photos from Steampunk World's Fair 2011

[mlleviolet]

Another great year for Steampunk World's Fair, the annual convention in New Jersey. The highlight for me was getting to try Bartitsu for the first time at Mark Donnelly's three workshops - I will save those photos for subsequent post. Only as we were leaving the hotel did I realize I forgot to ask anyone to take photos of me! There's only one shot

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[mlleviolet]

Oh, if you mean the Cold Warrioress, thank you! You will get a kick out of this: those gaiters are made from an old tee-shirt. In fact they are a no-sew project. I really need to do a tutorial, it's so ridiculously easy. You just cut off the sleeve and part of the underarm of a tee shirt so it looks like an L. The short end of the L is the sleeve, and that drapes over the front of your foot and ankle. The long part goes up your calf. Fiddle around until it's the right width for your calf, then you just poke holes up the long slit with an awl and lace it up with anything you like - I used a long thin piece of the same tee shirt.

Sounds like you have a great start on your steampunk costume... maybe you should wear blue stockings! Taking it a bit literally! You can make a hat more 19th century by stripping off the modern trims and adding plumage, I mod hats all the time. You can also cut the brim off altogether and make it into a little cap for a military look.

I might be at a Baltimore convention called Darkovercon in November - I'd really like to go but they have it oddly scheduled for the day after Thanksgiving, not the ideal day for me but if possible, I'd like to check it out.

[lookfar]

Ah, yes - that reminds me of a Link (of Zelda and the Ocarina fame) outfit I made for Tristan once; I found a huge forest green sweatshirt and cut off the band at the bottom to make it a ragged tunic, then the sleeves, one of which served very handily to make a pointy hat.

[mlleviolet]

I did something similar for my Robin Hood jersey made from an oversized green tee. It's amazing what you can create from an old tee or sweatshirt.