EFF April 2011

Yes yes, It's about time I started on a new costume.For some insane reason I think I can make an even more awesome costume for the EFF in April than the one I made for the EFF in September in HALF the time XD.This time there'll be more *crafting* and less sewing. I'll upload a picture of the design later 'cause I may want to use this costume in a contest. I don't know yet though.

I made a similar but less difficult to make design for kelsey. I told her that I'm going to focus on this costume and that she'll have to work on her own by herself. I will help her with the patterns but she can do the crafting herself :P.

As for the crafting. I started working on a sword. Everything in this costume is of my own design including the sword. I've never done this before so I may screw up and start over XD. On the other hand. This could turn out to be an awesome sword!I used a plywood base and covered it with a mixture of glue and sawdust. I picked this technique up on a website on making dolls. Suposedly I'll be able to sand it down afterwards and make the perfect looking sword :D.

Oh and BTW this should really be done outside :P

Midwinter Fair 2010

Woo :3 the midwinter fair was fun :D

I thought I'd upload a picture of what I looked like wearing the cape.

I had never been at the midwinterfair before. Ít's not as huge as the Elf Fantasy Fair but it's was fun and cozy. It was held at the archeon which is a park that has stoneage and roman buildings on the grounds so it all looked medieval. It was cold! but we had fun browsing the market stalls eating poffertjes :D! and listening to celtic/folk/irish music.

the cape is complete :D!

After lots of hand sewing, broken needles and pinpricks it's finally done!About time to since the fair is the day after tomorrow :P.I had trouble finding the right feathers/ feather boa for the lining. I experimented some with dye on a white boa... that failed. It looked like roadkill O_o srsly! And yesterday I found a shop that sells weird/retro/alternative/second hand clothing and the owner told me that there was a box full of new boas on its way :D. I got so lucky with this one. It was surprisingly cheap for such great quality! Anyway.. I'll upload pictures of me wearing my new chicken costume :3 after the fair.

mid winter fair cape

Progress is slow.

I'm very busy with my studies atm but as long as I get it done in a week it should be fine.

A week is more than enough the only problem is that I don't know with what I'm going to line the cape. .. I'll work it out later :3