tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14360671667529893142024-03-13T22:07:44.695-07:00Creative Chaosllyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-5991713932618541582015-08-10T02:20:00.000-07:002015-08-10T02:20:07.006-07:00Renaissance Waistcoat and Black KirtleThis outfit was started back in March of 2014 when I had big plans of completing a new outfit for the Southern California Renaissance Festival. It wasn't finished in time so I ended up wearing a "This old thing" costume. It did allow me to continue working on it throughout the year, and what I had started doing by machine so I could finish it faster I was able to finish by hand. I'm tempted to go back and rip out any seams you can see that were done by machine because I like the look of the hand finished seams better.<br />
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For both the kirtle and the waistcoat, I used The Tudor Tailor as the basis for my patterns. The main complaint I had with my last kirtle was that it buckled in the front. To prevent this from happening again, I added reed in boning channels to the strength layer of the kirtle bodice. It was a perfect fix. I also wanted a fuller skirt so I put 5 yards into the skirt alone. </div>
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I love the swish in the skirt!!!! <span style="text-align: center;">The kirtle is made from black linen and black cotton drill.</span></div>
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The waistcoat is made from a silk my husband had gotten me in Thailand. I am not very good at guessing fabric types but if I was to guess its a dupioni. There are some minor slubs and color variations. It has a little body to it but is not as stiff as most taffetas. I used silk ribbons for the center front ties.</div>
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I wanted to keep the trim on this fairly simple so I used an antique gold border lace I had gotten at <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/RIBBONSTORE/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1">The Ribbon Store</a> in Las Vegas.</div>
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I wore it with a low necked black worked chemise, coif, straw hat, and <a href="http://www.american-duchess.com/renaissance-elizabethan-shoes/stratford-elizabethan-shoe-oxblood">American Duchess Stratford shoes.</a></div>
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My first project completed after my long sewing hiatus, was a Regency Era Corset. I have big plans for a year filled with Regency events, but I can't make the gowns until I have the proper undergarments.<br />
I used a custom drafted pattern from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/redthreaded">Red Threaded on Etsy</a>. I had heard great reviews from others who had used her patterns. I was told to skip the mock up because the custom patterns went together so fast and smoothly I wouldn't need the mock up. It ended up being good advice. The pattern comes clearly marked, with easy to follow instructions. I have always struggled with sewing in gussets but following the patterns instructions these gussets went in smoothly. I plan to use this method from now on.<br />
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I could have easily finished this corset in a day if I hadn't done my eyelets by hand or had to wait for my boning to arrive in the mail. The only complaint I had with the fit of this pattern was how it bunched in the bust. But a testament to how good the customer service is at Red Threaded, the owner saw a comment I made about the bunching and offered trouble shoot if I sent her a picture. I'll update later with the results after I implement her suggestion. If I'm honest though, I can live with the bunching. Being plus sized and pear shaped, corsets are evil.</div>
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The only changes I made from the pattern was to add the diagonal boning channels, and used a machine embroidery stitch over several of my stitch lines. I was trying to make it look a tad fancier because I had visions of pretty embroidered ones.</div>
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-74901423993944682872014-12-04T14:53:00.000-08:002014-12-04T14:53:10.421-08:00Vernet's 1814 Merveilleuses and Incroyables<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoy Historical costuming for several reasons. The obvious reason is it allows me to dress up and pretend I am a pretty pretty princess. I also enjoy it as a creative outlet. But another reason, that most people don't hear about, is the academic reason. I love history, and because of that I enjoy finding out the whos, whats, and whys of the garments I make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I was given the opportunity to join a new group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But WHAT ARE Merveilleuses and Incroyables? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Merveilleuses or the Marvelous Ones (women) and the Incroyables or the Incredible Ones/Unbelievables (men) were part of an aristocratic youth (young adults) movement during the French Revolutionary War.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I already knew that the fashions during this time had taken a drastic turn. The more elaborate and ornate styles, of a century earlier, that included lush fabrics, jewels, wide skirts and over the top hairstyles were now out. This style reflected the earlier regime's extravagance that the Revolutionist were against. Instead a new style was adapted that borrowed from the simpler fashions of the past. The main influences can be seen in the flowing tunics and gowns that were worn by the Ancient Greeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Merveilleusus and Incroyables rebelled against the simplicity of the new fashions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the Merveilleusus their rebellious outfits went in two directions. One direction was to take the thin flowing garments that were fashionable to the extreme. The fabric of their gowns was so sheer it was transparent, and their legs could be seen through the skirts of their dresses. They often increased this "naked look by dampening the cloth of their dresses to make them cling more closely to their bodies. Many gowns displayed cleavage and were so tight the wearer would not be able to carry things in her pockets. One source said that even a handkerchief would disrupt the lines of the dress. This can be seen in many caricatures made during the time period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caricatures tend to show fashions in extreme but paintings done at that time,of Merveilleuses, show the same trends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other trend that both men and women followed were to wear eccentric clothing that was a comical exaggeration of the new simple fashions. Young men wore what was essentially a English Country Suit that had been Caricatured-ized. <a href="http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/European-Culture-18th-Century/index.html">fashionencyclopedia.com</a> sums it up nicely. Men wore:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Skintight pants with extremely short vests, often made of flowered fabric, were topped with a jacket made so long its wide flared tails reached the ankles. The coat sleeves were so long that they hid the hands from sight, and the lapels were so large they often stuck out several inches beyond the wearer. The back of the bulky coat was bunched in folds, and the front was cut to look uneven when the jacket was buttoned. The jacket collar stood up high behind the head in back, and a huge cravat, or neck covering, was wrapped so high around the neck that it covered the chin and mouth. Incroyables cut their hair raggedly, and it hung long and shaggy on the sides of their heads, in a style called "dog's ears." They wore large, two-cornered hats, carried over-sized eyeglasses, and often wore two watches."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The women's outfits were much more varied to sum up nicely in one paragraph. But starting in January of 2015 many of Vernet's Merveilleuses and Incroyable fashion plates will be coming to life. There may not be a lot of dampening of our gowns, but there is plenty of over the top caricature-ized crazy and fun gowns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd like to learn more or to follow along, you can find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vernet1814?skip_nax_wizard=true&ref_type">Facebook</a>, and I promise to share all the parts I find especially intriguing in Mundane Monday links.</span></div>
llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-85386440630004970052014-10-21T16:00:00.000-07:002014-10-21T16:00:04.380-07:00Just a brief, I'm still alive post. <br />
8 months ago I decided to finally go back to school and try and get my degree. I mentioned a couple times how hectic I felt over the summer but that was nothing compared to this semester. I've only accomplished two creative things since the semester started 2.5 months ago. The first thing was sewing two gussets into my lab coat and the other was creating 14 death head buttons for a friend. That's it and it does make me a little sad. But it won't last forever, and I promise I will be back to a more regular posting schedule by the end of the Semster!<br />
Things to look forward to:<br />
1. Mundane Mondays will be back and hopefully every Monday. You all still inspire me, its just I am approximately 2 months behind on my blog reading.<br />
2. The Death Head button tutorial is 95% done. It frustrating how close to done it is, but there are a few more pictures and details I want to make sure to include and then I need to do a final edit. SOON I promise.<br />
