And here we have the grand finale of my Costume Con wardrobe: the pink 1870 ballgown!

( Read more... )

Just one pic of the flapper outfit I wore to the Friday Night Social:

( Read more... )

Here is the 1898 green cotton summer suit I made, which I wore on Saturday:

( Read more... )

After a crazy busy weekend of last minute sewing, all my dresses got done, got worn, and won ribbons! I didn't compete any of them in the Masquerades, but getting hall costume awards for all three of the new outfits I made was a nice surprise and I'm so proud of it. I saw so many amazing costumes of all kinds over the weekend, learned new things, ( Read more... )

Costume Con is this week! The 1870 day dress is almost done but for a few finishing touches, and the 1870 ball dress should hopefully be done just in time! Building a new era of dress from the ground up, including all the underpinnings, took a lot of time, and consequently I have nothing else new to wear during the day on Sunday. I'm wondering now ( Read more... )

Costume Con is two weeks away and I really need to get my dresses done! The only outfit I actually have completed is my 1898 summer suit. I have about half the work still to go on the bustle dresses, and I think only two of them will get done. I've decided to do all the same era so that I would have less new undergarments to make- the 1870 ( Read more... )

Yikes! I have to update more often! I unfortunately haven't had a lot of exciting things to post about lately, but today I found out some of my designs got picked for the Future Fashion Folio for the next Costume Con! Pretty cool! I'm pretty excited to see if anyone picks one of them, and what they'll look like made up. I really wish I could go to ( Read more... )

Okay, Costume Con is finally over. Whew! I wish I could say it was totally awesome, but mostly it was just exhausting! But I did see some pretty cool costumes, and I even won a ribbon in the doll contest! I didn't end up wearing any costumes myself, so I don't feel so bad about leaving it all to the last minute any more, but I do wish I wouldn't ( Read more... )