Random Costumes

Here are some random costumes I made for DragonCon, Larps, Halloween, etc…Mostly these were made before I joined the SCA.

DragonCon 2005

This is the first thing I ever sewed. I recieved my sewing machine for a wedding present (I got married on June 11, 2005). This was what I made on Summer Break. The top has a terrible fit, but I didn’t know at that point that pattern sizes weren’t based on what you wear when buying clothes, so all in all, I’m surprised it fit as well as it did.

Legynds – June 2006

This is the original costume I made for the LARP Legynds. I was going to be a mage, but I discovered I liked hitting things a lot better. It is a McCall’s pattern that looks horrific in the catalogue…they make it up with this really shiny fabric, but looked pretty nice in reality.

I also didn't yet know about boning the lacing channels...you can really see my bra. Whoops.

DragonCon 2006

My Medusa costume...It involved no sewing, just a lot of safety pins. I have tons of plastic snakes pinned in my hair, but no pics of that.

So every good nerd needs a star wars costume... Right? This one is made from the simplicity pattern and it is great fun to wear at the Con. It is just made of Muslin, so it was super inexpensive. I actually got interviewed for the local news in this and my Principal saw it. So I was outed at school. Later I wore this to Halloween at my school and my students gave me a lightsaber from christmas.

I was laughing too hard to take this with a straight face.

...and with the Droids. DragonCon is too cool.

Alice in Wonderland from a McCalls (I think) Wizard of Oz pattern. Turns out I was the only "normal" Alice at the Con.

Offering Jabba some of my "Drink Me" potion.

Thomas Jeffesron – Summer 2007

So I'm a history teacher...makes me a bit nerdy. My husband actually came up with this idea as I was trying to think of famous redheads in history. This is the outfit I wore to DragonCon and also to Halloween at my school.

This is the colonial pattern from Simplicity.

Dragon Con 2007

With quill pen and Declaration of Independance. I got a parchment copy of the Declaration and scratched all the names off and got people to sign it at the Con.

This is my Legynds Garb, for the Larp I used to play. Now SCA takes up too much time. It is the Lord of the Rings tabard Pattern made into a separate shirt and tabard, the actual pattern has them at one piece.I love this outfit. I feel like a FIGH-TOR when I wear it.

This is my Victorian Corset, chemise, and drawers. I was going to do a Queen Victoria costume for the Con but I joined SCA and I decided to do period garb instead, but since I had already made the corset, I wore it to DragonCon.

 

Dragon Con 2009

For d*Con ’09 I only made one major costume and that was my Victorian STeampunk Queen Victoria and parts of my friend Steve’s Steampunk Lincoln.  Those are both written up on another page, but here is a picture…

I don’t think anyone ever figured out that I was supposed to be Queen Victoria.  Everybody kept coming up to us and saying “Hey!  Steampunk Lincoln!” the subtext was “and some random chick”  Oh well.

This is why in 2010, I gave up on going as Victoria and just went as “some random chick… with an awesome hat”

 

 

 

 

Dragon Con 2010

There were three attempts at world record setting in 2010.  Most people dressed like superheroes, most Steampunk people and most Star Trek people.  I didn’t have a huge interest in the superheroes on, mostly ’cause I’m not a huge fan of spandex.  I love superheroes!  So I decided to drag out my Victorian and to make some Trekkie goodness.  I immediately knew that I wanted to do the Wrath of Khan uniform.  It is pretty great looking and way more flattering than the jumpsuits in other series.  I ordered (the dreaded) wool gabardine to make the uniform and splurged on a really nice pattern modeled after the actual costumes from the movies.  The actual movie costumes were dark burgundy, but under the cameras they look red, so I decided to go with the look instead of the actuality.  The gabardine, when it came in, was (and still is) an awful orangey-red. Not at all Starfleet regulation, so I rushed to Joann’s because D*Con was only two weeks away (yay, procratination!) and bought some cotton bottom-weight suiting.  I also splurged and ordered the badge, the security button (in the back), the two lieutenant insignias and the belt buckle off the internet.  I made my pips and squeaks (the little do-hickeys on the arm) out of polyclay. If you look closely, I am a lieutenant in command with 10 years of service and three commendations.   Anyway, here is what I came up with.

We decided to make Steve into Spock from The Voyage Home. I made his outfit.  He is really hardcore and is actually wearing Spock ears underneath his headband.  My turtleneck looks like it is eating my head, I definitely need to work on that for future Cons.  I also have a pair of pants with the red stripe down the side which I made for walking around the Con.  Ankle boots and pants are way more comfy than high heeled boots and  a mini skirt.

I’m already planning next year!!

 

 

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