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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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Palazzo pants

By on May 24, 2016

I started writing this post in July.  Yep, last July.  Just a little behind. 😉 I worked on drafting these pants, and went through three different versions.  Some were drafting fails, though still wearable. Stuff happens. *shrug* These pants were a drafting work-in-process. The first brown pair…the side seams were off kilter.  Totally my fault […]

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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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Keyhole overlay top – pattern hack

By on April 6, 2016

A few years ago, I pinned this picture on my Things To Make board on Pinterest.  I love the look of this top, and figured I could just hack a t-shirt pattern or something to make it. As part of my wardrobe capsule, I wanted to make that top…finally.  After having sewn up the Sneha […]

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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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Wardrobe Capsule – A misshapen dress

By on March 19, 2016

Upon (mostly) perfecting the pattern for the misshapen top, I decided to try to make it into a dress.  This top part drapes to the side, so it needs to be wider than you would think.  If you take your normal top pattern that has some generous room at the waist, add about 10″.   […]

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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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Wardrobe Capsule – Jeggings

By on March 4, 2016

I have had the hardest time making jeggings.  I made a few pairs a few years ago and didn’t wear them.  They ended up in the charity pile. I thought I would tackle this project again with my wardrobe capsule.  I decided to use this dark denim that has a brown underlying dye to it, […]

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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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Wardrobe Capsule – Finished!

By on February 28, 2016

When I was thinking about my wardrobe capsule, I wanted to use what I had in my fabric stash.  This was not hard, as I have a lot. I have been drawn to lighter colors these days, so I took out my creamy neutrals and started planning the individual pieces I was going to make. […]

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