I won two awards in tonight's Historic Masquerade with my White Star Line Able Seaman's Uniform (1912):

in workmanship: Honored for Excellence in Tailoring

*and* Best in Master Class Documentation!

(cue Kermit the frog cheer: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!)

bovil and I took a Midwest redeye last night so I could be coherent and eloquent as necessary at the ICG annual meeting on Fridy ( Read more... )

I finished the undershirt (replacing the dicky I made for Gallifrey) for the able seaman's uniform tonight.

I'm pretty pleased with it, given that I had to draft the pattern from a photo of a frequently-laundered vintage garment.

And, for reference when you're looking at the photos, this is made from a woven cotton, *not* a knit...
( photos under the link )

Yesterday I took care of one of the tasks lingering after Costume-Con 26I had about 20 award certificates (most from the Parallel Dimensions in Design show, plus one reprint of a mis-announced Fantasy and Science Fiction Masquerade award) that had not been delivered to the awardees (they weren't ready before the convention was over). I've been ( Read more... )

The Official Video DVDs of the Costume-Con 26 Stage Competitions are now available for order!

There are two DVDs available:

• CC26-SIFI - Contains the Science Fiction Masquerade Event.
• CC26-HIST - Contains the Historical Masquerade and the Dimensions In Design Event.

Each DVD is $14.00 Dollars (includes shipping). Order requests should be sent to
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• 5/23/2008 14:30 Hall Costumes - How To
• 5/23/2008 17:30 Masquerade 101
• 5/24/2008 13:00 EZ Costuming Kids
• 5/25/2008 14:30 Wardrobe Malfunctions

It's going to make prepping the final LoEG party tight, but we're going for fewer decorations (since we don't know the hotel) plus the posters ( Read more... )

I worked a lot on the Costume-Con 26 online scheduling tools this weekend, and the result is now available online.

Select "Program and Exhibits" from the top menu and you'll find "Prelimnary Program Schedule" offered near the top of the left menu.

If you want to refer someone there, you can use this link: http://www.cc26.info/show_prelim_schedule ( Read more... )

The rough cut of the Costume-Con 26 educational program is now available for viewing at this online program listing page

It's got some gaps and a duplicate or two, but all the data is now in the online database, so you'll see it maturing quickly as we continue to update it with participant responses.

After about 5 abortive attempts to write the Letter from the Chair for the Costume-Con 26 program book, I finally ended up with something I'm not embarrassed to have my byline on For All Eternity, and it has been duly forwarded to trystbat. And then re-sent, as I realized there was a sentence missing. Such sturm and drang over less than 500 words!
(And, ( Read more... )

Reliable sources* high up in the CC26 programming department have leaked some details about confirmed program items for the conference.

First, it is with great pleasure that I can announce that the retrospectives at Costume-Con 26 will be presented by

Pierre and Sandy Pettinger
&
Bruce and Dana MacDermott

You can visit http://www.cc26.info/main ( Read more... )