tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54738203142079551632024-03-14T05:14:37.025-07:00Bright Copper PennyCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-52137238739128825012013-02-04T22:58:00.000-08:002013-02-04T22:58:28.855-08:00Costuming Year in Review, 2012I always like to do year-end roundups of all my sewing and costuming projects, but I never manage to actually get them done by year's end. But better late than never! Forthwith, the 17 projects I completed (or helped to complete) in 2012!
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<b>1. "Indy Anna" Jones</b><br />
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My brother has always been the junior Jones in our family (except for when our dad is Indy and Sean is Shia LeBoeuf)-- but this year he couldn't come to Comic-Con. So I filled in! This costume was a snap, because Dad and Sean both own multiple copies of all the Indy accessories, so they just lent me the smallest hat, belt, bag, etc. I had originally planned on making some Katharine Hepburn-esque pants, but ultimately decided on a skirt. So I made a half-circle skirt out of some tan wool, and bought a shirt and boots. I didn't get to do my hair in a fun 30s style because I had to change into this one in the parking garage after wearing Maleficent that morning. :P At Dragon*Con we finally got our whole Indy group together for the very first time, huzzah!
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!"></lj-cut> <lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">Our fabulous friend Cat had already made a Korra costume and asked if we'd be her Asami and Bolin. (I agreed before I even knew what Asami's costume would look like! Luckily the answer was "awesome.") We only got to wear these for a little while on Friday at SDCC but we had lots of fun, and we had a great shoot with Dave Lucchesi! Rogue, BTW, did most of the work on Bolin, under my supervision.</lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">This year's Comic-Con Masquerade entry was Project Runway: All Star Wars. Rogue and I immediately called Tim and Heidi. :D GM Tim Gunn is a straightforward Imperial officer, so that Rogue can join the 501st once I make the correct pants, but Heidi was rather a design challenge. How to interpret Vader's costume through Heidi Klum's patented "tight, short, and shiny" lens? (And it is tight. And short. And shiny. And also itchy; it needs a lining.) (And reusing my Posh Space shoes FTW!)</lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">My work on this was limited to the flak vest and the flightsuit collar. Everything else was Rogue (and a bought chestbox and commpad, with leg flares by my dad). Yay Rogue!</lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!"> Rogue and Sean as rebel pilots, me as Leia-- who better for my dad to be than yet another dude with an awesome beard, General Dodonna! This was supposed to be a short, simple project, but the jacket and shirt had other ideas. :P But it looks pretty awesome now! </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!"><b>8. Genderbent Hawkeye, aka Clara Barton</b></lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">Betsy wanted to make a Lady Loki, so Janine decided to make a Lady Thor, and then a flurry of text messages happened and when the dust cleared, we were the Genderbent Avengers and I was Hawkeye. (Rogue was Black Widower. Heeee.) These were worn for one extremely excellent night at Dragon*Con. Plus <s>shawarma</s> Dairy Queen!</lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!"><b>9. Tiny Princess Captain America</b></lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">I've gone on about this at length elsewhere, but dude, I am so proud of this thing. (Sooo close to 20,000 notes on tumblr!) I saw it hanging in Wee C's closet the other day and had a moment of, "Damn, that is adorable! Oh wait, I made that!" It was pretty cool.</lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">A friend of Cat's had done some fanart of "party rock"-style Legend of Korra characters. Cat really wanted to do a group at Comikaze in LA in September, and we were totally game! I still can't quite believe I wore turquoise animal-print leggings in public. (LEGGINGS ARE NOT PANTS. This costume goes against everything I believe in!) But it was SO. MUCH. FUN. </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">Debby's friend Amy commissioned me to make a scarecrow costume for her dog for Halloween. That was a first for me! I think it turned out pretty cute. </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!"><b>12. Yip-Yips, from Sesame Street</b></lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">We made these for our Halloween skit at work. Unbeknownst to us, another department *also* did the Yip-Yips! Kind of embarassing, but also pretty funny. We made these in about an hour, the day before Halloweeen, and they were made with panne velvet and hot glue and it made my soul cry. But my coworkers had lots of fun. </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">For the Disney Princess half, Rogue, Janine, and I ran as Flynn/Eugene, Gothel, and Rapunzel from Tangled. Super fun times! </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">I made Gabi a skirt from the scraps left over from Janine's skirt and Ron's shirt! </lj-cut><br />
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<lj-cut text="Click me for the rest of the list!">Squeaking in just under the wire, on New Year's Eve! I went to Macy's with Debby and Cordelia in December, and on the clearance rack, we found this adorable skirt that was a ladies' size extra-small. All I had to do was add some ribbon ties at the shoulders, and it became the cutest little sundress!</lj-cut><br />
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And now, planned costumes for 2013:<br />
1. Rebel Pilot for me!<br />
2. Sekrit SDCC Masquerade costumes (there will be many costumes, mostly alike, let's put it that way)<br />
3. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/5177971906/">Scarlett's "shantytown" dress</a> for a GWTW group at D*C. Yes, the trim is insane. Yes, I'm going to start early. Really.<br />
4. Mayyyyybe Rapunzel? I keep almost doing it.<br />
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-72889226981545140322012-11-23T21:29:00.001-08:002012-11-25T11:03:24.738-08:00Captain America USO Dancing Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<strong>From:</strong> Captain America: The First Avenger<br />
<strong>Debut:</strong> 2011<br />
<strong>Awards:</strong> Part of a skit that won "Best Patriotic" at Dragon*Con 2012 Masquerade<br />
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"Who's strong and brave, here to save the American way?" In the first Captain America movie, Cap gets sent on a USO promotional tour, complete with a chorus of dancing girls in red, white, and blue spangled outfits. I fell in love with these dresses the second I saw them, and when some of my friends suggested we get a costume group together, I leapt on board. I debuted this dress at Dragon*Con 2011 and it's quickly become one of my absolute favorite costumes!<br />
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For those interested in making the costume, we have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaptainAmericaGirls">Facebook group</a>. Through the superheroic efforts of <a href="http://kay-dee.net/costumes/cap-uso/index.html">Kathy</a>, we have standardized information about fabrics and patterns to make the outfit, so that we all look identical when we meet up at conventions. The effect is *really* awesome when we get a lot of girls together, as we have for the parades and photoshoots at Dragon*Con. I've called cadence for our entry in the parade since 2011 and it is *so* much fun! At Dragon*Con 2012, a group of us performed a "Star-Spangled Man" skit at the Masquerade and won Best Patriotic.<br />
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<strong><u>Dragon*Con 2011</u></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-39607258498974087912012-11-08T22:47:00.000-08:002012-11-20T23:39:01.275-08:00Tiny Princess Captain AmericaIt's Tiny Princess Captain America time! I made this costume for my three-year-old niece this summer, originally for her to wear at Origins. She's since worn it for San Diego Comic-Con, the Fourth of July, and Halloween. Read on to find out how to make it!<br />
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Except for the skirt tiers, all of the outer fabric is Casa Satin from Jo-Ann fabrics (left over from my Captain America USO girl!), and the bodice and skirt are lined with the matching Casa lining. The skirt tiers are a poly georgette. If you use Butterick 4967, I strongly recommend a georgette or crepe for the skirt tiers. Chiffon is too thin, and the satin is just too stiff.<br />
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The Peter Pan collar is drafted straight off of the bodice pattern, which is not very difficult at all. First, draw a line 5/8" down from the edge of the shoulder on both the front and back bodice. This is the seam line.<br />
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Next, match up the front and back pieces at the shoulder seam line. It's easiest to fold one of the pieces back and place it on top of the other piece.<br />
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Now you can draw your collar on! Drawing a seamline 5/8" in at the neckline and center back will help you size your collar properly (otherwise the seam allowance can make you think your collar is too wide). I decided that a 1.5" collar looked best with my size 2 bodice, so I measured out 1.5" from the neck seamline all the way around, and then rounded it at the center front. I ended up lowering the neck just a little bit at the center front as well.<br />
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Use a piece of tracing paper to trace over your completed collar piece, then add seam allowances. I didn't have any tracing paper at the time, so I used a wheel to trace it onto some white paper instead. I used 1/4" seam allowances for most of the collar to reduce bulk, but left a 5/8" seam allowance at the neck.<br />
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After I finished the collar, I attached it by sandwiching it between the bodice and bodice lining when I sewed the neck seam. Then, after clipping and pressing, I understitched the seam allowances to the lining, which helped the collar sit properly.
