Peacock (greenish) Elizabethan Gown!!! Update!

So this has been a labor of loathe for me. I bought a custom "Elizabethan" gown, which turned out to be all wrong and more of a rococo style, but with epaulet sleeves (which is the one part I liked). Luckily the bodice is correct and heavily boned, which means no corset needed! It also didn't come with closures, so I had to add those myself.

How the epaulets looked:

And basically how the skirts looked:

So basically, yeah...the skirt had to be redone. Also there was this TACKY cheap shiny gold lace trim on it, which was a friggin nightmare to remove! Word to the wise - Taffeta pulls SOOOOO easily!

I also redid the skirt. I took out the first 5 pleats to spread the straight part out until it met the trim that I added on the bodice.

All trim currently on the dress was hand sewn on by myself.

Here are pics of the work so far:

 The actual colors - It is NOT that shiny!

 The sleeves are freaking awesome! I'm going to pearl these.

Again, the actual colors...

The right side is bugging me, going to have to redo again. x_X;

How it's looking so far. Going to pearl the lighter trim also.

Seriously, it's really not that shiny! The hat is a cute little Elizabethan riding hat I had commissioned a year or so ago to go with all of my gowns!

Cuteness!

I've also made an underskirt forepart out of the brown fabric - and each flower is beaded with a real turquoise 5mm bead! I'm going for bling. It's actually the forepart I made for the green Elizabethan but I think it goes well with this teal!

There's still more work to go...more trim, the pearls, etc. It's going to be awesome and it's silk and lined in linen so I can breathe in it during May!

Edit - Took a lot of pics of the brown underskirt forepart but they didn't save to my camera. Weird. I'll take more tomorrow. I like how it looks MUCH BETTER than the gold. :)

Shenanigans!

This is the jacket:

=)

Scarf Day!!!

HAPPY SCARF DAY!

Today marks the anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who with the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker!

Check out my Rose scarf! w00t!

The Patchwork Pirate - JoAnn and Goodwill

Btw, the fabric I bought was Red Tag for $6 /yd, and was an additional half off. I basically just bought a Renaissance gown for $15, minus the $30 my brother gave me. *does the happy dance*

The Patchwork Pirate - Intro at Last

"This Land" and Christmas Goodness!

So on December 18th a group of us from Whedonites United and other Browncoat friends joined up and travelled to Cave City, KY to visit Dinosaur World for the "This Land" trip! What a blast! Anyway, for this trip we were going in costume (of course) which means I had to re-make my teddy bear coveralls pretty quickly! I was able to get them done over two nights, because I spread it out. I could have done it in one but meh, I was feeling lazy that week. Here are some pics of the finished coveralls!

Kaylee v2.0 - You can see here I used the sleeve again to make the breast pocket.

 I ended up reusing the patches from the other set. Why not, right? :D

Also note I got the symbols right this time. w00t!

 The teddy bear! Still smudgy and what not from the last pair!

 The coveralls with my jacket and necklace.

This time around I took the shoulder epaulets off and serged the sleeve holes before I hemmed them. These are better than the first set I made IMHO, though I feel like I need to go roll around in the dirt and muck first. These are really dirty / old (They're from WWII!!!) but they need....more. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Yule! I know I did. Alright, so I *DID* get the Fantabulous Kenmore sewing machine I mentioned in an earlier post for Christmas! I'm so excited! I tried it out and WOW! It is so quiet! It's so much quieter than the Singer and also a good bit heavier. Yay for it not being cheap plastic! I'm seriously happy and cannot wait to start the next big sewing project.

For other cosplay, I snagged a great jacket! It's a red diesel jacket like the one Rose wears in "Rise of the Cybermen".

I can't wait for it to get here! :D

Rose Tyler - The Empty Child

Next up in my ever expanding wardrobe of Rose Tyler esque things....

Rose Tyler's outfit from The Empty Child...

- Union Jack shirt with white collar - Got it!

- Firetrap bomber jacket with hood - On its way!
- Dark jeans - Got it
- Baby blue Timberlands - On their way!
- Nine's Sonic Screwdriver - bc she knows how to use it. Giggety! ;)

Alright more updates as I get to them, but in the meantime, I *found* the Free People scarf she wears in Boomtown and another episode, so yay me! Sadly, my wallet hurts from purchasing it. -_-;