3. My next big event is a Renaissance festival. I hope to have my kirtle done. No promises though, Anatomy comes first.<br />
4. I get a kick out of dressing in Vintage styles while site-seeing. My plan is to have a new ensemble for when I go to see the Grand Canyon.<br />
A week after that trip, my semester is over. I will have two whole months off, which I plan to fill with sewing. And I have big goals. Sleep the first week. *smirk* And then an entire Regency ensemble from the skin out. I also plan to get started on my GoT cosplay.llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-89235368278321098942014-09-08T19:29:00.003-07:002014-09-08T19:29:51.940-07:00Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays<h3>
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another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Do you use Pinterest to do research, gather inspiration or costume ideas? <a href="http://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/pinterest-alert-double-check-your-sources/">The Pragmatic Costumer </a>brings up some very important points about doing your research and not automatically trusting the facts on the pin. I'll admit to having pinned the first picture myself. There was enough about it that didn't seem right so I pinned it to do further research. After I did the research I found out they were photoshopped pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Klaire de Lys shared a <a href="http://www.klairedelys.com/2014/09/05/real-life-disney-rapunzel/">real life Disney princess makeup for Rapunzel</a>. One of my favorite parts of this post is that she shares how she created the light through the hair look in her pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Diary of a Renassiance Seamstress posted about her <a href="http://costumingdiary.blogspot.com/2014/09/rococo-dorothy-wizard-of-oz.html">Rococo Dorothy</a>. She starts from where she got her inspiration, takes your through her entire process, and at the end she links to the group's presentation. I think the whole group was extremely clever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. I was impressed with the Diary of a Mantua Maker's <a href="http://mantuadiary.blogspot.com/2014/09/1670s-gown.html">1670's 780lgown</a>. This era is grossly under-represented.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Robin from In the Long Run showed how she made her <a href="http://inthelongrun.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/stephanie-brown-robin-belt-tutorial/">Stephanie Brown Robin's Belt</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Over the weekend I attended Salt Lake Comic Con. I am impressed with the amount a big name stars and quality of the panels from such a new Convention. Unfortunately they are feeling some growing pains and were NOT ready for the amount of people that did come. Hubby and I will be adding this Convention to our Con List. It may not be a yearly thing but we plan on going as often as we can.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Below are the pictures I took at the Convention. As usual so many costumes got away before I could get a picture.</span><br />
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-70280051825273388872014-09-01T15:15:00.001-07:002014-09-01T15:15:55.639-07:00Motivation for fighting a Mundane Monday<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet
another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
Mundane Mondays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Samantha shared some up <a href="http://couturecourtesan.blogspot.com/2014/08/riding-habit-construction.html" target="_blank">close ups on her Riding Habit Construction</a>. I am interested to try the Center back seam construction where she put all 4 pieces together and sewed them at the same time. I have a feeling I will have a 'mind blown' moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Lauren of Wearing History launched her <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wearinghistory/wearing-history-vintage-style-clothing-made-in-the" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>. I would love to see her vision come to life. I love everything about it, from the Vintage Ready to wear clothing, to a company that is trying to keep everything domestic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Fashion Through History posted about the <a href="http://fashionthroughhistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/throwback-thursday-the-overly-fab-tuille-prom-gown/" target="_blank">Prom dress</a> she made for her sister. I think I like it better then the dress she used as inspiration!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. I've had Regency on my mind lately. In my search for <a href="http://thelacedangel.blogspot.com/2014/08/orange-regency-sari-gown.html" target="_blank">Sari and Shawl dresses I stumbled across this one</a> from The Laced Angel Blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Speaking of Regency research. I started looking into the underthings. Its been years since I last attempted anything Regency. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not only do I need bigger ones but my skills have increased and I want these to reflect that. I think I am going to use a combination of these two site for making a new chemise. <a href="http://30thbash.blogspot.com/2011/06/regency-shiftchemise-pattern.html" target="_blank">This one</a> and <a href="http://www.marariley.net/" target="_blank">this one</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Peryn-wn on Livejournal shared her <a href="http://peryn-wn.livejournal.com/6360.html" target="_blank">recreation of the Louisbourg Gown</a>. LOTS of pictures and info on how she did it. My favorite part is her close ups of her embroidery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Dragon Con pictures are starting to roll in. I am sure there are tons more pictures out there but here are just a few sites I've found. <a href="http://www.superherohype.com/news/313967-cosplay-photos-from-dragon-con-2014#/slide/1">superherohype.com</a>, and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/dragoncon/">Flickr</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Trystan made a <a href="http://trystancraft.com/costume/2014/09/01/book-themed-francaise/">book themed dress</a> for the Costume College gala. What a fun way to show support for your friend's endeavors. </span><br />
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-12560691517567948662014-08-12T22:08:00.000-07:002014-08-13T00:06:30.279-07:00Replicating a pair of Jeweled heeled 1920's shoes. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Costume College this year I knew I needed to have fabulous shoes to go with my Gala dress. I couldn't put all that work into beading the dress and have boring shoes. So after some research, I drew my inspiration from this image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also used these tutorials as a guide: <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-paint-your-own-1920s-flapper.html" target="_blank">How to paint your own 1920s flapper shoes.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with the <a href="http://www.american-duchess.com/shoes-1920s-1930s/23-skidoo-womens-1920-flapper-spectator-shoes-white" target="_blank">"23 Skidoo" Spectator T-Strap Shoes (White) </a> as my base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose these shoes because they were white and the right shape. When you're searching for shoes to use in this tutorial, I recommend finding one with the right shape since the color can be altered. The first thing I did was tape off the inside of my shoes. Even though people will never see the insides, when they are being worn, I didn't want to muck up the dark red interior. If you aren't afraid of possible drips or smears you can skip this step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before painting you have to take off any finishes the shoe already has. I used Angelus Leather Preparer and Deglazer for this. You can get it at several places online. I ordered mine from <a href="http://www.american-duchess.com/historic-shoe-buckles-accessories/angelus-leather-preparer-and-deglazer" target="_blank">American Duchess</a> to save on shipping, since I was getting my shoes from there already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deglazer reminded me of paint thinner so I was careful not to rub to much. I made sure I went over every area 2-3 times to take the shine/finish off, but noticed if I passed over any one area to much it got a tacky feeling to it. I let that dry overnight before I taped off the areas that would be painted black. You need to be extra careful with tucking the tape under the over lapping toe and heel portions. Having to go back into the crevices with the silver to cover black paint that had dripped is a nightmare. Luckily I only had to go back in a couple spots.</span></div>
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The black portions took two coats with a few minor touch ups wherever there were white specs. I allowed the paint to dry thoroughly before I removed the tape.</span><br />
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To transfer the heel pattern to the shoes I began by wrapping a piece of scrap fabric around the heel and tracing around the edges. This allowed me to have a flat pattern from a 3D shape. </span><br />