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The star is made of silver satin. After figuring out the correct size, I used Steam-a-Seam Lite to fuse it on, then went around the edges with a closely spaced zigzag stitch. Silver fabric paint would also work really well. I glued rhinestones to the points of the star with Gem-Tac, meant for gluing jewels and beads to fabric.<br />
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The front of the belt is patterned the same way as the collar-- measure your seamlines first by tracing 5/8" from the bottom and side edges of the bodice front pattern, then draw on a belt shape that you like. If you want to make red and white stripes, draw on those seamlines as well. Trace your belt, then cut the pieces apart and add seam allowances. For the belt ties, I made tubes of fabric and sewed them to the edges of the belt front, and then I tacked the belt to the dress at the side seams.<br />
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The tiara is made of fun foam, covered with blue satin. I wrapped the satin around to the back and glued it down, then covered the back with a piece of felt cut to the shape of the tiara. Then I painted on the "A" with white fabric paint and added some clear rhinestones. I glued the tiara to a headband form with little combs at the ends, but it would work just as well to attach a piece of elastic to the ends of the tiara and keep it on that way.<br />
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Then a week and a half before the race, I got an email from my running club coach. Jamba Juice wanted two people to run the half in banana costumes. They'd pay your registration and give you a $50 Jamba card as a thank-you. Free race in a silly costume? ME ME ME I WANNA. (When I showed up for our group run that Saturday, everyone in the club was like "oh yeah, we knew you were going to jump on that." I HAVE A REPUTATION APPARENTLY.)<br />
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When I picked up the costume at the race expo, the Jamba people told me I could modify it however I wanted. You've got to be careful about saying things like that to me, naive little Jamba Juice people. Behold! BEDAZZLED BANANA at race start:<br />
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Besides the bedazzling, I did have to do some fairly significant modifications to be able to run in the costume. If I just wore it as-is, the back of the head hole rested on the back of my neck, and the arm holes were halfway down my upper arms. That's a one-way ticket to Chafingtown-Upon-Pain. I tried to rig some straps to support it, but in the end, I ended up sewing the banana to my trusty LL Bean backpack. I also made the head opening bigger and reinforced it with boning, and I cut the leg opening much larger. (I had cut the armholes bigger, but it turned out they worked better at their original size. So I sewed them back together and covered the seams with jewels.) I rhinestoned the Jamba logo on the front and also made a hairbow and shoebows, which I likewise rhinestoned. And I clipped five <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BrightCopperPenny">Pennyblossoms</a> to the head opening.<br />
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Parking last year was horrific, so this time I parked at Qualcomm Stadium and took the trolley into town. Honestly, I probably spent about as much time on the trolley + walking to the start as I would've spent sitting in traffic going to the parking lot, so it was pretty much a wash. But I met a really nice lady named Tabby on the trolley, and we chatted all the way to race start! I also lost one of my shoe bows and one of my Pennyblossoms along the way. This was the start of a trend. :P<br />
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I was planning to take the race very easy, since a) I hadn't been training, and b) I WAS WEARING A GIANT BANANA SUIT. I figured I'd probably finish somewhere between a 2:15-2:30. Plus I wanted to really enjoy it-- I wanted to wave to people, yell encouragement, take pictures, all that good stuff. <br />
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I ended up starting in corral 11, because that was the corral that was launching when I was finally ready to go. Suited me just fine! Almost immediately, I lost another of my Pennyblossoms, and the other ones really started annoying me because they were hitting my head. So I started giving them away to little girls who were spectating along the course. :) I hope their parents let them keep the hair clip from the weird banana lady!<br />
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My coworker Jamie was waiting on the freeway as we ran north-- she had planned to hand out Otter Pops like last year, but this year the race people told her she couldn't. She was a liability or something. Way to suck the fun out of it, Rock N Roll! But she gave me an Otter Pop. A pink one! Nom.<br />
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Rock N Roll has bands every mile or so, and one of the early ones was just a guy on a piano. He was playing the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song as I approached, and when he saw me he yelled "Banana!" and started playing "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time." I laughed. A lot.<br />
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My favorite "band"-- the awesome drummers around Mile 7!<br />
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PF Chang's also had costumed runners-- ten guys (also from my running club) running with a Chinese dragon! If you "beat the dragon," you're supposed to get a coupon for a free lettuce wrap. I caught up with the dragon somewhere around Mile 11-- they had started in corral 2 but were running very slowly, so they could be seen by the maximum number of runners. I came up behind yelling "WHAT'S UP!!!" and they were like "BANANA!" and we were all very excited. Here they are!<br />
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And then it was practically the end of the race! Even though I was running much slower than usual, the race seemed to go really quickly. I waved at pretty much every spectator I saw, and there were constant shouts of "Banana!" and "Jamba Juice!" the whole way, which was awesome. There were a bunch of cheerleading groups along the way and I high-fived all of them. I even heard a couple of the Team in Training coaches tell their runners "Don't let the banana beat you!" :D Nothing gets attention like running in a banana suit, let me tell you!<br />
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After I crossed the finish line, who should be waiting to give me my medal but Tiffany from my boot camp, who also gave me my medal last year!?<br />
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And Jill, one of my pace group buddies, had finished just ahead of me!<br />
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I stopped by the Jamba booth to get my gift card reward (and also free mini smoothies, yummm) and the Jamba lady was either impressed with or taken aback by the sparkles, one of the two. ("It wasn't like this when you got it, was it?" "Nope!")<br />
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Then Lee and Laura, two more of my pace group buddies, found me, and we went to try and meet up with more of our running club people. <br />
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Along the way, I was stopped by a lady who told me that I had been her motivation for the last few miles of the race ("I can't let a banana beat me!") and wanted a picture! Glad I could help, random nice lady! Elvis hopped in too:<br />
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I had gotten a wristband for the post-race VIP area from the Jamba people, so I popped over there to see if I could find the dragon runners from our club. I found the dragon:<br />
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And then I found the runners! Pete is my pace group coach; I've been running with him for almost 2 years now.<br />
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The VIP area had a bar! I got a mimosa!<br />
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I had planned to trolley back to my car, but Lee and Laura offered to drive me instead. (THANK YOU!) I had to get a picture with their car:<br />
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And then that was almost the end...because I got to my car and discovered I'd lost my keys somewhere along the way. :P So I called Rogue, and he drove down and gave me the spare car key. (THANK YOU SWEETIE!) And then that really was the end, and I came home and took an awesome shower and ate and was pretty much destroyed for the rest of the day.<br />
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Verdict: RIDICULOUSLY FUN to run in a banana costume. Would totally do again, if they paid for my race. The suit ended up not being too terrible to run in; the worst damage was a bit of chafing on my right arm and some serious shoulder soreness. It definitely helped that it was overcast and cool for the whole race. But I am definitely holding to my rule of no more Rock N Rolls that I pay for. They're just so huge and crowded. I'd much rather do smaller races, like the San Diego Half earlier this year.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5473820314207955163" name="cutid1-end"></a><br />
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Final stats:<br />
Finished in: 2:19:03, pace 10:37/mile<br />
Overall: 8095 out of 17568<br />
Gender: 4102 out of 11207<br />
Division: 905 out of 2155<br />
BANANA DIVISION: 1 out of ???<br />
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And all of the official pictures, in which I am jumping up and waving and smiling like a crazy person, are <a href="http://www.marathonfoto.com/index.cfm?action=site.login&RaceOID=26482012S1&LastName=Shindler&BibNumber=12786" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-74145296988063406462012-05-23T23:03:00.000-07:002012-05-23T23:07:00.033-07:00Doctor Who Shirt & Color Block Skirt<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50652398@N00/7260117184/" title="skirtandshirt by BrightCopperPenny, on Flickr"><img alt="skirtandshirt" height="365" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7079/7260117184_99ed133f94.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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Last year, my friend <a href="http://www.ailionora.com/">Janine</a> asked me if I would make a shirt for her husband Ron. She'd already made a skirt for herself out of some <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/310573">TARDIS</a> and <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/402839">Dalek</a> fabric that she had bought from Spoonflower, and she figured there was probably a shirt's worth of material left. There was-- just barely! I gave Ron the shirt when I saw him at Christmas, and all was well, by which I mean my mom was kind of horrified by it, but Ron loved it. They wore their matching outfits to StellarCon in North Carolina (ADORABLE!):<br />
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I looked at the pile of scraps I had left, and I thought, "I bet if I pieced these, I could make a skirt for their daughter. Then they would ALL match!" And then, because my mind seizes up when I try to design something original, I scoured the internet for pictures of colorblocked and patchwork skirts, and I drew sketch after sketch until I was finally satisfied it wouldn't look terrible. I really didn't have that much of the Who fabric left, so I picked up some coordinating solid cottons at Jo-Ann. And so-- skirt!<br />
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It's a basic quarter-circle skirt, dead simple to draft, although turning the single pattern piece into the five stripe pieces was a bit time-consuming-- lots of careful measuring and drawing and cutting. The trickiest part was piecing the TARDIS and Dalek blocks, because my scraps were tall, not wide. I couldn't make things line up perfectly, but I did my best. Here's an example:<br />
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The skirt is fully lined-- white underneath the lighter upper blocks, with a dark stripe around the hem so it blends with the bottom of the skirt. It has a grosgrain waistband and closes with an invisible zipper on the side.<br />
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I think she might like it. Just a little.<br />
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I was pretty pleased too, if we're being honest. :)<br />
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I still have some tiny scraps left...wonder what I could do with them?Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-849661148571691862012-05-21T21:39:00.000-07:002012-10-08T21:58:54.808-07:00Masquerade: Bring It On: Rock the Mouse<b>Entry Title:</b> Bring It On: Rock the Mouse<br />
<b>Fandoms:</b> Disney animated movies/Bring It On<br />
<b>Convention:</b> San Diego Comic-Con 2009<br />
<b>Award:</b> Best Presentation<br />
<strong>Producers:</strong> Corli & Caitlin<br />
<strong>Director/Choreographer:</strong> Caitlin<br />
<strong>Audio:</strong> Corli<br />
<strong>Voiceover:</strong> Rogue<br />
<strong>Mickey Mouse costume by:</strong> My dad John<br />
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<b>Cast Members:</b> Alex (Hercules), Amy (Sleeping Beauty), Breanna (Mulan), Caitlin (Maleficent), Corli (Cruella), Danica (Cinderella), Kent (Hook), Mike (Aladdin), Nichoel (Belle), Nicole (Ursula), Rachel (Queen of Hearts), Rogue (Jafar), Sean (Mickey Mouse), Steph (Jasmine), Tree (Evil Queen), Victoria (Tink), Bryan (stage ninja), Jen (stage ninja), John (stage ninja)<br />
[For those keeping count at home, that's a total of 19 people.]<br />
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I'd been wanting to do a cheerleading skit for years, but I could never find the right fandom for it. I knew I wanted to do something in the vein of Bring It On, with two rival cheerleading squads. In early 2008, Corli and I were brainstorming via email, and we hit on doing it with Disney heroes and villains, which would let us use the song "Hey Mickey" (which has cheerleaders in the music video) and have it be extra-funny. Plus, we could incorporate the quick-change idea I'd also been wanting to do, and have the characters change from full costume to cheer outfits mid-skit.</div>
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So we started recruiting and trying to put the skit together for SDCC 2008, but we just couldn't make it work. I wanted at least a dozen characters, but we couldn't seem to get more than ten, people had to drop out, and it was getting later and later and we weren't going to be able to do it *right,* and if we were going to do it, I wanted to do a damn good job. So we pushed it off till 2009, and we did Corli's <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/04/masquerade-hairspray.html">Hairspray skit </a>instead. Which was awesome.</div>
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Then, in January 2009, we picked the idea back up and started shaping it further. We abandoned our original idea of having all "matching" heroes and villains from the same movies, which allowed us more freedom in picking costumes. Rogue came up with the idea of structuring the skit as a trailer for Bring It On 5. We recruited even more people, conning our Disney-obsessed friends into joining and linking up with some other Masquerade costumers we'd long admired (the folks behind the Dancing With Celebrities and Van Hellsing skits), and wound up with 15 characters in total.</div>
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Then we decided we needed a Mickey Mouse, and I *really* conned my dad into agreeing to make the head. Because my dad, as my theater friends know very well, can do pretty much anything, given enough time. My brother agreed to be Mickey because it meant he could be involved but wouldn't have to actually show his face. So now we were 16-- three in the Bay Area, two in Arizona, one in Pennsylvania, and the other 10 in SoCal.</div>
