Comments | meb21: Why can't *I* make pretty costumes?

meb21

Why can't I make pretty costumes?

Nov 30, 2009 17:54

So I'm ruminating on the possibility of going to DragonCon next year, and I'd like to make a Rennaisance/Tudor costume. I've been looking at patterns, and Simplicity has a couple of good ones that are actually somewhat historically accurate. But alas ( Read more... )

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hehe ladiefare December 1 2009, 00:52:41 UTC

I was good, all a nod in agreement ...until you got to the 24 hr snack shop...then I had to admit I wasn't *that* good a seamstress ;)
Anything can be altered, I swear.

thunder24 December 1 2009, 04:50:58 UTC

Do something steampunk -It's all the rage.

meb21 December 1 2009, 15:50:12 UTC

Precisely why I don't want to do it; everyone else is. I want to be different :)

leilamae December 1 2009, 15:10:57 UTC

I tried and I tried to respond to this last night but my Blackberry browser (or LJ?) would have none of it! So here goes ( ... )

meb21 December 1 2009, 15:51:12 UTC

Thanks Michelle; I took a look at her website and her dresses are gorgeous! I'll try the pattern stuff too.

leilamae December 1 2009, 16:01:47 UTC

She used to do theater costumes too and until she gets re-settled and her business back up and running, your outfit may be a nice distraction for her! She's a wee woman, but is strangely jealous of more shapelier women like us. Always amuses me :-)