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I drew the pattern I wanted to use on the fabric and then transferred that design to painter's tape via carbon paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I took an exacto knife and cut along the lines of the design. My base was already black and the spikes were going to be silver so I took the inverse of the design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was about here when I was putting the tape outline on the shoe that I realized a flaw in my plan. The fabric has some stretch along the bias whereas the tape doesn't. I had to fudge with the pattern a bit, by slashing and spreading it, to make it fit properly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The silver paint required more coats to cover everything properly than black paint did. If I was to do a project like this again I would airbrush each layer so they're not as thick. This was especially apparent when I peeled the tape away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To fix the ridges left behind from the layers of paint, I used an extra fine sand paper. You want to use an extremely light hand while using the sandpaper. If you are heavy handed you will take off to much paint and possibly mess up the leather layers below. Once the layers were smooth I touched up all the lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I could convince myself I didn't need to do anymore touch ups I allowed it to dry overnight to make sure the paint was completely dry. I then applied Angelus Acrylic Finisher (Matte) over all of the painted areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used 4 different sizes of Rhinestone on the heels. I attached the Rhinestone to the heels with a Swarovski crystal glue pen. It's meant to attach the crystals to Jewelry components but worked really well with this project. It also has an extremely helpful tip that makes grabbing and placing the smaller rhinestones much easier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found it was easier to stage the Rhinestones on my template vs. doing them one at a time. I also found it useful to put the Rhinestones on from both ends meeting in the middle. This helped with keeping the spacing between each row even.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you get to this stage it seems to take FOREVER, but I think a lot of that is because you are so close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Costume College wrap up posts are pouring in. So many fabulous costumes!!! Wrap up posts from <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-2014-part-one.html" target="_blank">Lauren from American Duchess</a>, Loren from a Costumer's Closet <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-pool-party-effie-trinket.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-friday-day.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-ice-cream-social.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-what-i-wore.html" target="_blank">Katherine of The Fashionable Past</a>, make sure you follow all the links for her different costumes! <a href="http://www.gildedgarb.com/2014/08/costume-college-2014.html" target="_blank">Sarah at Gilded Garb</a>, Gina from Beauty from Ashes <a href="http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-friday-night-ice-cream.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-friday-day-dress-from.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-thursday-evening-pool.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://freshfrippery.com/2014/08/06/costume-college-2014-summary/" target="_blank">Fresh Frippery</a> also did write ups. You can find mine <a href="http://llyrafantasyfae.blogspot.com/2014/08/costume-college-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I know there are more out there and I love reading them so if you have a Costume College wrap up I haven't already shared, please leave a link in the comments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Samatha shared her <a href="http://couturecourtesan.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-riding-habit.html" target="_blank">Riding Habit pictures</a> on her blog The Couture Courtesan. Its such a perfect fit and pretty color!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. I've been waiting for close up pictures of this costume since she first introduced it. Jen Thompson shared more pictures of her <a href="http://www.klairedelys.com/2014/08/08/blind-seer/" target="_blank">Painted Empire gown</a> this week. Can you believe she HAND painted the borders on this dress?!?!</span></div>
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My one big event each year, that all my costuming revolves around, is <a href="http://129.121.107.232/~costumer/college/" target="_blank">Costume College</a>. In this one event I learn all sorts of new things, I am inspired by almost every costumer around me, I catch up with old friends, meet new people, and I get to play dress up all weekend long. I'm not sure there is much more I could ask for out of an event.</div>
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This year my Costume College vacation started after I completed my last final for the Summer semester. Despite needing the full class time for my final, an accident and the resulting traffic we got to the fabric district around 1300. I have a love-hate relationship with the fabric district. I love all the fabrics that can be found but hate the process of finding them. That process is always extremely draining to me. This year was no different but I did find a few perfect fabrics for a couple projects I have planned</div>
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The brown and beige wools are going to become a bicycling outfit.</div>
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The navy blue fabric is a nice lightweight linen. I don't have specific plans for it yet, but I think it would work well for Ren faire.</div>
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The lilac colored silk taffeta is for my next big project, a Game of Thrones dress.</div>
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Costume College's official start is Thursday with registration and the pool party. I decided against wearing anything because of how drained I was feeling.</div>
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Friday I re-wore my chemise gown from last year. It was probably the best choice I could of made because its easy to wear, and I was still wiped out from the day before.</div>
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A first for me this year was teaching at Costume College. I taught a class on how to make Death head buttons. I know I was visibly shaking I was so nervous but I had a lot of positive feedback. It was worth the anxiety for me when at the end of the class a couple different students approached me with their completed buttons.</div>
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For the Ice Cream social I was going to wear Captain America again but decided against it. I was hot and wore out by that point, and knew if I took one costume off I wouldn't be putting on another. Thankfully my friends rock and they helped me re-accessorize my wig so I had a different evening look.</div>
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During the day on Saturday I again chose not to wear a costume. The heat really got to me this year! I know it was the best choice though. I was able to recharge my batteries, attend a couple classes and enjoy the Gala without feeling tired. </div>
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I wore Phase 1 of my Robe de style to the Gala. I really like this dress and cannot wait to finish it. I think one of the best parts of wearing this dress is taking pictures with the other Robe de Style wearers. I'm crossing my fingers that the pictures that were taken on the vintage Brownie camera come out. How cool would that be?!?!?!?</div>
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I finished out Costume College on Sunday by wearing my Victorian Explorer costume. I'm glad I postponed wearing it. It felt at least 10 degrees cooler that day. I also had two limited classes so I was off my feet for most the day. </div>
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This year I did extend my vacation a few days to spend more time with friends and visit some of the local museums.</div>
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Now that I have finally caught up on sleep and most of my stuff has been put away I am left with the ideas and inspiration that Costume College always brings. Stay tuned! I plan to get started soon.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week of June 30, 2014</span></h3>
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week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. A Damsel in this Dress posted the <a href="http://adamselindisdress.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/katherine-of-aragon-gown-2014/" target="_blank">step by step process of how she created her Katherine of Aragon inspired Tudor gown</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Jennifer from Festive Attyre shared a <a href="http://www.festiveattyre.com/2014/06/regency-turban-cap-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Regency Turban Cap Tutorial</a>. This seems so much easier and I am sure will have more attractive results, then trying to wrap something around my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. While she was <a href="http://timetravelingincostume.blogspot.com/2014/06/reports-of-coco-tornado-hitting-so.html" target="_blank">poking fun at the hecticness that is the month or so leading up to Costume College</a>, I got a good laugh at Time Traveling in Costume's post. Tornadoes would be a good excuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. I love clever ideas that don't require high tech items. Katherine from The Fashionable Past <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/06/transferring-embroidery-to-somewhat.html" target="_blank">has one such solution for transferring patterns.</a> Who knew a Pyrex dish and a cellphone flashlight would work!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Fashion through History <a href="http://fashionthroughhistory.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/1850s-shaped-crinoline/" target="_blank">provides a step by step guide</a> to how she made an 1850s shaped crinoline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. A Damsel in this Dress also has a 3 part series on looking the part. <a href="http://adamselindisdress.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/looking-the-part-1-undergarments/" target="_blank">Undergarments</a>, <a href="http://adamselindisdress.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/looking-the-part-2-make-up-and-hair/" target="_blank">Make up and Hair</a>, and <a href="http://adamselindisdress.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/looking-the-part-3-accessorise/" target="_blank">Accessories</a>. </span></div>