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We hammered the skit out by early spring and Corli started putting together the audio. I choreographed the first half of the skit and made tutorial videos for everyone. We set our first SoCal rehearsal for a Saturday in mid-May, and we practiced the first half of the number, up through the costume strip. I did more choreography and made more videos. We had an almost-full rehearsal in mid-June, with everyone but my brother and two of the NorCal people. It lasted 8 hours. No, I don't know how I convinced them to do it either, but I'm grateful beyond words.</div>
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July arrived, and people started frantically working on their costumes because they realized they weren't going fast enough. (Except Cordelia, who's always done early.) I started sleeping less than five hours a night. We recruited Jen and Bryan as stage ninjas. Dad sent near-daily progress reports on Mickey's head, which looked amazing. Mom got in the act and helped cover Mickey with fabric. Then Dad made Mickey's shoes. Then he shipped Mickey, and we entrusted him to the United Parcel Service. Scary as all hell.</div>
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And then suddenly Comic-Con was almost here and there was still a ridiculous amount of work left to do. Dad and Sean arrived late Sunday and, because I asked, spent their entire week building the frame that would hold our Disney castle flag securely and allow us to raise the flag on command. Said frame has been named Melissa and is now required to be used in all future skits. We had our first rehearsal with all of us on Friday night at Nicole, Danica, and Kent's hotel. It went surprisingly well, actually. And then Saturday was Masquerade, and we had another rehearsal for an hour before our fifteen-minute slot on the practice stage, and then we all got dressed and sat in the green room and then lined up backstage for FOREVER.</div>
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Then we went onstage, and it went by in maybe two and a half seconds instead of minutes, and the roar that went up when Mickey was revealed was the best thing I've ever heard. And we went back offstage and gathered up our costumes and took pictures and went back to the green room to sit *forever* until the awards were announced. They didn't call our number on the first list (the company prizes) and we waited for another eternity until they came back with the second list and THEY CALLED OUR NUMBER and I just kept repeating, "Oh thank God we won something," because at least I hadn't wasted all these hours and days and weeks of nineteen peoples' lives.</div>
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In a world</div>
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Where nothing is ever as it seems</div>
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Where the ordinary is always extraordinary</div>
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Where once upon a time happens once upon a day</div>
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The struggle between good and evil</div>
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Just got...cheerier.</div>
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We're sunny, we're cute</div>
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We're popular to boot</div>
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We're perfect, great hair</div>
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The kids all love to stare</div>
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We're lovely, we're good</div>
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We act the way we should</div>
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We're wanted, we're hot</div>
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We're everything you're not</div>
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It's you that don't belong</div>
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We snicker, we smile</div>
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And many think we're vile</div>
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We're twisted, we're dark</div>
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We'll kill you for a lark</div>
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We're clever, we're bold</div>
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Our hearts have all grown cold</div>
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We cheer and we lead!</div>
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We'd love to make you bleed</div>
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Don't hate us 'cause we're beautiful</div>
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Well we don't like you either</div>
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We're cheerleaders!<br />
We are cheerleaders!</div>
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This summer</div>
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Two rival teams</div>
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With nothing in common</div>
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To Bring It On</div>
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And Rock the Mouse</div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-23158396290154552362012-05-18T19:26:00.001-07:002012-05-18T19:26:07.654-07:00Regency Tea Party<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50652398@N00/7219650250/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="2053 by BrightCopperPenny, on Flickr"><img alt="2053" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/7219650250_77a7655e74.jpg" /></a>A few weeks back, my friends and I had a fabulous, silly, incredibly relaxing girls' weekend in the mountains of North Carolina. The main event was a tea party on Saturday, and of course we had to dress up in our very best historical finery. And by "our," I mean "Janine's," because we were all wearing her dresses! I'm working on my first Regency dress, but it's not finished yet. Hopefully by Costume College!<br />
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We hosted the tea party at the bed-and-breakfast where we were staying, the <a href="http://www.andonreidinn.com/">Andon-Reid Inn</a>. This place is amazing, you guys. If you're ever looking to vacation in western North Carolina, this is absolutely the place to go. The rooms are gorgeous, the three-course breakfast is unbearably delicious, and the owners, Rachel and Ron, are warm and generous beyond compare. Rachel took care of all the food and preparation for our tea party, even going so far as to research the proper kinds of sandwiches to serve!<br />
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We spent the morning dolling ourselves up. Conley was wearing Janine's new 1780s chemise a la reine, while Janine had loaned me her white-on-white striped Regency gown. I don't have proper Regency underpinnings yet, but my Laughing Moon Silverado corset worked well enough to allow the dress to sit nicely. My hairpiece was originally bought for <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/01/padmes-family-gown.html">Padme's family gown</a>-- it worked perfectly for my Regency hairstyle! J9 just curled my front hair and tied a ribbon around my head, and I was good to go!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">We got some great shots, although we must have been pretty funny-looking with two girls in period dress scurrying around with iPhones in their hands, taking pictures of a third girl!</span>
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Look at the table Rachel set for us. Gorgeous! (The beanie babies are there because of course you have to invite your stuffed animals to your tea party!)<br />
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After tea, we walked the half-mile to downtown Waynesville, where we befuddled the locals with our strange dress. Once we explained that it was like historical reenacting, but with tea instead of guns, they seemed to understand. :)<br />
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We stopped in a bookstore, where Conley and I found some appropriate reading material...<br />
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...and Janine found a book with her dress on it...
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...but it turned out to be rather *inappropriate* reading material! At least for reading out loud. Which of course we were.
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Elsewhere in downtown Waynesville, we found a younger cousin of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/50652398@N00/7219645614/%22%20title=%22002x9p3k%20by%20BrightCopperPenny,%20on%20Flickr%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7219645614_db90709198.jpg%22%20width=%22500%22%20height=%22375%22%20alt=%22002x9p3k%22%3E%3C/a%3E">Beyonce the Giant Metal Chicken</a>:<br />
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And also some weaponry, in case we should suddenly find ourselves in the middle of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.
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And then we walked back to the Andon-Reid to lounge around and watch Twilight parodies, because isn't that what they did in the Regency era in the late afternoon?<br />
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It was an absolutely delightful day. Thanks to Janine for dreaming it up, to Conley for coming to play with us, and to Rachel for making it so perfect!Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-72116437336834491892012-05-02T22:04:00.001-07:002012-05-02T22:06:39.296-07:00Legoland Star Wars WeekendsThe first three weekends of April were Star Wars Weekends at Legoland California, and the 501st and Rebel Legions were again invited to troop the events! Legoland is always great fun, so I was happy to get Leia-ed up and join my fellow Legion members. I ended up trooping both the opening and the closing days and had an awesome, if slightly exhausting, time at both. :) While I didn't take any pictures, Rachel and Lesley got some awesome shots!<br />
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It was really cold on opening day. Really cold.<br />
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We always start off the days at the park entrance, to take pictures with guests:<br />
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Padme and her decoy seem awfully happy about seeing Maul...<br />
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Ah, that's better!<br />
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I was one of the judges for the children's costume contest on opening day. This little Aurra Sing took third place-- she was fantastic!<br />
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Also I got to hold this baby WHO WAS DRESSED AS AN EWOK AND CUDDLED ON MY SHOULDER. D'awwwww.<br />
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Toward the end of the day, we positioned ourselves near the exit so guests could get their last pictures. Girl power!<br />
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Jeffrey came in his Grievous costume. Let's just say he was popular.<br />
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And a really awesome shot that Rachel got of me:<br />
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Closing day was very different-- the park wasn't nearly as crowded and there wasn't as much going on, so we were able to do silly things like go on rides in costume!<br />
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When we went on the helicopters, this young guest climbed right in with me! She was adorable.<br />
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Luke, meanwhile, was excited to find his Red 5 copter...<br />
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Then Luke and Leia got into a car fight. Just a little sibling rivalry!<br />
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Luke spies some talking penguins!<br />
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Also we found a dryer that looked an awful lot like a Star Wars hallway. And it's for families!<br />
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There was a band playing Star Wars songs in Miniland. Luke conducted for a bit. Also we danced up a storm. (No pictures of that last bit.)<br />
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And then we went on the spinning teacups. Or whatever they call the teacups at Legoland. And Shawn and Lesley both learned why you ride the teacups with the Skywalker twins at your own peril. (Andrew and I always have a great time hamming it up as Luke and Leia. "Daaaaad! He's picking on me!")<br />
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And that was the end of Legoland Star Wars Weekends 2012! Can't wait for next year!Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-41658403427168107962012-04-17T22:32:00.001-07:002012-04-17T22:33:02.406-07:00Tristan Thorne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Tristan Thorne<br />
<b>From:</b> Stardust<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2008<br />
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Tristan is the hero of <i>Stardust</i>, a Neil Gaiman novella that was made into a movie in 2007, and which sadly flew a bit under the radar. It's an utterly fantastic movie, and not nearly enough people have seen it. If you liked The Princess Bride (and is there anyone out there who doesn't?), then you'll love Stardust. It's a fantasy movie for grownups (you can't say "adult" because that means something entirely different!) with humor and sarcasm and a smidge of ridiculousness, and also Robert De Niro as a cross-dressing sky pirate. How can you say no to that?<br />
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Anyway, in the course of the movie, Tristan gets a snazzy new outfit (courtesy of the above-mentioned De Niro) with a long, cream-colored coat. We hadn't even left the theater when my husband said, "I WANT THAT COAT." Since I'd been coveting the blue dress worn by Yvaine, the heroine, I was happy to oblige! This costume was debuted at Dragon*Con 2008. I hadn't yet finished my Yvaine costume, but my friend Kimmerie saved the day-- she'd won an auction for a screen-worn costume for the character of Una, which she very kindly allowed me to wear. I finished my Yvaine costume the following year.<br />
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<b><u>Dragon*Con 2009</u></b><br />
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<b><u>WonderCon 2009</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Dragon*Con 2008</u></b><br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Construction</u><br />
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This costume was on display at the FIDM Museum in LA during their 2008 "Art of Motion Picture Design" exhibit, so I got to examine it fairly closely (no touching, though, and I couldn't see the back). I took pretty extensive notes, and hopefully I can upload them at some point.<br />
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<b><u>Coat</u></b><br />
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I'm pretty sure Tristan's coat is made out of linen, and even though it looks white or cream on the film, it's actually the natural, undyed stuff. (I held up swatches to the real thing at FIDM.) I bought IL-14 5.9 oz linen from <a href="http://fabrics-store.com/">fabrics-store.com</a>, which is my favorite place for linen on the internets. They no longer carry that exact weight or product number, however. I think my linen was somewhat of a looser weave than the real thing, as well as a bit slubbier, but overall I really liked the fabric. It eased really nicely, which always endears a fabric to me. The lining is a gold-tan silk charmeuse from Fabrics & Fabrics in the LA garment district. At FIDM, the coat lining looked weirdly greenish, almost chartreuse, so I just decided to pick a color that I thought was pretty. The upper collar is chocolate brown cotton velveteen from a local store.<br />
