CONvergence 16 days and counting ...

WOW long time no post ...(but then again are you really surprised).

As I was researching my Mary Poppins dress this morning one of the pictures i stumbled across was one i had posted to my blog earlier this year. It was in my what I hope to make/bring to CON post and it made me laugh cause the list has changed quite a bit.

From my October 23rd post these were the costumes that I had slated to bring to CON

Old Costumes
-- Kaylee, Luna Lovegood, Dr Horrible Groupie and Dark Phoenix

New Costumes
-- Mary Poppins, Castle Anthrax, Rose Tyler - Steampunk variation and Quidditch Robes

From my January 11th post these were the costumes that I had slated to bring to CON

Old Costumes
--I apparently didn't mention what old costumes I'd like to bring

New Costumes

Committed to bringing
--Mary Poppins, Rose Tyler - Steampunk variation

Most likely will bring
-- USO Girl - Steampunk variation, Castle Anthrax, Quidditch Robes

Keep putting off
--Tetra - Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker, Poison Ivy

Would like to do soon
--Fi - Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

And now with 16 days to go to CONvergence my list sits as

Old Costumes
--Luna Lovegood, Dr Horrible Groupie

New Costumes
--Mary Poppins, Rose Tyler - Steampunk variation and Secret Group Costume


So lots of changes to the lineup over the past 6 months ...the only new costumes to stay from beginning to end were Mary Poppins and Rose Tyler and the only returning costumes to make it to the end were Luna Lovegood and Dr Horrible Groupie. Had I been more diligent about budgeting and not being lazy when it came to my sewing schedule I could have gotten the USO Girl costume done. Ah well it will probably just end up being my Halloween costume.

Kaylee and Dark Phoenix are returning to CONvergence this year but I most likely won't be wearing them. My friend Andy is going to be wearing them over his deadpool costume. Kaylee at our Victorian Lady Doctor tea party on Sunday afteroon and I have no idea when he has Dark Phoenix planned.


My current costume plans for CONvergence are

Thursday
Dr Horrible Groupie

Friday - AM
Luna Lovegood

Friday - Mid
Rose Tyler - Steampunk Variation

Friday - PM
Mary Poppins

Saturday AM & PM
Secret Group Costume

Sunday
Rose Tyler - Steampunk Variation

As of last night the organza (over) dress for Mary Poppins is done, attached the bows to the hemline and installed the zipper. Tonight I hope to get the zipper installed in the satin (under) dress and maybe get either the waist cincher or the spats done. Everything "needs" to be done by Friday so I can start working on the secret group costume. I've got most of my accessories for that costume done and i have a mockup of the dress cut out now I'm just waiting for payday to go buy the actual fabric and begin construction. I always underestimate how long stuff is going to take ...but it really shouldn't take that long it's a fairly simple costume.

Pottermore

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Strange Feelings

So CONvergence has come and gone, as usual stayed up way to late, drank way to much and had tons of fun with friends! The costumes turned out great (I did end up sewing in the hotel room for about 2 hours ...ahahah) we didn't win anything in the masq though (our skit was a real shit show & we didn't present a well documented packet of workmanship) so lesson learned for next time.

It feels odd that I don't have giant piles of sewing to be constantly working on, but I'm definitely enjoying the time off from it for now. I've started compiling a Want/To Do folder for costumes that I'd like to eventually make. Some of them will be simple straight forward costumes and others are like "holy hell, how will I do that?!?"

