Costuming!!!

[komochiko]

Okay, it looks like I'll be doing up some costumes for the kids for GenCon. Molly will most likely be a fairy (either Simplicity's 2857 or 2875For Sean we were originally thinking knight/adventurer DnD kinda thing, but I now I've got the idea to maybe do Steampunk instead. Sean loves Nerf guns and some of the mods people have done on them, so I

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[emilytheslayer]

Eep! Well, there is the community steamfashion, check through their tags for some good sources for stuff, and a lot of how-tos on Maverick modding.

[komochiko]

Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks! I found some welding goggles to mod. And I think I found a vest pattern that works. I don't think I'll be finding a frock coat in Sean's size tho'.

[emilytheslayer]

Lol, no, but there might be a pattern that will work.

[komochiko]

From what I've seen so far, boys coats of the time were different from the neater looking men's frock coats of the same period. Which is a bummer, since I like the look of the men's coat. Oh, well, if only I was good at shrinking the pattern.

[komochiko]

Yay! I think I found a pattern that's almost perfect for a child's size frock coat. It's actually a pattern for a saddle suit.

http://www.suitability.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5172

I've got a lot of sewing and crafting to do in the next 3 weeks.

[wizardru]

Bowler!