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-10780480280629047342014-06-23T23:42:00.001-07:002014-06-23T23:43:15.991-07:00Motivation for fighting a Mundane Monday<br />
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create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Because I was sick last week I completely forgot to mention this blog. <a href="http://wearwhenwhy.com/2014/06/12/historical-beetle-wing-embroidery/" target="_blank">WearWhenWhy</a> posted some research and progress she has done on some beetle wing embroidery. I have eyed this type of embroidery on Civil War era dresses for some time. Something about the contrast of the green beetle wings against the white fabric makes me giddy. But the fear of a whole new era has kept me away. After reading her blog post, and searching through Pinterest again, I decided to take the plunge and start a practice piece. A dress may not be in my near future but a bag will be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/shearmadnessgroup/" target="_blank">Shear Madness's Challenge #3 </a>ends in a week. Challenge #3 is all about Costumes made from items not normally found in a Fabric store. While I couldn't think of anything clever to meet this challenge I am looking forward to seeing the entries of those who did enter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. I stumbled across this <a href="http://darling-army.goodsie.com/" target="_blank">website</a> of Lolita type Cosplay aprons and outfits by accident, but am happy I did. It looks like it might still be in start up mode but I hope it takes off. So much cuteness!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. The Pragamatic Costumer shared how she took a generic Big 3 'Historical' pattern, Simplicity 3723, and with a few tweak was able to get <a href="http://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/one-pattern-to-rule-them-all-a-bustle-dress-made-from-simplicity-3723/" target="_blank">"a fairly decent bustle silhouette"</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Have you ever thought you've seen a costume from a movie somewhere else? You probably have! Hollywood liked to recycle its costumes. This <a href="http://recycledmoviecostumes.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumblr link</a> shows several costume and costume pieces and where they have been reused.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week's Mundane Monday will be a little short. My brain is being overloaded from Quadratic Functions. There is little room for much else besides solving for vertexes and x or y. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-45691591234573167222014-06-16T22:01:00.000-07:002014-06-16T22:01:08.237-07:00Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays<h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Week of June 16, 2014</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet
another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I've collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. The Dreamstress has a reoccurring feature on her blog that I look forward to. <a href="http://thedreamstress.com/2014/06/rate-the-dress-sumptuous-mourning-in-the-1820s/" target="_blank">Rate the dress</a> is where she shares a different dress/outfit that she tells a little about and asks her readers to vote on. I enjoy seeing various different and often times new to me, dresses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Do you want unique one of a kind shoes? Or at least not ones that look exactly like everyone else's who bought from the same source you did? American Duchess shoes <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-make-your-own-pair-of-couture.html" target="_blank">how you can customize a pair of her Pompadours.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Katherine from the Fashionable Past shared another 1920s undies tutorial. This time a silk and lace <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-1920s-envelope-chemise-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Envelope Chemise</a>. A girl can never have to many pretty undergarments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Loren over at The Costumer's closet has been <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/06/hear-me-roar.html" target="_blank">sharing her beading progress on her GoT dress.</a> She finished one motif and posted a picture of it pinned on her dress. I LOVE the gold embroidery contrasted against the dark gown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. I had seen <a href="http://www.morgandonner.com/2014/05/ascension-day/" target="_blank">Morgan Donner's Ascension Day project</a> pinned on Pinterest before but I just found her blog. Oh My Gosh!!!! Soooooo many pictures, so much research. Forgive me while I get lost in her blog for awhile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Tyranny of Style shares an <a href="http://tyrannyofstyle.com/mirena-rada-3d-printing-disney-costumes" target="_blank">article about Disney World's Festival of Fantasy Parade's costumes.</a> I found the use of a 3-d printer interesting and of course loved all making of and final product pictures.</span></div>
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-7623866142731131652014-06-09T16:44:00.000-07:002014-06-09T20:42:54.145-07:00Motivation for fighting a Mundane Monday<h2>
Week of June 9, 2014</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new week stifle my creativity or energy I've collected some links to use as inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Working on various projects over the weekend I kept going back to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/llyrafantasyfae/" target="_blank">my Pinterest boards</a> for inspiration. The boards I kept referencing were the <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/llyrafantasyfae/cosplay/" target="_blank">Cosplay</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/llyrafantasyfae/20s/" target="_blank">20s</a>, and <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/llyrafantasyfae/2nd-half-of-the-18th-century/" target="_blank">18th century</a> boards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Demode's <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=2918160013&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=1815500&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">18th century hair and wig styling book</a> has hit the publishers. You can still pre-order it, and its due to ship out mid-July. She even has a <a href="http://demodecouture.com/2014/06/preview-the-18th-century-hair-wig-styling-book/" target="_blank">preview of a few pages.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Many of us are not fond of our first few costumes when we look back on them, but can you tell me a couple things that you did like about yours? What about them inspired you to continue and make more?</i><br /><br />I’ve never been overly judgmental about my first few costumes. Actually, I’m always a bit amazed by how fearless I was and how I jumped right into sewing some pretty complicated outfits right from the start. For example, my wedding dress was only the 3rd or 4th historical outfit that I had ever made, and attempting something that big and important with so little experience seems a bit insane to me now, but I somehow managed to pull it off. I’m a big believer in the whole “fake it until you make it” mentality, and even though my first costumes were held together with lots of hot glue and safety pins and they were FAR from historically correct, they made me feel beautiful, were tons of fun to wear, and my sewing skills and historical knowledge improved by leaps and bounds with every dress that I made, so that’s all that really matters. <br /><br /><i>When I started doing research into historical fashions your 1560 Venetian gown with the cutout sleeves was one of the first costumes I discovered. Will you share with us, why you choose to undertake that dress. Are there any interesting things you learned while making that dress?</i><br />I’ve always been a bit of a cheapskate when it comes to costuming, so I love figuring out ways to manipulate fabric and embellish it so that you end up with something really eye-catching without having to spend extra money on it. Cutwork in particular has always interested me because is very inexpensive and low tech to make, but it has a great wow-factor thanks to the high contrast and intricate patterns. All it takes is patience and time, and I discovered that working on repetitive patterns like this is actually very meditative and soothing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #45818e; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's a tough one! I am certainly drawn towards certain styles, color and patterns, but putting my finger on exactly what it is that compels me to make a new costume is hard. Costume events help shape that, in that I may be searching 1880s silhouettes because of an upcoming event during that era, but I guess what really inspires me is fabric. I see a fabric and fall in love with it and have a vision as to what I think it should be.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #45818e; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tons! Most of my experience has been in the late 1700s through 1880s, most other eras are a mystery to me and seem daunting as a result. I'd love to learn more about time frames outside my comfort zone, but also techniques I've never tried. I look at some of the amazing armor I've seen cosplayers make and think, I'd love to try that sometime!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #45818e; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I also loved <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-1920s-hoop-skirt.html" target="_blank">Katherine's of the Fashionable Past's 1920s hoops</a>. It's rare you see people reproing the Robe de Style look so it's very cool to get a tutorial on hoops for that style of gown.</span></div>