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Since I had such a good experience with Burda 2459 when I used it for <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/04/londo-mollari.html">Londo's coat</a>, I used it again for Tristan's coat. This time, I added a waist seam all the way around, added princess seams to the back, and drafted a big wide lapel and pointed collar, all using flat patternmaking techniques. I also narrowed the sleeves slightly and then belled them at the bottom, and I turned the bottom of the sleeve into a cuff, as on the original. The skirt of the coat is split up to the waist on center back, and I added three knife pleats on either side, for added hem fullness so the coat looks cooler when it blows in the wind. The real coat has some serious fooferaw along the center back of the skirt, but I couldn't get a clear enough look to see what it was. Oh, how I wish I'd been able to see the back of the coat at FIDM!<br />
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As with the Londo coat, I used machine tailoring techniques to make this coat, following my Singer Tailoring Guide. Tailoring supplies came from <a href="http://sewtrue.com/">Sew True</a>. The jacket is fully lined with silk charmeuse; to conserve my (expensive!) gold charmeuse, I used white for the sleeves. For the buttons, I backed the linen with a thin but strong iron-on interfacing and hand-embroidered the star pattern with embroidery floss. Then I covered my metal button blanks with the linen.<br />
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Tristan wears a short vest, squared off at the waist, made of orangey-brown leather in the front and greyish-tan striped fabric in the back. I got the leather from my friend <a href="http://www.starfyreenchantment.com/home.html">Avien</a>, who had it in her stash. There was exactly enough to make the vest! I found a tan cotton at Jo-Ann that had a narrow woven stripe; not an exact match, but close enough. And he'll probably never wear the vest without the coat, at least not when he's wearing it for Tristan, so the back won't be seen anyhow. I found the buttons at International Silks and Woolens in LA. They also aren't an exact match, but again, close enough. Rogue distressed them slightly with watered-down black paint, so they look aged.<br />
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I once again used Burda 2459 for the pattern (can you sense a theme here?). Alterations to the pattern were easy; I just shortened it and changed the shape of the neck slightly. The leather front is lined in the same tan cotton as the back; for the buttonholes, I made machine buttonholes in the cotton and just cut slits in the leather. From what we could tell at FIDM, the vest was lined in some sort of slubby multicolor fabric, but I couldn't see enough of it to tell exactly what it was.<br />
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The shirt is made from a very thin cotton, almost voile-y, that I found in the LA garment district. I used McCall's 2258 for the shirt; I made the collar bigger, the sleeves less wide, and the cuffs longer and belled. I then tea-dyed the shirt so it wouldn't look so stark white against the coat. I made ties out of cotton twill tape to keep the wrists and neck closed.<br />
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<b><u>Pants, Boots, & Sword</u></b><br />
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Tristan's actual pants are black, or at least very dark, with a very, very thin woven stripe, such that I thought they were corduroy the first time I saw them. I bought fabric to make the pants at Michael Levine in LA, but I haven't made them yet. He just wore regular black slacks at D*C 2008. The boots are his <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/01/han-thunder-solo-photos.html">Han Solo boots</a>; Tristan's got <a href="http://costumersguide.com/stardust/tristan_boots.jpg">totally awesome boots</a>, but they'll have to wait for another day. The sword is the <a href="http://www.strongblade.com/prod/sb-sd-sword.html">licensed replica from Strongblade</a>.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-65881498612813687182012-04-17T21:08:00.000-07:002012-04-17T21:10:21.323-07:00Robin Sparkles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Robin Sparkles<br />
<b>From:</b> How I Met Your Mother<br />
<b>Made: </b>2008<br />
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"Robin who?" You mean you've never heard of Robin Sparkles, the Canadian teen pop sensation? She dominated the early-90s airwaves (the 80s came to Canada a bit late) with her hit song, "Let's Go To the Mall," although her followup, "Sandcastles in the Sand," was considered a disappointment. She disappeared from the music scene shortly thereafter, and hasn't been heard from since...<br />
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...so anyway, if you're a fan of "How I Met Your Mother" (and if you're not, you should try it!), you know that the character Robin Scherbatsky, a no-nonsense, career-oriented tomboy, has a deep dark secret-- that as a teenager, she toured malls all across Canada as "Robin Sparkles." When her friends discover the music video of "Let's Go to the Mall," she's utterly mortified, and everyone else is riotously entertained. The HIMYM folks actually made a full music video, and it is 80s-tastic; they've got it on YouTube <a href="http://youtu.be/z8pEzi1E5Og">here</a>.<br />
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I love HIMYM, and I laughed my head of at the LGTTM music video (honestly, the whole episode where Robin Sparkles is revealed, called "Slap Bet," is a classic). So after I went to Dragon*Con for the first time in 2007 and discovered people dressed up as all sorts of random TV characters (Jim and Pam in their Halloween costumes! Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters!), I decided it was the perfect place to run around as Robin Sparkles.<br />
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I debuted my costume at D*C 2008 on Friday night, and had so much fun that I wore it on Saturday as well. And a good thing too, because it turned out that there was another girl dressed as Robin Sparkles on Saturday. We met by chance-- and I am 100% not kidding-- AT THE MALL. IN THE FOOD COURT. It was glorious. Actually, the reaction I got as Robin was fantastic. Not everyone recognized me, but the ones who did *freaked out.* It's a hella fun costume, and as the song says, "having fun is what it's all aboot."<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Construction</u><br />
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In point of fact, there's not really much construction involved in this costume; I bought every piece and then altered a few of them. And there are a ridiculous number of pieces to this costume! I use little ziploc baggies to keep track of all the jewelry. Here's a rundown of where I bought everything, from head to toe :<br />
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<li>Wig: the Anne wig in Golden Brown from <a href="http://cosworx.com/">Cosworx</a> (apparently no longer available), trimmed down substantially. I really wanted a slightly lighter color, but the only blonder option was super-blonde, which wasn't right either.</li>
<li>Hairbow: a length of red lace fabric from Jo-Ann</li>
<li>Earrings: Etsy</li>
<li>Pearls: Charlotte Russe</li>
<li>Black-and-silver beads: The Icing</li>
<li>Chain necklace: The Icing</li>
<li>Dogtags: My own</li>
<li>White shirt: Wal-Mart</li>
<li>Denim jacket: Ebay, embellished with fabric paint and 20SS heat-fix rhinestones from <a href="http://www.rhinestoneguy.com/">The Rhinestone Guy</a> (3 gross, plus another 75 or so smaller ones I had on hand). I attach my rhinestones by placing them upside-down on a hot plate until the glue melts and bubbles, then using tweezers to quickly press them into place. It's about a million times faster than using those one-at-a-time applicators.</li>
<li>Jelly bracelets (black and multicolored): Wal-Mart and Ebay</li>
<li>Black bangle: H&M</li>
<li>Yellow beads: Claire's</li>
<li>Belt: The Icing; I added the X shapes with white yarn and a tapestry needle</li>
<li>Skirt: Etsy</li>
<li>Fishnet leggings: Ebay</li>
<li>Lace ankle socks: Ebay</li>
<li>Shoes: Wal-Mart</li>
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<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-2773570296296229032012-04-16T23:12:00.000-07:002012-04-16T23:17:49.381-07:00Londo Mollari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Ambassador Londo Mollari<br />
<b>From:</b> Babylon 5<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2008<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Part of a skit that won Judges' Choice in the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade<br />
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This was definitely not a costume I had ever planned to make, I'll tell you that! My friend Cordelia suggested a skit for the San Diego Comic-Con 2008 Masquerade that involved a bunch of sci-fi characters with big hair. My husband, who's a big Babylon 5 fan, said, "I want to be Londo!", the Centauri ambassador with an impressive sideways mohawk. Video and pictures from the skit are available <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/04/masquerade-hairspray.html">here</a>.<br />
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Anyway, I agreed to make the costume if he handled the wig. (He decided to make the wig bigger than it actually was on the show, to up the silliness factor of the skit.) Londo got a huge cheer from the audience when he first appeared! Still plenty of B5 fans out there. He's also worn the costume without the wig and people still recognized him, which I consider an unqualified success!<br />
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<b><u>Dragon*Con 2008</u></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(thanks to Maggie and Kathy for the pics!)</span><br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />Unlike many sci-fi characters, Londo doesn't wear the exact same outfit all the time. He generally wears some combination of a coat, vest, shirt, neckcloth, pants, and tall boots, not identical, but in similar styles. This meant I had some leeway in the choice of colors and fabrics and didn't have to worry too much about exact matches.<br />
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<b><u>Coat</u></b><br />
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Londo wears a knee-length mandarin-collared coat that is somewhat cut away in the front. I used Burda 2459 as my basis, extending the center front all the way up to the neck and drawing a new neckline with a decent amount of ease. The front I left all as one piece; I added a waist seam to the back so I could split the skirt up the center back and add a few pleats. I really liked this pattern; it had a good cut and fit. I've tried a lot of commercial men's coat patterns, and this one is my favorite by far.<br />
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For the fabric, I chose a wool/nylon flannel blend (80%/20%) from <a href="http://fabric.com/">fabric.com</a>; it's thick and squishy, with a nice weight to it. Sadly, they don't seem to sell it anymore. I have no idea how accurate it is with regard to the actual Londo costume; I picked it because the price was right and it was easy to tailor. I had no intention of losing yet another sleeve cap argument with a recalcitrant gabardine.<br />
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I used machine tailoring techniques to make the coat, basically following my Singer Tailoring Guide. (I love that book. The pictures look so good I want to eat them.) I bought all my tailoring supplies (shoulder pads, sleeve heads, tailor's canvas) from <a href="http://sewtrue.com/">Sew True</a>. The jacket is fully bag-lined with regular black lining fabric from Jo-Ann.<br />
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The trim was a fun challenge. I wasn't going for an exact match, but it was still a little tricky to find the right parts. I started with a weird black rickrack I found locally that had a gold zigzag woven into it. I stitched the rickrack onto 5/8" black grosgrain ribbon. That made it look like there was a gold zigzag down the middle of a black ribbon. Then I stitched a 1/2" textured silver ribbon (also found locally) to either side of the rickrack-black ribbon combo and folded down the edges to make little triangles. I made 12 of those, then hand-stitched them down the front of the coat and on the shoulders. I found some fun gold-and-black jeweled buttons locally and sewed them between the points of the triangles. The same silver ribbon was machine sewn down the center front opening, and the rickrack ribbon and silver ribbon were handsewn around the neck.<br />
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The coat closes with a hook and eye at the neck. Rogue found a big costume jewelry ring that works great as a brooch; we just fastened the hook and eye through the actual ring part.<br />
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<b><u>Vest</u></b><br />
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The vest was also from Burda 2459 (can you tell I love it?). I got the fabric from my friend <a href="http://www.starfyreenchantment.com/home.html">Avien</a>, who had it in her stash. Rogue's favorite color is deep purple, and since Londo wore all sorts of colors, I figured why not? I drafted a shawl collar onto the pattern, and extended and shaped the vest overlap; Londo had kind of a double-breasted thing going on, but without the buttons. The vest is bag lined in black cotton and closes with snaps. The trim is 1/4" silver ribbon (the same kind as on the coat, just thinner) sewn onto 3/8" black satin ribbon.<br />
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<b><u>Shirt, Pants, Boots, Neckcloth</u></b><br />
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The shirt is the same one I made for the <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/02/will-turner-pirates-of-caribbean-curse.html">Will Turner costume</a>-- we just borrowed it from Dan for a bit. The pants are regular black slacks. The boots are from his <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/01/han-thunder-solo-photos.html">Han Solo costume</a>, and the neckcloth is a red poly charmeuse from the remnant bin at Jo-Ann.<br />
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<b><u>Headpiece-Wig-Hair-Thingy</u></b><br />
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Well, I didn't make the wig, so I can't give you too many details. I can tell you that it involved a plastic headband, wire coat hangers, hot glue, a lot of fake hair, a cheap short-haired wig, construction paper, spraypaint, and pain. Oh, and a good-quality bald cap. DO NOT SKIMP ON BALD CAP QUALITY. You will regret it and cry many, many tears.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-17219351563047691992012-04-16T22:56:00.000-07:002012-04-16T22:56:40.579-07:00Hairspray Dancer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Backup Dancer ("You Can't Stop the Beat")<br />
<b>From:</b> Hairspray (2007 version)<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2008<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Part of a skit that won Judges' Choice in the 2008 Comic-Con Masquerade<br />
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I first saw the movie version of the musical Hairspray in spring 2008, and I absolutely fell in love-- the story, the songs, the costumes, everything was completely awesome. (I mean, giant production numbers. What's not to love?) I especially adored the last number in the show, "You Can't Stop the Beat," and the gorgeous dresses the dancers were wearing. Oh man, did I ever want one of those pretty pastel dresses with their big twirly skirts!<br />
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I got my chance when my friend Cordelia suggested a <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/04/masquerade-hairspray.html">Hairspray-themed skit</a> for the San Diego Comic-Con 2008 Masquerade. (A video of the skit, plus more pictures, are available on that page.) This has become my new favorite party dress-- I've worn it many times since I made it, including to the wedding of a fellow costumer and my work holiday party!<br />
