Archaeologist problems: No time to sew dress from scratch with archaeology fabric; had to go to the sci-fi convention as Outer Space Ms. Frizzle instead of Archaeology Ms. Frizzle. (Still had a blast though.)
That looks fantastic! All you need is a Liz plush to sit on your shoulder.
(And I should look into making a paleontology Ms. Frizzle dress! Hell, I’m even a natural redhead, so if I can convince the hair to stay up in a beehive…)
That would be awesome!
Check my hair – there’s a baby Liz in there!
I went for a frizzy bun with one of those mesh donut things to make it puffy enough. Seemed to match The Friz pretty decently!
I didn’t even see little Liz there! Hah!
I hope there are more lady scientists out there who think to cosplay Ms. Frizzle someday. Just imagine a bunch of us descending on SDCC or NYCC, dressed to represent our field of study.
Hell. Yes. Sign me up, I’ll be using this fabric for mine!
Oh my goodness that’s my pattern! Super flattered!!! (You are rocking the Ms. Frizzle look btw!)
Snapshots from the entire Margaery Tyrell Adventure leading up to ComicCon!
It was tough this year because I’ve been working on three different shows this summer which kept my scheduled completely packed to the point where I didn’t even narrow down a fandom, let alone a character and costume till a month and a half before the con, then every time I’d set aside specific time to go fabric sourcing I’d end up getting called into work last minute so I gotta say I’m pretty ecstatic that I managed to whip up a full costume AND try something new (the belt!!).
The Materials: I can’t remember the last time I really had to swatch this many different options, but it was most likely with the Meg Don Juan costume so I think finding THE perfect brocade is a big aspect of that. As I mentioned in earlier posts I ended up switching gears as to which of her dresses I was going to make because I found a better bodice option but was still able to use the same pattern.
One of the questions I got asked a lot at the con by other cosplayers was where I got all of my materials and of course the answer to that is in the Garment District (what remains of it- curse you rezoning!) Sourcing took FOREVER. There are a lot a lot of upholstery fabric options to be found but nothing that fit the exact look I wanted and even fewer that matched the soft blue/gold florals of her other garden dress. One of the options that hurt most was an actual perfect brocade from B&J that I would have purchased in a heartbeat if not for some semi-prominent lime green.
The skirt material was another hard one to really pinpoint because the nature of its coloring makes it feel like I’m looking for a chambray but the way it wrinkles and drapes also makes me feel like I want to be looking for a boiled cotton (for the most part too see-thru) or a very lightweight linen.
The Pattern: The skirt itself is actually pretty simple, 8 flared panels. The bodice was significantly more challenging because if the way it was pieced together at certain points and nowhere else (can you imagine how nerve wracking it is to feel like you’re one person stepping on your skirt away from a very bad wardrobe malfunction??). This has also posted one of the biggest fitting challenges I’ve faced to date because I draped it on the form to get the basic lines, but then had to completely step away from it because the shapes were too hard for what I was trying to accomplish, on top of the fact that I was adjusting the fit at every single possible point.
I made the executive decision to add pockets because I knew I could and I knew they would make my life infinitely easier. One of my favorite con moments was handing someone a business card and feeling like a boss when she gasped and went “They gave you pockets!” “Naw, I gave MYSELF pockets!”
The Belt: The rose belt was something pretty far outside my normal range of skills so it came down to the wire trying to decide exactly how I wanted to execute it and I got some great advice from someone in a different department to use thermoplast to mold the vines. It’s a plastic that you can heat up in water to soften and be able to mold it then cools and becomes hard and pretty durable so I spent a bit of time on that. One one hand, I would absolutely recommend working with it, on the other there is a learning curve involved if you’re trying to do small, precise work… like on this belt.
Finished Molly’s shirt! Made of light gray cotton double gauze, it ties on the sides and front allowing the more liberated tiefling the ability to undress without things getting up in their horns! I did a line of Indian lace and zigzag stitching on the collar, too.
I also made a test pane for Molly’s undersleeves. Still trying to figure out how I want to do those… I love Renaissance slashed sleeves and the idea of sashes to tie them closed on the sides but… eh.. still working on it. Need to order a cording foot for my sewing machine because fuck homemade piping. (But also, FUCK! HOMEMADE PIPING!”
Hello my beautiful, neglected tumblr friends! Sorry for radio silence – lots of travel followed by surgery and painful recovery have kind of dominated my life recently, which has meant no LARPing, sword fighting, or ANY exercise (help me 🙃). Not to mention trying to get my life together and make all of my work deadlines 😂 does it ever stop?
Here are some behind-the-scenes shots of the photoshoot I did with ArmStreet. I still haven’t seen any of the results from the photoshoot, but I promise I’ll share them when I see them!
Whew, now that Colossalcon is over I can finally have a little time to rest! The Pincushion outfit reached its final iteration at Anime Central a few weeks ago, and @imploder got this amazing shot of the wig which was newly completed for the con. I had a blast entering her in the masquerade and was honored with a Best Master Craftsmanship award!
I can attest this costume was even more amazing in real life than it looks in the photo! And we absolutely loved having @ivorivet join our ACEN masquerade skit and threaten us with pointy objects. Oversized scissors props unite!
Spitfire Alice A Gra 
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