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-17689204456821194592014-05-19T15:15:00.000-07:002014-05-19T15:15:22.912-07:00Mundane Monday's Costumer Spotlight - Laura U<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our second Costumer Spotlight is Laura U.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I actually started making costumes in high school. I have a lot of family members who quilt and sew and making Halloween costumes was a very big thing. (My aunt made an epic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outfit for my sister once!) The first one I made completely by myself was a Raggedy Ann costume. Sadly there are no photos remaining, but I was very proud of myself for creating striped tights by taping off nylons and spray painting them! Then I got married at 21, had my first child at 23 and suddenly I was making their costumes too. I didn't start making any for a living or even for a hobby till 2003 or so when a friend was making a Professor McGonagal hat and asked me if I would make the cloak. After that it was all wigs and costumes and make-up, oh my!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the oldest photo I have of me in a costume I made. It is a nun costume that I made of bed-sheets that I wore to a costume contest in the Army. I also made the pope costume.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many of us are not fond of our first few costumes, but can you tell me a couple things that you did like about yours? What about those few inspired you to continue and make more?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have always liked the costumes I made, even the older ones. I've always been particular about using nice looking fabrics and trims, and I've always tried very hard to have outfits fit the shape of the person they were meant for. Poor fit and bad fabric can make an outfit look way more sloppy than it is. Because I got better with each outfit and tried more and more things each time, it gave me the encouragement to keep going. There was always something more to learn.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first met you at Costume College 2009 when you were wearing your Camo Elizabethen. For someone who had just discovered historical costuming, you blew my mind by combining genres. Can you share with us, why you chose to undertake that dress?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do love my Camo Elizabethan costume. I chose to make it because my costuming group at the time was going to dress in costume for the "Day of Wrong" at Bristol Renaissance Faire. We decided to do "historical silhouettes" in wrong fabric. Because I had been in the army, it seemed a no-brainer to do it in camo. I re-used some army uniform pieces that belonged to me and bought and repurposed the rest. I am particularly proud of the partlett I made of the old BDU t-shirts. I wound up wearing it at Costume College because it was literally one of the only outfits I had done (or mostly done as I sewed some of it in the hotel room) in time for CosCol! It was a great ice breaker because it was so wacky. I also discovered at that point that I really love turning genres upside-down. Straight-up historical isn't always my bag, although I have made things that I love that are very historical in structure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is my favorite photo of me in the Camo outfit. It is me (as Army) fighting the Navy guys at the MN Renaissance Festival, lol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Anything can inspire me. Sometimes I see two things next to each other and think, "That would be fun!" Or I see a vintage poster, or find a piece of jewelry that gives me an idea. I get a lot of ideas brainstorming with my friends. Fabric is a big motivator, though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't really have one favorite costume that I love. I learned a lot making the Steampunk Clown and Eleonora, but I equally love the Jedi I made for my 6 month old nephew and costumes I have made for my daughters. My favorite costume is usually the one I am currently working on!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one I learned the most on was actually a group - when I did the Six Wives of Henry VIII. I learned a lot about research and historical fit, I learned to make hats (sad hats, but still they were hats!), jewelry, corsetry, cod pieces, tights, etc. I learned how to shop for fabric and how to recreate a portrait. And how to manage a group of people in costume. It was the single greatest learning experience of my life from costuming. It has affected everything I have done since. And I hope to do a better job when I do it again next year....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are various genres and historical eras that I haven't gotten to. I used to say never about some things and then had to bite my tongue when I decided to create something, so I have learned to be open to everything. I am not particularly interested in recreating different sorts of corsets. I admire the work and talent that goes into making them, but I just find undergarments to be tedious to make. I want to get to the fitting and the trim! I am all about the trimmings. I would like to learn more about hat-making. I will likely never make shoes. I have such particular feet that it is better for me to buy modern shoes and modify them. I would very much like to make a Medieval costume at some point. The hats are so amazing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Have to give a shout-out to Shear Madness, because I started it so that people who love all different kinds of costuming would have a space to gather. The <a href="https://shearmadnessblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/shearmadnessgroup/" target="_blank">FB group</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. LOVE Pinterest. I see more inspiring things and tutorials on there everyday. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/GameofThronesCostuming/" target="_blank">Game of Thrones costuming group on FB</a> - really great folks who are supportive of each other and do amazing work! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. There are so many really great blogs and groups out there. <a href="http://historicalsewing.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Rosburgh</a>, <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Loren Dearborn</a>, <a href="http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/" target="_blank">Your Wardrobe Unlock'd</a>, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">LiveJournal</a>, etc., etc. Just so much great information from bloggers out there. I could spend all day (and have!) just reading their sites.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a little hard to choose who to ask because so many inspire me on a regular basis. Of course this gives a positive outlook to being at the beginning of my college years. I have many, MANY more school semesters to wrap up, and hopefully many more costumer spotlights. In deciding who to ask this time around I chose to ask costumers who inspired me when I was first starting out and who continue to inspire me today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day I was bored and looking things up online. I don’t even remember what. I came across the Sense and Sensibility website and the instructions to make the Regency dress and thought, “I could do that!” I ordered the pattern, bought a sewing machine, and that was that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It sometimes changes to my newest costume, but it always seems to go back to my black 1860s ball gown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The spotty dress is probably my most technically challenging dress. With three separate closures and highly decorated skirt, it was somewhat crazy to put together, especially as my friend Aubry and I were making matching dresses while 2000 miles apart. It was a great exercise in communicating techniques!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I’ve actually tried pretty much everything I’ve wanted to do. That said, there are many areas of costuming that I find impressive and intimidating! Anything not made with fabric, to be exact. Armor is just amazing. As for work with fabric, true tailoring is just beautiful and at the same time, something I’m happy doesn't really appear in women’s clothing for my usual time periods. I’m very historically based, and even the fantasy I’ve done is historically based fantasy, and I’ve approached it using mainly historical techniques. <br /><br /><i>Any big projects planned for the future that we can look forward to following?</i><br /><br />I have an ambitious line up for Costume College this year. New dresses include a King’s Landing style Game of Thrones dress with beaded embroidery and beetle wings, a 1920s tennis dress with hand hemstitching, a silver and black robe de style with real machine hemstitching and about a million (ok, 180) thread covered beads, and a spencer covered with braid. I think I can do it all! And then, finally the 1890s bicycling sweater I've wanted for ages for next Costume College. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can follow Katherine at her costuming blog: <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Fashionable Past</a>, <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.com/" target="_blank">Her dress site</a>, her <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">Live Journal</a>, or her <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/76452380@N00/collections/" target="_blank">Flickr account</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She also has a <a href="http://koshka-the-cat-antiques.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog dedicated to her antiques</a> that she takes detailed photos of and offers invaluable construction details.</span></div>