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<b><u>San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade 2008</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Dragon*Con 2008 (Yule Ball)</u></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(thanks to Maggie and Kathy for the pictures!)</span><br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b><br />
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The dresses in "You Can't Stop the Beat" are mostly pastel fabrics with circle skirts and a chiffon overlay. I really liked the dresses worn by the twins Noreen and Doreen, so I used them as my starting point and altered the bodice somewhat. I decided on a blue dress because 1) it's my favorite color, 2) I already had a blue crinoline, and 3) none of the other characters in the skit were wearing blue.<br />
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<b><u>Fabric</u></b><br />
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I had a hard time finding a flowered blue cotton that I liked; I was pretty particular about the size and spacing of the flowers. I finally found some cotton quilt backing at <a href="http://fabric.com/">fabric.com</a> that fit the bill. As a bonus, it was 108" wide, so it was plenty big for the skirt! I found coordinating chiffon at a local fabric store, and for the sash I just bought a half-yard of Jo-Ann casa crepe in, I want to say cornflower? I don't actually remember.<br />
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<b><u>Dress</u></b><br />
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I drafted the dress using flat patternmaking techniques. The underbodice (flowered cotton) is a basic two-darted bodice with most of the ease removed for that tight 1950s fit. (Hairspray is technically early 60s, but it's the same look.) For the chiffon overlay, I just converted all the darts to waistline gathers. I should have added some ease back in for the overlay, and done a slight inward curve on the V-neckline instead of a straight line-- live and learn! I flatlined the cotton and chiffon together, then constructed the bodice. The bodice is bag-lined with white muslin, using the underbodice pattern.<br />
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The flowered underskirt is almost a full circle; I knocked a little bit off to cut down on the fullness at the hem, since my crinoline wasn't as full as the ones in the movie. For the chiffon overskirt, I measured the radius and circumference of the underskirt, then cut a rectangle with those dimensions. The overskirt was evenly gathered all around and basted to the underskirt, then both were sewn to the bodice as one, and the bodice lining was handstitched down to enclose the waist seam. The overskirt is finished with a serged rolled him, which isn't accurate (you can see the large hem allowance on the actual dresses), but it was easier and faster.<br />
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The dress closes with an invisible zipper up the back. The sash is tied around my waist and safety-pinned into place; someday I'll get around to attaching it permanently. I think I might change fabrics to something that's thinner and holds a crease, too, if I can find a good color.<br />
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The crinoline I've had for years (okay, fine, well over a decade), ever since we did Bye Bye Birdie in high school. It's a square-dance crinoline that we found at Goodwill; my mom added a yoke to lengthen it. I just had to shorten the yoke slightly so it would hit just at my knees. See, this is why you never get rid of random costuming stuff!<br />
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<b><u>Wig, Shoes, & Jewelry</u></b><br />
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The wig is the <a href="http://www.buycostumes.com/Hairspray-Tracy-Turnblad-Wig/32076/ProductDetail.aspx">"official" Tracy wig</a> that you can buy at Halloween costume stores; I got mine at <a href="http://buycostumes.com/">buycostumes.com</a>. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality; it's not fantastic, but certainly adequate. I replaced the original ribbon with a light blue ribbon that matched my dress. In the movie, a bunch of the girls start imitating Tracy's hairstyle, so I figured I could wear the Tracy wig and call myself a Tracy groupie. Plus, having the official wig makes me much more recognizable as a character from Hairspray.<br />
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The shoes are white character shoes that I've had since forever, and the pearls (which I got after Comic-Con) came from The Icing.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-90399447732623898232012-04-10T23:07:00.000-07:002012-10-08T21:55:14.000-07:00Masquerade: Hairspray<b>Entry Title:</b> Hairspray<br />
<b>Fandoms:</b> Hairspray, plus many others!<br />
<b>Convention:</b> San Diego Comic-Con 2008<br />
<b>Award:</b> Judges' Choice<br />
<strong>Producer/Director/Choreographer: </strong>Corli<br />
<b>Cast Members:</b> Corli (Corny Collins), Caitlin (Hairspray dancer), Belle (Yeoman Rand), Rogue (Londo Mollari), Breanna (Syndrome), Angie (Bride of Frankenstein)<br />
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This one was all Cordelia! I had wanted to do my Disney/Bring It On idea for Comic-Con 2008, but we couldn't get enough people together. So Corli came up with this skit-- a bunch of big-haired characters dancing together to the song "Hairspray" from the musical <i>Hairspray</i>. There were six of us altogether in the skit; two "regular" Hairspray characters (Cordelia as "Corny" and myself) and four sci-fi characters:<br />
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Yeoman Rand (Star Trek original series)<br />
Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)<br />
Syndrome (The Incredibles)<br />
Bride of Frankenstein (Bride of Frankenstein)<br />
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We had a great time with the skit, got a fantastic audience reaction, and to top it all off, we won Judges' Choice, which we were *not* expecting at all! Pretty awesome Masquerade. :)<br />
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<b><u>Masquerade Photostage</u></b><br />
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<b>Character:</b> T'Posh (T'Pol/Posh Spice mashup)<br />
<b>From:</b> Star Trek: Enterprise/The Spice Girls<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2008<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Part of a skit that won Best in Show Presentation at the SciFi/Fantasy Masquerade at Costume-Con 2008<br />
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I made this costume for our 2008 Costume-Con skit, <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/04/masquerade-space-girls.html">"Space Girls,"</a> a Star Trek/Spice Girls mashup. (Lots more pictures, plus video, are available on that page!)<br />
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My Space Girl was T'Posh-- a mashup of Posh Spice (better known these days as Victoria Beckham) and T'Pol, the Vulcan officer from Enterprise. One of my favorite episodes of Enterprise (okay, also one of the only ones I've seen) is the mirror universe two-parter, where all the female crewmembers wear form-fitting, midriff-baring versions of the uniform jumpsuit. I'm not even kidding. *Midriff jumpsuits.* They're so fantastically over-the-top, I wanted to hug the costume designer when I saw the episode.<br />
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T'Pol normally doesn't wear the Enterprise jumpsuit uniform, but <a href="http://www.joleneblalockzone.com/htm/mirror6.jpg">she does in the mirror episodes</a>. So I took that as my starting point, but I changed the pants to a skirt, because Posh usually wore skirts. Then I added five-inch heels with laces that wrapped up the leg, sort of like Posh's shoes in <a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/threadcount/spice_girls.jpg">this picture</a>, and a wig that looked like the Posh bob. And of course a pair of pointy ears!<br />
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<b><u>Costume-Con, San Jose 2008</u></b><br />
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Both the top and the skirt are made from dark blue stretch twill from <a href="http://fashionfabricsclub.com/">Fashion Fabrics Club</a>. The stretchiness was important because the outfit was so tight-fitting. I used flat patternmaking techniques for the top and skirt. Thanks to the patternmaking courses I had taken, I already had basic bodice and skirt slopers that fit me exactly. I converted the bodice darts to straight princess seams and took out most of the ease, in order to contour it to my body. The sleeves on the actual jumpsuit are fairly complicated; since this outfit wasn't going to be accurate anyway, I did regular set-in sleeves and then made the shoulder "patches" from a raglan-sleeve pattern. Instead of the normal red, blue, or yellow trim, I used gold lame bias tape to outline the shoulder patches. The shoulders turned out a little linebacker-y, but not too bad. I might fix them eventually. Finally, I made a plain rectangular collar and added a separating zipper up the center front. I debated whether I should do the regular Enterprise arm patch or the mirror one; in the end, I went with the regular patch, since I wasn't actually making a mirror costume, just using it as my starting point. The skirt pattern was pretty much straight from the sloper; I just cut off a lot at the waist and the hem and added a narrow shaped waistband and belt loops. I found the perfect belt at Target.<br />
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I bought the Elizabeth wig from <a href="http://cosworx.com/">cosworx.com</a> in dark brown (#4), which they no longer seem to stock. Then, I used the hot-water technique (as described <a href="http://www.pettingzoowigs.com/wigtutorial_straightening.html">here</a> by Katie Bair) to set the part and straighten the ends out so it would look more like Posh's hair. Basically, I pinned the hair in place on a foam wig head (using a lot of bent sewing pins to hold the hair exactly where I wanted it) and then carefully poured the hot water over it. It worked like a charm! When I wore the wig, it tended to completely cover my pointy Vulcan ears, so Cordelia added some strategic bobby pins to keep the ear tips poking out through the wig.<br />
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I knew I needed a pair of crazy heels to complete the Posh look-- I ended up buying a pair of 5" heels from <a href="http://cosworx.com/">cosworx.com</a>, which they don't seem to sell anymore. I added some padding to the sole with black Fun Foam, but they were still pretty uncomfortable to wear, and tough to dance in! I did not trip and kill myself, however, so yay! The ends of the laces are stuck to my legs with double-stick tape.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-56219246864859250902012-04-06T23:35:00.000-07:002012-10-08T21:55:48.673-07:00Masquerade: Space Girls<b>Entry Title:</b> Space Girls<br />
<b>Fandom:</b> Star Trek/Spice Girls mashup<br />
<b>Convention:</b> Costume-Con 2008 (San Jose, CA), SciFi & Fantasy Masquerade<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Best in Show Presentation<br />
<strong>Producer/Director/Choreographer/Audio:</strong> Corli<br />
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<b>Cast Members:</b> Angie (Baby/Yeoman Rand), Molly (Ginger/Dr. Crusher), Nina (Scary/B'Elanna Torres), Corli (Sporty/Jadzia Dax), Caitlin (T'Posh)</div>
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Oddly enough (or perhaps not so oddly), my husband provided the intial spark for this idea. We were brainstorming Masquerade skits while driving home one night after Comic-Con 2007, and he suggested a Spice Girls parody, maybe with Battlestar Galactica characters. I mentioned this to my partner-in-masquerade-crime Cordelia, and she said, "Hey, what if we did it with Star Trek characters? There are five Star Trek series, and five Spice Girls, so we could do one from each series, and call it the Space Girls." She started reeling off which character should be which Spice, and we were sold.<br />
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We decided to do the skit at the SciFi/Fantasy Masquerade at Costume-Con 26 in San Jose, which was in April 2008. We weren't really sure how it would be received, since Costume-Cons tend to focus more on construction; but a bunch of us were already planning on attending, so we decided we'd just go for it. We each worked out how to meld our Star Trek character and Spice Girl into one costume, and Cordelia wrote a parody of "Wannabe" and choreographed a 90-second routine for us.<br />
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We had *SO* much fun with this skit, I can't even begin to tell you. The second we got off the stage, we wanted to get right back up and do it again. We were shocked and completely thrilled to win Best In Show for Presentation!<br />
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<b><u>Lyrics</u></b> (by Corli)<br />
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They've boldly gone where no man has gone before<br />
They've sought out new life and new civilizations<br />
They've explored strange new worlds on their recent reunion tour<br />
They are...<br />
The Space Girls<br />
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I'm Baby!<br />
I'm Ginger!<br />
I'm Sporty!<br />
I'm Scary!<br />
And I'm...T'Posh.<br />
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All:<br />
If you wannabe my lover<br />
You gotta get with my crew<br />
Trekkin' in my starship<br />
That's all we ever do<br />
If you wanna be my lover<br />
This fact you'll have to face<br />
Lovin's never easy when you're in outer space<br />
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Sporty: Whatcha think about that? Now you know I'm a Trill<br />
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Baby: Think you won't beam me up but I know you will<br />
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Ginger: Now let's play doctor<br />
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Scary: No, I won't bite<br />
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T'Posh: These shoes are simply illogical and way too high<br />
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Scary: Oh, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want<br />
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Ginger: So tell me what you want, what you really really want<br />
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Scary : I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna man-g-chuq, ah!<br />
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All: If you wanna be my loverCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-51324656933098057952012-03-26T21:12:00.000-07:002012-03-26T21:18:26.943-07:00Debby's Wedding Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our friends Debby and Dan got engaged three days before our wedding, and decided to hold the wedding in Las Vegas in May 2005, to coincide with the opening of Episode III. Debby asked me if I would make her dress, and I agreed.<br />
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Making this dress was definitely a labor of love for us both. We'd have marathon sessions where Debby would spend hours at my house working on her programs or bridesmaid gifts, and I would sew like mad and call her over for periodic fittings. It kept us both honest-- it's a lot harder to procrastinate when someone else is there with you!<br />
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In the end, I was really proud of how the dress turned out. I don't think I'll ever make another wedding dress, though; the stress of having to get everything exactly perfect was too intense. (All self-inflicted pressure, I should point out. Debby was fantastically low-maintenance and about as far from a Bridezilla as you can get.) But I was more of a perfectionist about her dress than I was about my own! <br />
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<b><u>Debby and Dan's Wedding, May 2005</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b>
