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HA Sunday 2015 with RIFF
New period, new display.
Queensland Suffragettes.
You can read about the Queensland Suffragette movement here
For our display we set up a stall as it could have been in 1895 to raise funds for the cause and get signatures for the petition.
Our members from left to right Mel, Christine, Me and Kerry.
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HA Saturday 2015 with 19th Century Queensland
Victorian!!! 1885 to be precise.
This is what I wore....
My favourite for the day.
The skirt was made for my mum a few years before (there are previous posts about it https://lahoo88.livejournal.com/92918.html). More than likely she wouldn't wear it again so I made it my own ( Read more... ) -
Big changes for HA 2015
History Alive was the first re-enactment event I attended and up until 2015 I had attended with just the one group and displayed the Regency period.
2015 brought some changes:- I joined a Victorian group (my favourite time period).
- My original group decided on splitting the weekend into 2 periods - Regency (Saturday) and Queensland Suffragettes ( ( Read more... )
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Who's the leader
Trivia night with friends - disney theme? Make a Mickey Mouse costume that day!
Pics:
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Commemorations
Just for my future reference, I'll be posting regularly to try and catch up on my costuming journal starting from where I left off 5 years ago. SO .....
In 1915 the Queensland 2nd Light Horse Regiment was deployed to Gallipoli (they were stationed in Egypt at the time).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51036/In 2015 Brisbane's historical site ( Read more... ) -
The next day (5 years ago)
Once upon a time. Another cosplay gold mine for ideas.
I love all of the ensembles that Ragina aka Evil Queen wears and I wanted to make one for the Sunday at Gold Coast Supanova. In particular this one:
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When hungergames was the it girl
I needed some inspiration for a cosplay (about 5 years ago). I was making my first trip to the Gold Coast Supanova and wanted something relevant and new ( Read more... ) -
Woah time flies
What does it take for me to create a journal entry ( Read more... ) -
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All things titanic and a bit extra
As we all know the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking is this year and our little group here are going to commemorate the occasion (like just about everyone in the costuming world) ...
I have already started and have made my under bust corset (photos will follow). I used the online pattern from bridges on the body blog http://bridgesonthebody ( Read more... )