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-45572980455992668172014-05-05T18:19:00.001-07:002014-05-05T18:19:35.362-07:00Motivation for fighting a Mundane Monday<div class="MsoNormal">
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Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet
another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
Mundane Mondays.</div>
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1. The tyranny of style blog wrote an <a href="http://tyrannyofstyle.com/designing-victoria-historic-resources" target="_blank">interesting article</a> about a talk between costume designer Sandy Powell and Professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis about designing "The Young Victoria". The article also mentions the The Getty Center's exhibit <a href="https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/victoria/" target="_blank">"A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography."</a> which I have personally gone to see. If you are able to, I would recommend it. Old photos offer so much in how the clothing was worn and how it looked on a person that fashion plates and mannequins can't. And if you like history there are lots of little tid bits throughout the exhibit about Queen Victoria, her family and how photography, an emerging technology, played into their lives.</div>
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2. Cinema Makeup School is having a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CinemaMakeupSchoolFanPage?sk=app_380544765399431&brandloc=DISABLE&app_data=chk-53680acdcbbd6" target="_blank">"Next Level of Cosplay Scholarship Contest"</a>. Check out the entries!<br />
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3. Ever want to add lights to your costumes. This tutorial shows how to 'sew' LEDs into your costume.</div>
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4. I'm always jealous of those who have costuming buddies or a guild nearby. This week that envy was directed at the east coast because there were many who shared about their outing at the Fort Fredrick 18th century market fair. <a href="http://www.historicallydressed.com/events/FortFred2014.html" target="_blank">Historically Dressed</a>, and <a href="http://mandierw.blogspot.com/2014/04/fort-fred-2014.html" target="_blank">A Dedicated Follower of Fashion</a>, both shared LOTS of pictures of the event.</div>
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5. An interesting take on how to make armor. She is using it as a Fem Thor Armor but it could be applied to others.</div>
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6. Costume Con 32 was last weekend and pictures are starting to show up all over the web. Here is a link to<a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=costume%20con%2032" target="_blank"> a Flicker search</a>. So many fun costumes!<br />
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7. I have followed<a href="http://rockingthefrock.com/2014/05/03/eleonora-the-final-post/" target="_blank"> this dress' story</a> since close to its beginning. She had some ups and downs while trying to create it. Yet because she shared them with us along the way, it made seeing it all come together and her wearing it a great pleasure.<br />
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8. This weekend I attended the Southern California Renaissance faire. I wore a 'this 'ol thing' outfit but I did have a few new accessories.<br />
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My new Elizabethan shoes,<a href="http://www.american-duchess.com/renaissance-elizabethan-shoes/stratford-elizabethan-shoe-oxblood" target="_blank"> American Duchess' Stratfords</a> made their debate. I do have one complaint which is they run small, and I ended up with blisters. But they are stunning! I'm already plotting outfits that will coordinate and show them off better.<br />
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<i>As I enter my last couple weeks of the spring semester I know my motivation and inspiration levels will be sapped away by term papers, projects and finals. But don't worry I have asked a couple of my favorite costumers to share with you, about their costumes and what inspires them. I am extremely excited that they have all agreed and promise you, you won't lack from inspiration to help motivate you while I am gone.</i>llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-66273366245017117062014-04-28T22:07:00.000-07:002014-04-28T22:08:46.158-07:00Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Week of April 28th, 2014</h2>
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Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet
another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I've collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
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1. A Cosplay I want to undertake for my husband and myself is <u>The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess</u> versions of Link and Zelda. I am still a little intimitdated by the armor aspect of Zelda's outfit though. Up until now I have just <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/llyrafantasyfae/zelda-cosplay/" target="_blank">collected tutorials and ideas</a> for when I do the costumes myself. We were able to acquire a Master Shield at Wonder Con, so these have been bumped higher on the to do list. I found The Legend of Zelda cosplay <a href="http://zeldacosplayworldwide.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumbler feed</a> this week and even though it may still be a year out I am getting excited to take on the challenge of these costumes.</div>
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2. <a href="http://star%20wars%20fashion%20magazine/" target="_blank">Star Wars fashion magazine</a>, What?!?!?!?! That would be so cool to have.<br />
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3. I was saddened to hear <a href="http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/blog/807-the-future-for-foundations-and-wardrobe" target="_blank">Your Wardrobe Unlock'd</a> and their sister site Foundations Revealed were at risk of closing down. I hadn't subscribed before this, but have used their free articles. It was always something I meant to do but it kept slipping my mind and I just assumed they would always be around. I would hate to loose this great resource!<br />
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4. LBCC Historical: Cosmetics and Apothecary has <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152404152902369&set=a.414335327368.181978.146810552368&type=1&theater" target="_blank">another new product</a> I am excited to try, coming out soon. I want to know who put it in the Mother Nature's rule book that when you turn 30 the wrinkles just pop up.<br />
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5. I have never been very fond of the fashions between 1830 and 1840s. At least not in fashion plates. When I see them on a body its a completely different story. The gal over at Fresh Frippery posted about a group <a href="http://freshfrippery.com/2014/04/28/the-hopeless-romantics-invade-gaskell-ball-1830s-style/" target="_blank">The Hopeless Romantics, at the Gaskell Ball</a>. They all dressed in 1830s and I found myself ohhh and ahhhing over several of them, despite my earlier claims of disliking this time period's fashion.<br />
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6. Katherine posted a <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-proper-1920s-hem.html" target="_blank">tid-bit of info</a> about hemstitching and how it was used in the 1920's for the hems on some dresses. I am intrigued and would like to do a bit more research myself. If I find anything interesting I promise to share.<br />
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7. More Game of Thrones Costume Goodies. All about <a href="http://fashionista.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-purple-wedding-fashion-recap#awesm=~oCNroOSTqJEXFa" target="_blank">the Purple Wedding Looks</a>.<br />
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8. I thought this <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/jelsa-frozen-rotg-jack-frost-cosplay-ato-kyeol/" target="_blank">cosplay mash up</a> of Jack Frost and Elsa was rather cute.<br />
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<br />llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-21679041683466154632014-04-21T15:48:00.000-07:002014-04-21T16:39:11.553-07:00Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Week of April 21, 2014</h2>
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Mondays can often be downers. It’s the beginning of yet
another work week. That’s 5 whole days before you’re free, be it to craft and
create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new
week stifle my creativity or energy I’ve collected some links to use as
inspiration. I’m sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting
Mundane Mondays.</div>