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<a name='more'></a><br />As it turned out, Debby's idea for a dress design was remarkably simliar to my original dress concept, except she wanted it to be scoop-necked and off-the-shoulder. That made things easier, because I'd already done a fair amount of pattern research for making the dress, and I knew the style would look good on her.<br />
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<b><u>Bodice & Sleeves</u></b><br />
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I found the perfect pattern for the bodice in Butterick 4453. The only thing that needed altering was the sleeves; Debby wanted them to be one piece rather than two pieces with a seam at the elbow. During our fittings, I also found that I needed to add a small bust dart to keep the fit close at the top of the bodice. I tried redrafting the side front pieces, but at the time I lacked the pattern manipulation knowledge to do it properly, so darts were the best solution.<br />
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The bodice has five layers: an outer layer of 10mm silk chiffon from <a href="http://dharmatrading.com/">Dharma Trading</a>, flatlined with an underlayer of 19.5mm silk charmeuse from Dharma; a second underlayer of white muslin; a foundation layer of <a href="http://store.corsetmaking.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CMS-F-CoutW&Category_Code=Cout&Product_Count=1">coutil from corsetmaking.com</a> with poly boning sewn in; and a lining layer of charmeuse. I incorporated poly boning into the bodice because the bride preferred to wear just a strapless bra, not a cinching undergarment. All of the fabric was washed beforehand; I'd learned my lesson after not washing the fabric for my <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-wedding-dress.html">wedding dress</a>. The bodice closes up the back with a separating zipper, with a hook and eye at the very top. Below is a picture of all the boning that was sewing into the coutil layer:<br /><br />
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I drafted the sleeves by taking the pattern piece for the top of the sleeve and adding a petal-shaped extension to the bottom, so the sleeve was tight to the elbow and then opened up. I played around a bit with the shape until I was satisfied, then made the sleeves out of 8mm chiffon from Dharma. I used the rolled-hem stitch on my serger to finish the sleeves.<br />
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One of my favorite parts of this dress is the trim on the bodice. Debby's aunt had given her the veil from her wedding many years ago, and Debby wanted to incorporate the daisy-chain veil trim-- her favorite flower-- into the dress. After removing the trim from the veil, I dyed the trim ivory to match the color of the natural silk we were using for the dress. I found <a href="http://www.sewbridal.com/Sewing_Help/DyeingLace/dyeinglace.html">this site</a> to be immensely helpful in the dyeing process. Then Debby beaded the daisy centers with blue and white crystals, to match her headpiece. Finally, I handsewed the trim around the top and bottom of the bodice.<br />
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<b><u>Skirt</u></b><br />
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Debby knew she wanted a somewhat full skirt with a small train, but she wanted a nice clean line at the back waist, without a lot of gathering. So we settled on Butterick 4452 for the skirt pattern, which had two back pleats to add fullness to the skirt. I followed the pattern pretty much exactly.<br />
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The skirt is three layers total; one outer layer of 10mm chiffon and then two underlayers of 19.5mm charmeuse. The chiffon and the outer layer of charmeuse were cut with a train and the lining charmeuse layer has an even hem all around. The train was bustled for the reception using a hook-and-eye system; the hook was hidden near the skirt closure and the thread eye was along the center back seam. All three layers were hemmed with the rolled-hem stitch on my serger.<br />
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Underneath the skirt, Debby wore a <a href="http://bridalpetticoat.com/detail.aspx?ID=6">petticoat from bridalpetticoat.com</a>. Nothing too full; just enough to give the skirt a nice shape.<br />
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Veil & Headpiece</div>
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Debby is really good at beading and wire work, so she decided to make her own headpiece. She wanted a simple headband with a soft veil attached that could be removed for the reception. So when she was beading the headband, she incorporated little wire loops every inch or so along the back of the headband. So, after I made the veil-- a piece of 8mm chiffon gathered to fit the length of the headband-- I sewed small hooks every inch along the veil. Then the veil was just hooked into the headband for the ceremony and removed for the reception.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-82401443998980711382012-03-23T20:10:00.001-07:002012-05-24T00:33:31.009-07:00Kaylee's Shindig Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character: </b>Kaylee Frye<br />
<b>Costume:</b> Party dress from "Shindig"<br />
<b>From:</b> Firefly<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2005<br />
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The short-lived television series Firefly remains one of my all-time favorite TV shows, and this is my absolute favorite costume from the entire show. It's from the episode "Shindig," where in order to meet with a business contact, Kaylee and Mal have to go to a fancy dress ball. To make up for being mean to Kaylee earlier in the episode, Mal buys her this dress, which she'd seen in a store window and loved. Now, Kaylee's no city girl, and her taste is-- questionable, to say the least. This dress is unbelievably pink, unbelievably fluffy, and I, like Kaylee, love it beyond all reason.<br />
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I'd been wanting to make the dress since I saw the series in fall 2004, but an email from my friend Kel convinced me to make it a bit earlier than I'd planned. She and some of our other costuming friends were planning a big Firefly group entry in the San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade to promote Serenity, the movie that was based on the Firefly TV series. Were my husband and I interested in joining them? You're gorram right we were! I tossed together a Mal costume for him, unfortunately sans his signature browncoat. That one's still on the to-do list.<br />
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Of course, the dress ended up being yet another last-minute, no-sleep project, so I'm not as happy with some parts of it as I'd like to be, but I had so much fun being in the group and doing Masquerade that it didn't matter. You can see a video of our skit on YouTube <a href="http://youtu.be/PWHr1mGJfdA">here</a>, and Carolyn, who was our "casual-clothes" Kaylee, has a <a href="http://www.scendan.com/bigdamnheroes.html">page about our group's entry</a>.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">San Diego Comic-Con 2005</u>, as part of the "Big Damn Heroes" Masquerade entry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Thanks to Cathleen, Cordelia, Kathy, Kel, Kim, Hasufel, Eurobeat King, and Consplayers for the pics!)</span><br />
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<b><u>Underpinnings: Hoopskirt and Petticoat</u></b></div>
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This dress very obviously uses a hoopskirt-- I've heard that the actual costume used one of the hoopskirts from "The King & I." I thought about making my own, but in the end opted to buy the biggest one I could find, which was a six-bone, 180" circumference hoopskirt from <a href="http://bridalpetticoat.com/">bridalpetticoat.com</a>.</div>
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Armed with my hoopskirt, I set about making the petticoat. The petticoat was going to serve as my muslin for the skirt, so I made it with the same number and width of ruffles as were on the actual skirt. I used plain white muslin; in retrospect, I should've gone with tulle or petticoat netting for the ruffles, because the muslin ruffles are *very* heavy and also get crushed under the weight of the actual skirt, so the petticoat doesn't do much puffing. But the hoops don't show through, and it was nice to have my skirt muslin be functional, so it serves its purpose.</div>
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At any rate, I decided to make a five-panel base-- four identical panels, with the back panel split in two so I'd have a center-back closure. Basically, I took the waist measurement, the hem measurement, and the skirt length, and fiddled around with the math until I found something that worked, which was a sort of trapezoid with a curved bottom. The top of the trapezoid was 7", the sides were 45", and the curved bottom was also 45". With nine ruffles total on the dress, each ruffle worked out to 7 1/2" with about 2" of overlap between ruffles. I only put the bottom 7 ruffles on the petticoat, though, to cut down on the amount of material in the waist.</div>
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The actual process of doing the ruffles was pretty easy, just time-consuming. I ripped 7 1/2" wide strips of my muslin, as long as I could make them, and then ran them through my machine with a ruffling foot. I just messed around with the degree of ruffling until I was satisfied. I didn't bother finishing any of the edges; I didn't have enough time, and it was just a petticoat, anyway. I used pretty tightly-woven muslin and haven't had any problems with unraveling. Then I marked lines on the petticoat base where I wanted the ruffles, and sewed them straight on. If I were to do it again, I'd sew them on upside-down, so when the petticoat is right-side up, the ruffles flip over and you don't see the raw sewn edges. A quick waistband finished the petticoat.</div>
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A corset is worn with the real costume (you can see it underneath her bodice in the episode), but I didn't have time to make one. I just wore a white camisole I had on hand. Below, you can see the evolution of my underpinnings, along with a picture of me in the full rig:</div>
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Since my skirt was going to be essentially identical to my petticoat, construction was pretty easy. I did make each panel a bit wider and longer, so it would fit comfortably over the petticoat, and you wouldn't see anything peeking out underneath. I made the base of the skirt out of white Southern Belle cotton from Jo-Ann, which is a nice, tightly-woven fabric. The ruffles were made from my trusty 10mm silk chiffon from <a href="http://dharmatrading.com/">Dharma Trading</a>. The fabric isn't accurate; costume designer Shawna Trpcic has since confirmed that the ruffles are organza. (My ruffles are awfully floppy!) But I already had a bunch of 10 mm chiffon on hand, so thrift won the day! </div>
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There are three colors of ruffles-- white, peach-ish, and pink. I calculated how much 54" chiffon I'd need for each color, and then dyed the peach and the pink in my kitchen sink. I used RIT Rose Pink for the pink ruffles, and a combination of Rose Pink and RIT Golden Yellow for the peach. To dry the fabric, I wrapped my shower curtain rod in plastic wrap and draped the fabric over it. Then I ironed the fabric, ripped it into 7 1/2" widths, and did a serged-rolled hem on the edge that was going to show. A quick trip through the ruffling foot, and they were ready to be stitched onto the base. Again, I wish I'd thought to sew them on upside-down so the raw edge wouldn't be as visible, but oh well, what's done is done. The lower eight ruffles went onto the skirt; the ninth ruffle, which was made of bodice fabric, would get sewn on with the bodice.</div>
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This is the part of the costume I'm least happy with, because it was the last thing I did, and consequently the most hurried. I'd really like to redo it sometime in the future. Butterick 4375 is a very ugly, pseudo-Renaissance, thankfully out-of-print Butterick pattern that worked perfectly for this dress, because it was a high-necked princess-seamed pattern. The fabric is an off-white polyester patterned fabric from Jo-Ann. I bought pre-ruffled pink trim, also from Jo-Ann, and inserted it in the front princess seams and at the neckline. For the sleeves, I just dyed some leftover silk charmeuse with RIT Rose Pink and gathered it evenly around the armhole, then added a band of pink patterned ribbon and put elastic through it to gather the sleeve around the arm. The same ribbon went down the front of the bodice and around the waist, camouflaging the seam where the bodice, the top ruffle, and the skirt were all sewn together. The whole dress closes up the back with an invisible zipper and two hooks and eyes, because the zipper wasn't long enough. Yeah. Not my finest hour.<br />
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The whole dress is a bit long, because I couldn't hem it while it was on me and my dress form is taller than I am. (Someday, I'll get around to figuring out exactly how much taller, and then hemming things will be much easier.) So I erred on the side of caution, and figured I'd just wear whatever heels worked best. That ended up being my 2 1/2" wedding sandals, which aren't the greatest for wearing around all day. Ouch.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-46784807390312237102012-03-23T00:42:00.001-07:002012-03-23T00:43:05.168-07:00Zoe Washburne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Zoe Washburne<br />
<b>From:</b> Firefly<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2005<br />
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Of the many, many shows prematurely cancelled by Fox, I miss Firefly the most. So when my husband and I got tickets for an advance screening of the Big Damn Movie <i>Serenity</i>, we decided to go in costume, and who better to dress as than Zoe and Wash, who had one of the strongest, most stable marriages on TV? We only had a couple of days to throw the outfits together, but I think they came out pretty well. (His was entirely bought-- a green jumpsuit and a thrift-store Hawaiian shirt.)<br />
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The vest and the holster are both made of the same brown vinyl that I had on hand. If I'd had more time, I would've gone and found a softer, more accurate pleather for the vest, but we only had a couple of days to do this, and I frankly didn't have the energy after working like crazy on Debby's wedding dress for the previous week and a half. To make the pattern for the vest, I took my old mockup for my <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/02/arwens-chase-dress.html">Arwen chase dress</a> bodice and cut it along the new seamline that I wanted, to get that squared-off princess seam in the front. Then I just snipped away until I got the neck and armhole shapes I wanted. The real vest attaches at the sides, with straps that buckle. Again, not something I really had time for, so I used thin strips of vinyl. I sewed them down completely on the right side of the vest, and on the left side I sewed them on the front and then attached them with Velcro to the back, so I could get in and out. It's not the sturdiest thing in the world-- bending over tends to make the Velcro unfasten-- but it looks fairly decent.<br />
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This one I basically freehanded. The shape of the flat piece came from a wrongly-cut center front piece from the vest. I laid the gun down on it and added a larger piece of vinyl on top, pinned the vinyl down so the gun was held snugly, and sewed the vinyl in place. Then I added a 2" wide strip to make the belt part, added Velcro so it could fasten at the back of the holster, and added the leg strap, which fastened similarly.