I'll definitely have to invest in a serger and an embroidery machine somewhere down the line for some of the more complex costumes *cough* Zelda *cough*

Here's some of my ideas as of right now:

Codex - The Guild

Princess Zelda - Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker

Princess Zelda - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Quidditch Robes - Harry Potter Series

Anastasia Romanov - Anastasia (Once Upon a December Dress)

Thor & Loki - Avengers

Briar Rose - Sleeping Beauty

Princess Aurora - Sleeping Beauty (Blue Dress)

Ariel - The Little Mermaid

Marvel Girl - X-Men

Ms Marvel - Avengers

Rose Tyler - Doctor Who (Empty Child)
--I'd like to make this Victorian to match my friends

Tali'Zorah - Mass Effect Series
--This is one of the oh holy hell costumes

Commander Shepard - Mass Effect Series
--Another one of the oh holy hell costumes

Fi - Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Midna - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Tetra - Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker/Phantom Hourglass

Link - Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker/Phantom Hourglass
--For Jason

Poison Ivy - Batman

Sarah & Jareth - Labyrinth

Snow Day

Snow day snow day ...oh the joys of living in Minnesota in the winter time =P

It's snowing like crazy outside today ...the weather channel is predicting upwards of 15 inches in some parts of the cities. I bought "rations" last night that should hopefuly last me through the bad weather so I don't have to go outside ..and by "rations" I mean frozen pizzas, cheetos and mt dew ...haha =P


I do have other food in the house that was just easy snacking food incase I don't feel like cooking.

I'm using the day inside to get caught up on crafty type things ...finishing off another harry potter robe today (and watching harry potter ...cause what else would you watch while your crafing harry potter robes), and then I hope to either work on my Dr Horrible blanket/rug or more star wars dolls =D

Jason got me The Legend of Zelda: Sprit Tracks for valentines day ...love it!! Of course anything Zelda is good in my books though.

I'll be going home this upcoming weekend for my brother's 18th birthday ...ahhhh! Tried asking him what he wanted ...and he was like "I guess Wii points would be cool ...ahhh Marty.

Things & Stuff

So I've been on a Harry Potter kick recently and I've been stockpiling fabrics to make some HP cloaks for friends/family. I made Shanon a Sytherin cloak today. Pic to come later, haven't taken one of it yet.

They don't take to terribly long ...I'd say from start to finish they take about maybe 4 hours. This one turned out so much better than mine, I used a way lighter fabric this time around (cause the pattern calls for almost 10 yards of fabric) and as much as I love my Ravenclaw one I think I'm going to sell it on Ebay or Etsy and make a new one cause I kid you not it prolly weights like 5 pounds. Plus the first one involved quite a bit of trial and error and I never quite liked how I had attached the hood.

This time around I figured out how to get all the seams hidden and machine stich the whole thing! Yayz!! =D *happy dance*

In other news I started up with Weight Watchers again cause I've gained 10 pounds from when I quit them almost 2 years ago ...and it really did seem to help, I lost like 20 some pounds while I was doing it. So I'm hoping that this can help me get into better shape and just be healthier in general. And it seems that they've changed how the points operate since the last time I was a memember. You get more daily points and weekly points but food items seem to carry a bigger point value this time around. So we'll see I bought a 3 month membership.

8 Bit Dr Horrible blanket is coming along, I've finally moved on to the last color of the granny squares ...only 78 more to go!! woo!

Blog dump

Long time no post ...

The halloween costume turned out great! Ended up dying my old zelda gloves yellow instead of trying to make them and save myself the headache.


Working with spandex was certainly an adventure =P

Thanksgiving was crazy as usual ...but that's part of the fun. Mom and Aunt Diane's annual tacky Christmas gift exchange was hilarious as usual. Here's what Mom got Diane ...






Went to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 midnight show with Shanon and Cole ...I dressed up as Luna Lovegood. Hand sewed the robe myself ...and I must say it turned out quite well. Planning on making Shanon a Syltherin robe for part 2 =)


Now that school is pretty much over for the semester i hope to get some serious Fable 3 time in. Jason bought it for my birthday last month, but i haven't had anytime to play it recently =(
...The little bit I have been able to play I've enjoyed quite a bit though. They really reworked the way the game controls function ...some for the better some for the worse. I'm also pleased to see that it's acutally a different plot/story than Fable 2 was (such a disappointment).

Have a date with Jason planned for the 19th were going to go downtown to the Melting Pot for dinner and going to go ice skating at the Depot. Words don't describe how excited I am for this =D

that's all for now