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1. Katherine from The Fashionable Past posted another new tutorial. This time on <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/2014/04/hemming-without-help-tutorial.html" target="_blank">hemming without help.</a> I have tried many methods of doing it myself and this one seems the easiest by far. It makes me wonder why I never thought of it before!!</div>
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2. This one is a little older but I just recently found it. Klaire over at Klaire de lys makes some extremely creative face masks. I found her through her <a href="http://www.klairedelys.com/2012/12/18/diy-masquerade-mask-ice-queen/" target="_blank">Ice Queen mask tutorial</a>. Can you believe its primarily hot glue!?!?!?! She has several others. She's also an extremely gifted make up artist. Here's a link to her <a href="http://www.klairedelys.com/2014/01/10/snow-fairy/" target="_blank">Snow Fairy</a> make up tutorial.<br />
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3. Isabella from Isabella's Project Diary explained how she took a pair of thrifted shoes and turned them into passable<a href="http://isabelladangelo.blogspot.com/2014/04/hsf-7-tops-toes.html" target="_blank"> late 16th early 17th century shoes</a>. I will have to keep it in mind for the times I don't want my pretties to get dirty.<br />
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4. Speaking of pretties, American Duchess promoting her next <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2014/04/please-vote-newport-historical-society.html" target="_blank">Signature series shoe</a>, the an Edwardian version to be named Seabury. She has a vote going on right now to determine the top 2 color options.<br />
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5. A <a href="http://www.makeupwearables.com/2014/04/elsa-frozen-hairstyle-tutorial.html" target="_blank">how to for Elsa Hai</a>r. It comes with instructions, pictures and even a video.<br />
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6. My big event this week was Wonder Con in Anaheim. My favorite part, by far is getting to see all the different costumes. Whenever I get tired of walking the floor I find a shady spot to sit and just watch. Next year the hubby is not allowed to carry the camera. I missed so many awesome costumes simply because he had the camera. Here are the ones we were able to get.<br />
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Here is a Flickr link to even <a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=wondercon%202014" target="_blank">more WonderCon Pictures</a>. If you have some time to kill and want to be inspired, then browse through those.<br />
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A few pictures and highlights of the weekend for me are:<br />
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- The best part of wearing my Sleeping Beauty costume is having all the little girls come up and ask to have a picture with me. I had a close to 5 mins conversation with one little girl. Makes all the effort of wearing that one worth it!<br />
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-I started something with this Con that I plan to continue at future ones, and that was trying to get pictures with any and all Captain America related costumers. My favorite from this year's Con was this Captain America made by a fellow Veteran. His costume is made from different Camo patterns to create the iconic Captain America uniform.<br />
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llyrafantasyfaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634639887449797955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436067166752989314.post-21741682074395852232014-04-14T20:38:00.000-07:002014-04-14T20:38:12.607-07:00Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Week of April 14, 2014</h2>
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1. The <a href="http://www.renfair.com/socal/" target="_blank">Southern California Pleasure Faire</a> started April 5. This was my first Renaissance faire over 17 years ago, and what first started me in costuming. I look forward to faire time every year and this year is no different. I only have plans to add one new piece to my faire garb this year so I wasn't looking for the best of the best costumes. You know the ones that are simply awe inspiring. But rather the Fun ones that made me smile. I have a soft spot for the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/cute-kids-renaissance-fair" target="_blank">wee ones</a>. And here are even <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/the-original-renaissance-pleasure-faire-2014-41102782/" target="_blank">more photos </a>from opening weekend.<br />
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2. By far the one thing that got the wheels going in my head the most, was getting my Limited Classes Registration Packet in the mail from Costume College. <a href="http://129.121.107.232/~costumer/college/" target="_blank">Costume College</a> is what my whole costuming world revolves around. As soon as I wrap up from the current event, planning begins for the next year. Getting the packet in the mail made me realize I have just under 4 months left! Here are <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/costumecollege/" target="_blank">some photos</a> from last year's Costume College.<br />
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3. Remember what I said about my addiction to pretty historical shoes? The last of my birthday money has been spent.<br />
When American Duchess released this tutorial on <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-paint-your-own-1920s-flapper.html" target="_blank">painting your own 1920s flapper shoes</a>, I filed it away as 'pretty cool' but I couldn't bring myself to spend that much money on shoes I was going to alter. Then I read about Aurora from Dramatic Threads <a href="http://www.dramaticthreads.com/2013/11/shoes-almost-done.html" target="_blank">altering hers</a>, and doing a BEAUTIFUL job. After that I started researching jeweled heels from the 1920s.<br />
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I found a lot more, all of various degrees of complexity. But several that seemed doable. If only there wasn't the cost of the original shoes. I still couldn't justify paying that much just to alter them. And then American Duchess put a pair into her imperfect pile. :) I am beyond excited for this project, that has been brewing for a LONG time, all because of the above picture.<br />
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4. It always amuses me how one thing leads to another and then another when searching online. Having recently mastered the basics of knitting I was looking up new techniques. Somehow I got to knitting with your cat's fur, which then led to crafting with cat's fur. I know some people think this type of thing is gross but I don't. For me it falls in the same category as wool and I wear enough of my Little Man's fur already I don't see a difference in doing it on purpose.<br />
I found <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Cat-Hair-Cute-Handicrafts/dp/1594745250/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322825850&sr=1-1" target="_blank">this book</a> and got it in the mail last week. Despite the obvious crafty type projects that I assume only kids and crazy old cat ladies may like, there are a few really cute projects. I was drawn to the needle felting projects especially the scarf with a kitty figure on the ends, done in your own kitty's fur.<br />
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5. Once again Loren from The Costumer's Closet has been making my attempt to resist a Game of Thrones' costume harder. She began by showing how she is recreating a fabric from Cersei's gown with a stencil and fabric paint. Part <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/04/painting-paisleys-for-cersei.html" target="_blank">one</a> and then <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/04/more-fabric-painting-for-game-of-thrones.html" target="_blank">two</a>. She also shared a lot of fun <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-costuming-links.html" target="_blank">Game of throne costume and craft links</a>. I'm starting to think I am going to have to sleep less just so I can start getting more projects done.<br />
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6. When asked what are the top three things I would like to improve on the most in my costuming Hair and Make-up will always be in there. Because of that I am always looking for new tips and tricks. This week I found <a href="http://lisafremontpages.blogspot.com/2010/07/belated-tutorial-post-briar-rose.html?m=1" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> for Sleeping Beauty/Briar Rose from the blog Lisa Freemont Pages. My plan to use it this weekend at Wonder Con!<br />
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<u>Week of April 7, 2014</u></h2>
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This is the first edition of what I hope becomes a reoccurring thing. Mondays can often be downers. It's the beginning of yet another work week. That's 5 whole days before you're free, be it to craft and create or to attend the next event. But instead of letting the weight of a new week stifle my creativity or energy I've collected some links to use as inspiration. I'm sharing them here to give you a little Motivation for fighting Mundane Mondays.</div>
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1. I decided to join <a href="http://wearinghistoryblog.com/2014/04/1910s-suit-a-long/" target="_blank">Wearing History's 1910's Suit sew-a-long</a>. She released the <a href="http://www.wearinghistorypatterns.com/1910s-suit-pattern-circa-1916/" target="_blank">pattern</a> for pre-order today. I know the pictures she shared in the blog are just her muslin but it makes the dress real to me now. With the pattern picture I liked it, with the muslin pictures I WANT it.</div>
