- Underbust corset from Corset Story (on sale, of course), hook & eye fancy closures
ii) Used/Extant Materials
- Italian surcoat/cotta, cotton gauze dress, petticoat, gold spray paint, 2 rectangular doilies, layered lace cuffs, interfacing scrap, braid trim, buttons, vest, curtain swags, safety pins, socks, shoes, undies, 2 brooches, sequins (really large specialty ones with a sort of cog-like look), red paint, silk flowers, gold trim, twill tape, ivory triangular trim, narrow banding, hot glue, ME pants (Lyle's, because I can't find mine for some reason), winingas (leg wraps)
Review:
I think this project used the least new materials. The cotta was one I made years ago and wore a few times before going on to other styles -- plus I think I'd given away parts of the outfit...so nice to be wearing it again, as I love the fabric! The sequins/spangles are from the box of these I got from Barbara Geoffroy's stash, and are a fun accent on the dags.
The vest I'd made as an experiment and while it didn't work the way I'd originally wanted it to, it's fine with the new closures. I'll want to tweak the fit on it over the winter, but it did the job for this costume group. The gauze dress (third hand!) was easy to remake into a skirt, and safety pins worked to gather the skirts up in front and to attach the used curtain swags. My thanks to Suzi Day for the dress and the swags :)
The little hat was a fun project -- I made the cap base myself from interfacing scrap and some of the Italian cotta's leftover scrap, braided trim was left over from some project, as was some of the gold trim for the "crown". The silk flowers were peonies originally, that I'd gotten at a swap in town. I took a couple of them apart, used some of the black spray paint from the Batgirl costume to paint the stamens and pistils, used some old red acrylic paint, very slightly watered down to paint the petals. Needed two coats of red, plus I did a light spritz with some matte acrylic spray coating (I've had that around for years for protecting calligraphy and some other things).
I spray-painted the doilies gold -- they have an uneven, sort of aged look to them because the can was defective and leaked like crazy. Kinda cool-looking, but glad I was able to use up that can on them so I could finally get rid of the can. The lace cuffs are off another dress I'd made and worn in college, and the doilies are from Barbara Geoffroy's Stash (BGS). The buttons are from a project that didn't happen. The twill is from stock (things you should have if you sew), and the triangular lace trim is left over from another project.
I was supposed to make spats from the cotta material and one of the doilies but forgot the bag at home. Fortunately I was able to borrow winingas from a friend when we stayed at our friends' place in NJ on the way to the con, and they were great. I still want to make the spats, of course -- imagine coordinating fabric from head to toe!
This was pretty easy to put together, even with making up parts of the coat pattern (the bodice was from a "steampunk bolero jacket pattern, but the collar, sleeve caps and tails were me). Easy to get into, although if I'm going to hitch up the skirts again I think I'll come up with a different system.
Another good outfit, if not super shiny or super impressive.
4) My Demon Pony (solo) - Sorry, no picture. Will try to get one at some point.
i) New Materials
- Medium purple linen, blue and clear seed beads, thread, barrette, wig, My Little Demon pony (stuffed toy pony with fins and tentacles), socks, shoes
ii) Used/Extant Materials
- Lavender/light mauve(?) matte satin dress (Thanks again, Suzi D), white curtains, narrow lace trim, hook & eye, Purple jacket, beaded flower, sequins, undies, pink top (instead of a bra), white blouse, shoes, elastic, 1970s vintage trim
Review:
Wore this on my own, during the day. Polyester jacket was too warm so I took it off when we went shopping -- I'd cut it short and made it into a bolero-style but left the sleeves long, something I think I'll change... I'd bought shoes but I need to try out padding or something to make them a little more comfortable, so I left those at home and wore practical flats.
The major new material use was the medium purple linen -- I'd bought it for making a Steampunk outfit, then was afraid to use it because the type of weave is more delicate than I wanted to deal with for a long skirt. As a shorter skirt that's partly protect by an overskirt, I had more confidence in finally using it. And as I worked with it, I realized it was pretty sturdy, so I used it for smaller ruffles, which helped to tie the overskirt, jacket, and fascinator together. You can't see the curtains because those are the foundation layer for the ruffle skirt and underslip for the overskirt.
The blouse from my mother I rarely wore because it was very nice and also long-sleeved. I usually roll up long sleeves, which isn't nice to do to a fancy-ish blouse. But now it's short-sleeved ;)
Fascinator was pretty easy to make and works well. Yay!
Overall, I'm okay with this one, although I have more work to do. The jacket sleeves need shortening, and I still have some beading do so on the back of the skirt. Also, I want to make a collar for the pony with my info on it in case I lose track of it, and maybe a shoulder perch so I can have my hands free.
5) Miskatonic Cheerleader costume (Sunday Night Group)
- Top and skirt ordered custom from GT Sportswear, super wearable and durable
- Socks, from a specialty online store (small business)
- Spanx-like undies - can be worn with other dark outfits as needed (Target)
- Cyberlocks "dreads" - Mostly new materials through small online businesses (the tubey stuff), some ribbon new from JoAnn's
- Pom poms
ii) Used/Extant Materials
- Bra - already had suitable one
- Shoes -- a pair of Fevue's (martial arts shoes) from my kung fu stuff
- "Dreads" - some ribbon from existing stock (have a lot of skinny ribbon from doing other crafts over the years), and two hair elastics
Review:
Comfortable, wearable, pretty quick change. Makeup was minimal, altho' maybe I should have a little more next time... Almost all new, except for the hair elastics, bra and sneakers. Not great on sustainability scale, altho' I kind of count supporting smaller businesses (part of the economic side of sustainability).
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