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Steampunky

By on June 15, 2016

Here is the outfit that I posted over on Craftingcon.com for their wearable Steampunk challenge.  I thought I had already put it up over here, but guess not! I ended up using some pieces that I had previously made this year, along with some new multi-purpose pieces. The first piece in her outfit is a […]

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Ciri cosplay – Top and Pants

By on May 8, 2016

Another spring…another cosplay.  Today I am showing the pants and top for the Ciri cosplay. This is Ciri from The Witcher 3.  She is a warrior.  She wears a lot of leather. To start I made her pants out of a faux leather apparel fabric.  They are supposed to be leather and are cut in […]

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Ciri cosplay – the accessories

By on May 7, 2016

I knew that my daughter wanted to be Ciri for many, many months, but I was stumped on how to make a few of the items.  The metal belt that Ciri wears is one of them. I wasn’t sure how I would make it so that all of the pieces were the same.  I knew […]

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Cosplay Corset DIY

By on March 24, 2016

In many female cosplay costumes, a corset is a integral part of the costume.  There are a lot of “period” (however fictitious the period may be) costumes, where corsets are the norm for the female characters.  Ciri’s corset is more of a protection.  It is made of leather.  From the pictures, it doesn’t appear to […]

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Let the cosplay costuming commence!

By on March 8, 2016

Well, it’s that time of year.  That time, when I pull my hair out and try to figure out how the heck I am going to finish these costumes in time! The kids are going to be Geralt and Ciri from The Witcher 3. So, to start I am going to detail what I have […]

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A long awaited dance costume

By on March 2, 2016

There is a little girl, who I have known since birth, that requested a dance costume from me.  You see, last year when she chose her individual costume for her dance performance, she got it from a catalog. *shocked gasp* An entire team had also chosen that dance outfit for their performance, so needless to […]

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Kira the Gelfling by Stylin’ Stacy

By on September 19, 2015

Bringing home this guest post I did last month on Craftingcon.com. ______________________________________________________________________ Hello there!  I am Stacy of the blog stylinstacy.com.  I am also an 80’s girl, so I have seen most of the movies of the 80’s. Going through all of the movies definitely brought back some memories! In the end I decided to […]

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Crafting Con Guest Post

By on August 19, 2015

I love to do costumes, so I stepped up when Crafting Con was asking for guest posters.  The concept is making clothes that are wearable “costumes”, but not too over the top where it looks like a costume. Get it? The theme this month is 80’s movies, so I did a google search to refresh […]

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