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2.<a href="https://shearmadnessblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/shear-madness-challenge-2-thing-a-ma-bobs-ive-got-20-the-accessories-challenge-winners/" target="_blank"> Sheer Madness Challenge 2 winners</a> have been announced. I'm always inspired by the talented people who are apart of this group. I don't Envy any of the judges.</div>
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3. I have been fascinated by the Chemise a la reine since Sofia Coppola's <i>Marie Anntoinette</i> first came out. Sarah from <a href="http://www.modehistorique.com/blog/?p=2043" target="_blank">Mode Historique has dedicated this month to the Chemise a la reine</a>, in honor of the research she is doing/plans to do.<i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">-</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>She does have a Indiegogo campaign going on to help fund further research on an extent Chemise a la reine. I jumped on one of the perks as soon as I saw it. A pattern of the Chemise a la reine she is studying made to MY measurements. MY MEASUREMENTS!</i></span></div>
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4. This <a href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/03/disney-cosplay-takes-spotlight-at-megacon-2014-with-huge-group-photo-frenzy-of-frozen-and-crazy-costume-creativity/" target="_blank">feature about Disney at MegaCon</a> is loaded with Cosplay pictures. Its always fun to see someone's take on an Iconic character. Or even their twists on them.</div>
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5. Hi, my name is Amy Lee and I am addicted to pretty Historical shoes. American Duchess releases <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2014/04/coming-monday-renoir-and-tissot-civil.html" target="_blank">her latest two shoe styles</a> for pre-order today. I already own the Travistocks, and have no future plans for any mid-Victorian costumes, so the Siren song isn't as strong with these. They are still pretty though.</div>
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6. I'm fairly certain that <a href="http://worldcosplay.net/photo/1785125" target="_blank">this photo</a> is photoshopped but I have spent several hours this week daydreaming on how I could recreate it without the photoshop magic. Its a very beautifully done picture of a cosplayer doing Disney's Elsa as her dress changes.</div>
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7. My current topic for a speech in my Communications 101 class is on Vivandieres. While looking for a visual aid I found this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fenton_-_vivandiere.jpg" target="_blank">picture</a>. I enjoy pictures of smartly dressed men and women in uniform, though I admit I may have some bias. This one fits that bill perfectly. I may need to add one of these to my sewing list.</div>
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8. Katherine released the second part of her <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.com/search/label/frilled%20veil" target="_blank">frilled veil tutoria</a>l on her blog The Fashionable Past. I am itching to try my hand at it. But I have no need for the veil until I make the dress, which is still pretty far down on my to-do list. I've made sure to bookmark it for later though!</div>
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9. LBCC Historical a shop that specializes in reproducing exact historical cosmetic and apothecary recipes has been releasing new products and the newest is their <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/185449696/1772-burnt-cloves-to-darken-the-eyebrows?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">"Burnt cloves to Darken Eyebrows"</a>. I love that their products are all natural.</div>
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10. Loren shared her <a href="http://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2014/03/game-of-thrones-dragon-egg.html" target="_blank">Game of Thrones dragon egg</a> on her blog. The Costumer's Closet. I have seen many of them among Game of Throne cosplayers but have always been "meh" about them. Loren's is different. I like how realistic her looks. Hers is made from WonderFlex scraps, which makes me think I need to start exploring Wonderflex and other materials like it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">I was drawn to the shorter skirts. I had a picture in my head that she could go out and hike and explore things easier then most because she wouldn't be tripping on her skirt. I also LOVED the pleated underskirt, and the turned back skirt of the polonaise. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Finding a fashion plate I liked was the easy part. The hard part was figuring out how to reproduce it. The first step was trying to figure out what time period this fashion plate was from. I knew it was from the Victorian Bustle time frame, but fashions in those 20 or so years changed rather dramatically. Sometimes in just a span of one year. I also knew it was somewhere in the middle of the Bustle Era, commonly referred to as the the Natural Form Bustle. Unfortunately that was about where my knowledge ended. Luck was on my side and a matter of days after I choose my inspiration picture, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WearingHistory" target="_blank">Wearing History</a>, a page I follow on Facebook posted a similar fashion plate. It was dated 1881, which helped me narrow down my search.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">With a more focused search, I ordered both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of <i>Fashions of the Gilded Age</i> by Frances Grimble. I had seen it referenced by other costumers and it came highly recommended. I would also recommend adding these books to your sewing library if you are at all interested in the Natural Form era. I also went through my pattern stash and pulled out an underskirt pattern that I thought would work, which I will go into more detail in just a moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't start this costume from scratch. I've wanted to make a Bustle-of-doom type gown for sometime and finished the undergarments despite never moving forward on the actual gown. It may not seem like much but already having the chemise and corset finished was extremely helpful. My next step was to finish my foundation garments. I choose the Muslin Petticoat from <i>Fashions of the Gilded Age</i> Vol 1. pg. 109. I wasn't sure if just the petticoat would be enough but continued under the assumption, if I needed more skirt support I could make it later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that complete I moved onto the underskirt. Truly Victorian carries a pattern for a <a href="http://www.trulyvictorian.net/tvxcart/product.php?productid=45&cat=4&page=1" target="_blank">1878 Tie-back underskirt</a> that reminded me of a couple of the patterns in the <i>Fashions of the Gilded Age</i> book. Using a pattern I already had on hand won vs. scaling up a new one. I used it as the base for my underskirt. Once I was sure the shape was what I wanted I added the knife pleated panel to it. There are over 6 1/2 yards of fabric in those pleats!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the next step I went back to the patterns in the <i>Fashion's of the Gilded Age</i> book. I choose the Close-Fitting Polonaise on pg. 314, because of the quote provided on the page. "A polonaise is nothing but a princess dress shortened in front and lengthened in back. The back is pleated on the side and then sewn to the side piece." This sounded exactly like what I wanted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I choose a white wool twill for my fashion fabric. I wanted a natural fiber that would of been used in period and something that was lightweight because I was afraid of overheating. Since the green fabric I had already used was wool blend, I choose to stay with wool as my fabric choice. Surprisingly finding a white or cream wool was harder then I expected it to be. I interlined everything but the sleeves in cotton muslin, because it was what I had on hand. I basted them together and then just treated them as one piece of fabric. Before putting the lining in I added boning to each seam and dart. It was fabric covered plastic boning that I had in my stash. I wasn't concerned about the plastic not being strong enough, because it was to help smooth the dress not shape me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As soon as it came up I did remember seeing seams on insides of many extant bodice. Even so I choose to continue on, with my original plan, so I could complete the outfit on time. I knew with how my brain works, wrapping my mind around a new plan of attack could take a few days. I didn't want to spare those days knowing I could be giving up something like completing the hat or trimming the gown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the sleeves were one of the hardest parts of the whole dress. I did 5 mock ups, alternating back and forth between to loose and to tight. Even on the first outing I was afraid my corrections to get rid of the bunching around the forearms had made them to tight. By the end of the day though, my wearing them had loosened them enough that they seemed pretty close to perfect. My favorite part of the sleeves are the cuffs. I drew inspiration from several fashion plates, but ultimately wanted something that tied the skirts pleats into the top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First worn at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, NV, Mar. 2014</span></div>
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