The gun was originally a neon-green-and-orange toy rifle that Rogue bought at Kay-bee. He sawed off most of the front and a bit of the back, and painted it black and brown. I added a little cardboard piece to cover the gaping hole in the end of the newly sawn-off stock, and ta-da! Pretty decent-looking Zoe gun.<br />
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The pants and shirt I bought at a thrift store for a grand total of $5. I didn't bother looking for specific colors; Zoe wears several different color shirts and pants throughout the series, so when I found black and khaki I figured that was just fine. The boots I've owned for years; they've made appearances in numerous costumes. The necklace is actually just a piece of black leather lace from Joann, bought in the trim section. On the drive to the screening in Vegas, I pin-curled my hair, but it ended up looking pretty much nothing like Zoe's. Oh well!Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-38635822393465094502012-03-22T22:05:00.000-07:002012-03-22T22:05:03.676-07:00Carly's Hufflepuff Tie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend Kelly's daughter Carly wanted to dress as a Hogwarts student from Hufflepuff house for Halloween 2004, but they were having trouble finding a black-and-yellow-striped tie for the outfit. So I offered to make one. I couldn't find any appropriate pre-striped fabric, so I tore some black and some yellow cotton into one-inch strips and sewed them together with quarter-inch seams to make a square of striped fabric. I based the pattern off of one of my husband's ties, with a little help from <a href="http://www.users.bigpond.com/landman_m/TYKmake.htm">this website</a>. I made it a fair bit shorter than a typical tie, both because I didn't have quite enough fabric and because it was for a seven-year-old, and backed the whole thing with interfacing. It was a fun little afternoon project, and I think it turned out quite nicely.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-692741302579232642012-03-20T00:09:00.000-07:002012-03-20T00:12:34.464-07:00Sikozu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Character:</b> Sikozu<br />
<b>From:</b> Farscape<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2004<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Second place, Sci-Fi category (GenCon 2004); Second place (Farscape Burbank Creation Con 2004)<br />
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I've been a big fan of the TV show Farscape for years, but I hadn't really been interested in recreating any of its costumes...until this one practically fell into my lap. In the summer of 2003 I was doing a big clean-out of my theater group's costume shop, and I came across this pair of absolutely dreadful shiny reddish-orange lycra pants. And as I looked at the pants, it occurred to me that they were the exact color of the fourth-season character Sikozu's outfit.<br />
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Since there was no way in hell my theater group was ever going to use those pants again, I took them home with me. They sat in my closet until almost a year later, when I heard that the Save Farscape fan group wanted to get a group of costumed characters together at San Diego Comic-Con to promote the upcoming Farscape miniseries. That proved to be just the kick in the pants (ha!) I needed to really start working on the costume.<br />
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Of all my costumes, this is one of the most attention-getting, due to its eye-hurting color (one of my friends once told me, "It's too early in the morning for that color!") and the amount of skin it shows. Can't be a wallflower in this one!<br />
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I'll start with the pants, since they were my original inspiration for making this costume. Although the pants were made of a stretchy material, they were very loose and baggy-- I have no idea why. But it was good that they were, because I had to salvage every last bit of the pants fabric I could in order to cover the bra and make all of its straps. The first thing I did was take off the waistband and remove the pocket. Then I put the pants on myself, and pinned all the excess fabric off to the outside of my legs so the pants fit tightly, like leggings:<br />
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I then used my serger to sew the new, tighter pants and remove the spare fabric in one go. I put the pants on again, and estimated how low I wanted the waist to be based on where the skirt was going to hit my waist. Then I trimmed the excess fabric, folded the new waist down to make an elastic casing, and ran 3/4" elastic through it. The coverstitch setting on my serger worked really well for sewing the casing. Finally, I put the pants on one last time and added my boots, to decide how much fabric I could cut off the bottom of the legs. The pants now end a few inches below my knees. I used to gaff tape the bottoms of the pants to my legs, but I finally made stirrups so I could stop ripping my skin off.</div>
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The first thing I did was mock up all the straps in muslin. The top has a lot of straps-- six on her shoulders, and two more circling her lower torso. That took a few tries to get right. Then I had to add the vertical seam down the bra cups. This is where that lace layer was really useful-- I just cut it off of the bra cups, then cut it vertically where I wanted the seam to be. Poof! Instant pattern. I added a generous seam allowance (because the actual fabric was going to have to wrap around the sides of the cups so it could be securely affixed) and did a quick muslin mockup to make sure the seam was where I wanted it.</div>
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Then it was time for the real adventure: covering the bra! I had to plan very carefully, because I was limited by the amount of fabric I'd salvaged from the pants. No room for error! I had made muslin pieces of all the different parts I was going to need, and I arranged those around on the scraps until I was satisfied I would be able to cut all the pieces properly. Before-and-after shots of the fabric I had left over from the pants, and the scraps that remained after I cut all the bra pieces:</div>
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To cover the actual bra, I pinned the pieces on, hand-basted them, and then stitched them on with the chainstitch on my serger. It was important to use the chainstitch so I could retain the stretchiness of the bra and the fabric. The bra closed with hooks in the back, so I poked two holes in the covering fabric to allow the hooks to attach to the eyes. I also added a little fabric extension with two snaps, for extra security and neatness. I had already removed the bra's original straps, and to add the six new straps I first pinned the completed straps to the bra, to confirm how long they needed to be for the bra to sit comfortably. I then securely handstitched the straps to the underside of the bra. I repeated the process for the two lower straps. The two lower straps were also handsewn to each other where they met at the sides, and small snaps were added to close the lowest strap in the back.
