Another long period with no updates... oops! I have done quite a bit recently though, so let's get up to speed...

Firstly, the last time I updated I mentioned I was making a Team Rocket Grunt costume for May Expo. Despite assorted work issues trying to get in the way, I did get the costume mostly sorted out, and here's how it looked in the end:

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Long overdue update is looooong overdue. Damn that pesky "real life" thing!

Anyway. Minamicon was great (I think I had the most fun at this one that I've had at any con ever), kuro2shiro's costume was finished in time for the masquerade (even if I did have to borrow an iron from the hotel reception and finish it in the room... bad Leah! Bad!), and even ( Read more... )

I have to begin this entry with some sad news (for me, anyway). My Viola costume will, in all likelihood, not be ready in time for Minamicon. Sad as I am to have to put it back on the shelf until Ayacon (especially since I'd wanted to have it ready for Amecon last year and am still annoyed about having to put it on hold then), I'm telling myself ( Read more... )

Yes, I have completed the styling of my first ever wig - the Machi wig for kuro2shiro! And I'm enormously pleased with it. I'd only ever had one bash at wig styling before and it came out looking like this:

( Click for the horror! )

And I'm only two weeks late. Again. Ho ho ho.

Anyway. I've been having a nice little break ever since the cosplay ball but with Minami ony ten and a half weeks away, I'm starting to get back into the swing of cosplay. I've got five costumes to make for Minami, two of which are for kuro2shiro, so I need to get cracking. Fortunately, making those five ( Read more... )

Hehe, only two weeks late ^_^

Well, the Grand Cosplay Ball has been and gone, and apart from a couple of small annoyances, I had a good time. Unfortunately, owing to a problem with the wig, kuro2shiro wasn't able to accompany me as Machi in the end, but he did look very smart in a suit - and hopefully we can be a Lamiroir and Machi couple at some other time ( Read more... )

So, it's a week till the Cosplay Ball and I am mildly panicked, but I'm soldiering on. I'm planning to spend all of today sewing as much as I can (my dress is very close to completion - more on that in a moment - and I know what I'm doing with my cloak, so it's just kuro2shiro's stuff that requires a lot of work) and as long as I don't have too many late ( Read more... )

With the Grand Cosplay Ball now less than a month away, the weekend was spent making some serious progress on my Lamiroir costume. I've been going round to kuro2shiro's place after work for the last week or so and taking advantage of his floor space to go through the boring-but-essential job of cutting out patterns, pinning them to fabric and then cutting ( Read more... )

Almost a month since my last update - time for another one!

For a start, I've reached a point with kuro2shiro's Medicine Seller costume where I can't go any further without buying more fabric. I have a base kimono, and I have lining for the base kimono. I can't sew up the sleeves until I've gotten the applique fabric and I can't attach the lining to the ( Read more... )

Oooh, it's been a while since I've updated on here ( Read more... )