pre-Marcon to do list:
1. Elastic loops for silver and black bodice
2. Finishing the beau's kilt
3. Princess Leia belt
4. Time traveler prop
5. Mystery costume
6. Maybe finishing my Harley Quinn hat
I don't really have anything in my sewing bag today. The kilt is there but since all I need to do is pinning (I'm going to machine stitch the waistband) its not really much of a sewing project.
A bientot!
Miss Leah J Wilde
2. The bias around my 'jacket' has been hand stitched down. Then I cut more bias, pinned and sewed it around the armholes and then hand stitched it in place. Unless I decide the jacket needs a closure, which I'm thinking it does not, the jacket is DONE.
3. As for my 'time traveler' - finally added more ring tape to the bustle, so it'll bustle a little higher now and hopefully show some of the underskirt in the back. I also stitched a ring right below the flap at the back of the underskirt so that the bustle can be tied into place. I decided not to move the hook closure because I'm too worried about it disturbing the bustle. And because I was too lazy to redo it honestly.
4. The beau's kilt is now ready for waistband application! Had to redo some of the pleats - during previous fittings he had not noticed that all the pleats went one direction and he checked his Utilikilt and the internet to find that the pleats should go opposite directions and meet with a box pleat in the back. So I had to rip out half the pleats and re do them. I didn't really mind as it kept my hands occupied. The kilt was approved with a final fitting. Now all I need to do is attach the waistband, make and attach belt loops and sew on hook closures.
5. Little progress has been made on my mystery costume. I did however sew the pleather strips together into one long strap. I don't anticipate this costume taking too long, but I always tried to be prepared for the worst.
Overall, I think my preparations are coming along quite quite well.
Pre-Marcon to do list:
1. Elastic loops for silver and black bodice
2. Finishing the beau's kilt
3. Princess Leia belt
4. Time traveler prop
5. Mystery costume
6. Maybe finishing my Harley Quinn hat
I don't really have anything in my sewing bag today. The kilt is there but since all I need to do is pinning (I'm going to machine stitch the waistband) its not really much of a sewing project.
A bientot!
Miss Leah J Wilde
Friday, May 14, 2010
Marcon prep #5
1. Put together my new black and silver bodice. Its a corset style w a lot of pieces, one of my favorite patterns actually. I had to take it in A LOT, I think mainly because the fabric had a bit of stretch to it. I took it the two front seams and the two side back seams about 3/8 of an inch. This made it so the bottom fit perfectly but the top was still too big - I don't have much in the way of decolletage - so I took in the two side seams and the center back seam 3/8 of an inch at the top and tapering to the normal 5/8 seam near the middle of the bodice. This plus finishing the front edge w a narrow hem made it so the bodice fit pretty much perfectly. Now to see if the buttons are going to be enough...My original plan was two rows of buttons w elastic loops holding them closed but I may have to go to elastic 'button holes' and all the buttons down one side. I also hemmed the top and bottom edges of the bodice. I used a zigzag stitch on the front, top and bottom so that the fabric can still stretch a little.
2. Finished the seams on the plaid taffeta 'jacket' w a few passes of a zigzag stitch. Then I cut two strips of bias from the plaid to finish the edges of the jacket. Pinned and then sewed that on. The next step will be hand stitching it in place. Then I need to cut some more bias to finish the armholes.
In my sewing basket today - bodice and buttons; plaid jacket to stitch down the bias; and I still have my time traveler bustle and skirt (Fixed the zipper on the bodice yesterday) that need ring tape and rings respectively. The skirt also needs the hook closure moved but I'm worried that'll mess up the bustle so we'll have to see how that works out.
Projects that might not get done before Marcon - my Leia belt and my prop for my time traveler costume. Oh well.
2. Finished the seams on the plaid taffeta 'jacket' w a few passes of a zigzag stitch. Then I cut two strips of bias from the plaid to finish the edges of the jacket. Pinned and then sewed that on. The next step will be hand stitching it in place. Then I need to cut some more bias to finish the armholes.
In my sewing basket today - bodice and buttons; plaid jacket to stitch down the bias; and I still have my time traveler bustle and skirt (Fixed the zipper on the bodice yesterday) that need ring tape and rings respectively. The skirt also needs the hook closure moved but I'm worried that'll mess up the bustle so we'll have to see how that works out.
Projects that might not get done before Marcon - my Leia belt and my prop for my time traveler costume. Oh well.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Marcon prep #4
1. Finished the hand stitching on my beau's kilt. Now I just need to get him to try it on...
2. Put together my 'jacket.' I cut the collar piece off and trimmed down the front. I'm thinking of cutting bias strips from the plaid taffeta to finish all the edges, but we'll see. I found a piece of wide black grosgrain that I think will work for the closure. I don't think the mandarin-esque collar is going to work out. I started stitching the bodice pieces together.
3. No progress on the mystery dress.
4. Still haven't done the final stitching on Miss Dashwood's bloomers, might do that tonight.
5. In my sewing basket today - buttons to cover for my bodice. Time traveler bodice - the bottom of the zipper needed fixed and I already did that today. Time traveler skirt - going to add a ring for the bustle to tie onto to hopefully hold it in place. Time traveler bustle - going to add more ring tape so it bustles just a little bit more. I think I'll work on the buttons next - something fairly easy.
EDIT: I covered the buttons - fourteen of them - and it wasn't easy. In fact it was rather difficult and my fingers still hurt. The worst part? I don't know that fourteen buttons will be enough for my bodice, that's only seven per side, so I might have to add in some hook and eyes. We'll see. Have to finish the bodice first, don't I?
2. Put together my 'jacket.' I cut the collar piece off and trimmed down the front. I'm thinking of cutting bias strips from the plaid taffeta to finish all the edges, but we'll see. I found a piece of wide black grosgrain that I think will work for the closure. I don't think the mandarin-esque collar is going to work out. I started stitching the bodice pieces together.
3. No progress on the mystery dress.
4. Still haven't done the final stitching on Miss Dashwood's bloomers, might do that tonight.
5. In my sewing basket today - buttons to cover for my bodice. Time traveler bodice - the bottom of the zipper needed fixed and I already did that today. Time traveler skirt - going to add a ring for the bustle to tie onto to hopefully hold it in place. Time traveler bustle - going to add more ring tape so it bustles just a little bit more. I think I'll work on the buttons next - something fairly easy.
EDIT: I covered the buttons - fourteen of them - and it wasn't easy. In fact it was rather difficult and my fingers still hurt. The worst part? I don't know that fourteen buttons will be enough for my bodice, that's only seven per side, so I might have to add in some hook and eyes. We'll see. Have to finish the bodice first, don't I?
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