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The skirt was quite easy to draft and make. It's basically four equal trapezoids and a waistband. I determined the size of each trapezoid by taking three different measurements: around my waist where I wanted the skirt to sit, around my hips, and the distance between where the skirt would sit and where it would end. I divided the first two measurements by four to get the top and bottom lengths of the trapezoid, and the third measurement was its height. I mocked the skirt up in muslin based on these measurements, and then adjusted as necessary, making the bottom a bit wider and the length a bit shorter. Then I just added an inch-wide waistband. I ended up taking in the two side panels 1/2" each by adding a seam down the center, both because the waist was a bit too big and because I noticed the side panels had those seams after I'd already made the skirt.</div>
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The skirt is made out of a thin pleather-like material with a fuzzy back. The fabric was not stiff, which was very important, because the original skirt did not look stiff. The pleather was originally maroon; I colored it with two layers of Dylon Shoe Color, which I bought from <a href="http://www.chaffinch.com/cat.cs4?00=26">chaffinch.com</a>. I used a mix of Terra Cotta, Red, and Yellow in a 4:1:1 ratio. I also used this dye on the boots and the gauntlets.</div>
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The skirt closes with small snaps at the right rear seam. And, to my eternal shame, the edges of the skirt panels were finished by folding them under and securing them with a combination of double-stick tape and a sticky substance made for scrapbooking. I'm not proud of it, but it was the only way I could figure out to make the sides of the panels look like the original, with no visible stitching.</div>
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These were a bit of an undertaking for me, because they were entirely craft projects-- no sewing whatsoever! After a bit of thinking, I decided to use craft foam covered with pleather for the gauntlets and the tops of the boots. Each was made out of three layers of foam: two layers as a base, and then a third layer to give the raised or indented design. I made a paper template, then cut the foam and hot-glued the layers together. Hot glue worked really well because it set quickly and melted the foam just slightly to attach the layers permanently.</div>
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After that, I covered the foam with the same pleather I'd used for the skirt, but I used regular craft glue painted over the foam surface to attach it. The fuzzy back of the pleather helped the pleather stay in place. I then painted the gauntlets and boot tops with two layers of the shoe dye, and I put four coats on the boots themselves, which had originally been black. The heel on the boots are a bit too high (which makes them pretty painful to walk in!) but they were a bargain find at $18, and they were just my size, so I make do.</div>
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The boot tops sit right on top of the boots, and are currently attached by gaff taping the pointy bit of the boot top onto the boot itself. At some point I may permanently attach them, but it proved easier to prevent boot-top squishing while packing if the tops were separate from the boots. The gauntlets are also attached with duct tape right now. From what I can tell, the actual gauntlets attach with some sort of metal clips, so I'm keeping an eye out for things that might work. I tried regular hooks and eyes, but they didn't work at all.</div>
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I bought the <a href="http://www.wowwigs.com/brook.html">Brook wig</a> in Copper Red from <a href="http://wowwigs.com/">wowwigs.com</a>. I had to trim it a bit, since it was longer than Sikozu's hair. The one thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't have a center part the way Sikozu's hair does, but I can live with that. (And I've had far too many people ask me whether it's my real hair. Yeah, not so much.)</div>
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Sikozu has pretty extensive makeup, including glittery gold scales. When I first wore this costume, at Comic-Con and GenCon, I didn't have the skills to do her full makeup. Instead, I tried to achieve her basic face coloration. To do that, I first used a tinted lotion that my friend Steph gave me, which essentially gave me a very sparkly tan. That went on my face, arms, and chest. I then added color around my hairline and eyes with this horrendous orange-red lipstick I happened to own, and then of course I used the lipstick on my lips as well.</div>
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At the Farscape official convention in Burbank in November 2004, I wore the costume and makeup as I usually do. But while I was at the convention, I met a nice couple named Hayley and Josh who offered to do my makeup more accurately with an airbrush. Hayley also has an awesome Sikozu costume, but I didn't get to see it at the con. They used just watered-down acrylic paint, and to do the scales, they laid netting against my skin and then sprayed over it. It was really cool and inspired us to buy our own airbrush for future costume use.</div>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-2800729201726038342012-03-06T21:36:00.001-08:002012-03-06T21:36:35.588-08:00Pineapple Upside-Down Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At my <a href="http://clubjade.net/">Star Wars fan group</a>'s yearly get-togethers, Thursday night is Games Night, and on Games Night you wear pineapple clothing. Why? No one's quite sure, but we do it anyway. Usually, I wear my pineapple pajama pants that I bought from Delia's several years ago, but for 2004 I decided to be a bit more elaborate. I had this big idea for a fifties-style prom dress where the skirt would be the pineapple and the bodice would be the leaves, and then I realized that if I reversed that, I could use this fun green chiffon I had on hand. And thus was born the idea for the pineapple upside-down dress. (You know, like the cake.) <br />
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This was very much a last-minute costume, so I made it pretty much straight from a commercial pattern, and I didn't make a muslin beforehand. Thus, the fit suffered quite a bit, and I actually had to gaff tape myself into the bodice so it would stay in place. I used McCall's 4460, view C, except I omitted the tulle and added a lot of layers to the skirt.<br />
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My decision to make this dress was cemented when I found a pin-tucked, cross-hatched muslin at Hancock Fabrics. It practically screamed "pineapple!" I bleached it and then dyed it with RIT Golden Yellow, which I had left over from my adventures in rainbow dress dyeing. <br />
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There are four layers in the bodice: the outer layer of decorative muslin, an underlayer of bright yellow cotton, a stiffening layer of cotton duck, and a lining of bright yellow cotton. I didn't use any boning, although I should have. The dress closes in the back with a zipper.<br />
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The skirt also has four layers: two underlayers of dark green poly/cotton, and two overlayers of iridescent green chiffon. The underlayers follow the pattern, so they have a straight-across hem, but for the overlayers I had each skirt piece come to a point, to simulate the pineapple's leaves. I rotated the top layer about 45 degrees so that the points are staggered, rather than overlapping. All hems are finished with a serged rolled edge. The seam between the bodice and the skirt is kind of messy, and the yellow zipper really shows up against the green of the skirt, so I added a gold ribbon around the waist in the hopes of camouflaging these imperfections.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-19011452102496410292012-03-06T15:12:00.001-08:002012-03-06T21:03:35.353-08:00Generic RenFaire Outfit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Costume:</b> Renaissance Faire garb and/or pirate wench<br />
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I made this outfit in the middle of making <a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/02/arwens-chase-dress.html">Arwen's chase dress</a>, which means it's one of the first things I ever sewed. I'd splurged on a fabulous blue suede bodice from <a href="http://www.austinleatherworks.com/">Austin Leather Works</a> at GenCon, and I wanted to make a chemise and skirt to go along with it and wear the whole outfit to <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cts=1331074052952&ved=0CDwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkingrichardsfaire.net%2F&ei=_pNWT4zACbLoiAKItrjmBw&usg=AFQjCNH_qve9EdslgjXF4Xus8CdA8_wiBw">King Richard's Faire</a>. In the years since, I've worn it to many other renaissance faires, to opening night of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and as part of a costume group for The Guild at Dragon*Con. It's not remotely historically accurate, but it's pretty versatile! <br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b><br />
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<span id="goog_9157670"></span><span id="goog_9157671"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>Initially, both the chemise and skirt were made straight from the instructions at <a href="http://reddawn.net/costume/patterns.htm">Dawn's Costume Guide</a>. The skirt is made from a cotton-poly broadcloth and the chemise is a loose-weave muslin. In 2011, I remade the skirt and made another smock/shift/chemise from a finer, thinner cotton. I recut my skirt (initially just a tube of fabric gathered to a waistband) into an infinite-gore skirt that's box-pleated at the waist. This resulted in less bulk at the waist and more fullness at the hem. You can find .pdf instructions for an infinite-gore skirt <a href="http://www.renfaire.com/Costume/Patterns/skirt.pdf">here</a>. I used the <a href="http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/">Elizabethan Smock Pattern Generator</a> to make my new smock; it worked very well! You can see the remade skirt and new smock in the last picture above. My hat is from <a href="http://www.wheatgoddess.com/HATS__for_men_and_women.php">Wheat Goddesses</a> and I love it!<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-32654049852821903672012-03-06T14:19:00.001-08:002012-03-26T21:14:57.048-07:00My Wedding Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I got married in October 2004, and I made my own dress, since there wasn't much off-the-rack that appealed to me. Almost all the dresses I saw in magazines seemed so stiff and formal-- I wanted something simple, soft, drapey. Looking back, I'm of two minds about making my own dress. On the one hand, it was *so* stressful, because I wanted it to be perfect, and because I had so much else to do as well. On the other hand, the dress turned out exactly as I wanted it to, and it was a really special, personal touch for my wedding.<br />
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<b><u>The Wedding: October 2004</u></b><br /><br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b><br />
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My first concept picture for my wedding dress is pictured at left. I ended up going in a completely different direction, although several elements would later make appearances in Debby's wedding dress. Once we decided to get married by the beach, the sleeves seemed unnecessary. Then I realized that a train would accumulate a tremendous amount of sand and dirt, so out that went. Finally, I thought hard about which dress shapes I really liked, and decided that I wanted to echo the shape of my rainbow underdress, especially around the back.<br />
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Once I'd decided on the shape, I had to find a pattern. Fortunately for me, I already owned a pattern that would work well: McCall's 3057. I'd bought it in hopes of using it for my rainbow dress, but it ended up not working. For this dress, however, it was perfect.<br />
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Well, sort of perfect. The skirt was a sheath, darted under the bodice, and I wanted a flared skirt. So I cut the skirt pattern pieces apart on the darts and then extended the darts down into flared seams, using a different princess-seamed pattern to help determine the degree of flare. Ta-da-- a seven-piece flared skirt that exactly fitted the bodice.<br />
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The dress was made in three layers: an outer layer of 10 mm silk chiffon, an inner layer of 19.5 mm silk charmeuse (matte side out) and a lining of the same silk charmeuse. All the fabrics came from <a href="http://dharmatrading.com/">Dharma Trading</a>. For the bodice, the chiffon and one layer of charmeuse were treated as one layer when sewing. The two skirt layers, however, were put together separately and then sewn onto the bodice together. The entire lining was then put together, and the dress and lining were sewn together along the top edge, so the lining hung free. The lining was understitched by machine to keep it from rolling out and showing. The side back and center back lining pieces had lightweight interfacing fused along their top edge to prevent the fabric from stretching. An invisible zipper was inserted at center back. Finally, the three layers were hemmed individually using the 2-thread rolled hem on my serger. (Thank you, Elise, for marking and finishing my hem!) All seams were also finished with this stitch, leaving very little visible seam allowance that could be seen through the semi-sheer fabric layers.<br />
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I didn't wash the fabric before I sewed it. If I could go back and do it over again, I'd wash the fabric first. The texture change doesn't bother me too terribly, and it would have been nice to not have to be as paranoid about water or steam or getting a stain on the dress. When I made Debby's wedding dress, I made sure to wash the fabric beforehand. Much less stressful!<br />
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I wore an A-line crinoline under the dress, borrowed from my friend Sue. It wasn't very poofy, because the dress only needed a little extra fullness. Also, I made a neat rustling sound when I walked.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-14854273598181181712012-03-06T12:40:00.000-08:002012-03-06T15:23:37.691-08:00Katara, Toph, and Zuko<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Characters:</b> Katara, Toph, and Zuko<br />
<b>Costumes:</b> Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3 outfits (respectively)<br />
<b>From:</b> Avatar: The Last Airbender<br />
<b>Made:</b> 2008<br />
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Oh, Avatar. Okay, fine, *technically* it may be a kids' cartoon, but I personally think it's one of the most awesome series in recent memory. If you haven't watched it, I highly, highly recommend it. That finale-- OH MAN. My friend's kids were the ones who got me into it; they told me that if I liked Kim Possible (and I did), I'd *love* Avatar. To thank them for being right, I offered to make them Avatar costumes for Halloween.<br />
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They chose a fun assortment of characters-- Katara, a waterbender; Toph, an earthbender; and Zuko, a firebender. This was my first time replicating animated costumes, which presented an interesting new set of challenges. I'm really pleased with how they turned out!<br />
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<b><u>Halloween 2008</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Katara Detail</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Construction</u></b><br />
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I don't currently have much construction information for these. Katara and Toph's costumes were mostly made with linen from <a href="http://fabrics-store.com/">fabrics-store.com</a>; Zuko's is crinkle cotton and cotton broadcloth, with gold silk taffeta accents.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214960913497064153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473820314207955163.post-84842413482065836672012-02-17T22:31:00.000-08:002012-10-08T21:56:40.421-07:00Masquerade: PDQ Pirates<b>Entry Title:</b> PDQ Pirates<br />
<b>Fandom:</b> Pirates of the Caribbean<br />
<b>Convention:</b> San Diego Comic-Con 2006<br />
<b>Awards:</b> Best Presentation<br />
<strong>Producer:</strong> Caitlin<br />
<strong>Director:</strong> Rogue<br />
<strong>Audio:</strong> Corli<br />
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<b>Cast Members:</b> Caitlin (<a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/02/elizabeths-plum-dress.html">Elizabeth</a>), Rogue (<a href="http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/02/captain-barbossa.html">Barbossa</a>), Corli (Will), Kel (Norrington), Carolyn (Pirate), Cathleen (Pirate), Kim (Jack), and Radar (Pirate)<br />
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I got the idea for this skit right after Comic-Con 2005. Inspired by <a href="http://www.starwars30.com/Welcome.html">Star Wars in 30 Minutes</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onemanstarwars.com%2F&ei=XUA_T7yFJYvYiALxkqGiAQ&usg=AFQjCNEv6xT1LLlBc-lYCjN-7e7bg-0BOg">One-Man Star Wars</a>, and <a href="http://www.fellowshipthemusical.com/">Fellowship! The Musical</a>, I decided I wanted to do a Pirates of the Caribbean skit where we'd retell the entire first movie in two and a half minutes. (It ended up being closer to three, when all was said and done.) Happily, my friends were ready to hop on board the crazy train with me! Corli put the entire soundtrack together, pulling clips from the movie, and Rogue directed all the stage action and combat. Since we were all scattered throughout the state of California, we met up for one rehearsal a month prior to the con at Kim's house, where we worked through all the staging. </div>
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I love the way this skit turned out! The only hiccup was that we weren't able to get Corli's hat and cape on for her final scene as Will Turner, but there's live theater for you. We really enjoyed the audience response and we were all ecstatic about winning Best Presentation.</div>
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<b><u>Photos at SDCC 2006</u></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(thanks to Eurobeat King and Atomic99 for the pictures-- also, I don't know who the first two pics belong to)</span><br />
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