Because doing one thing at a time is not my style.

I just realized I never actually posted this!

I’m looking to make a costume for interviewing people with, based on a 40’s newspaper reporter à la Torchy Blaine or Hildy Johnson.  (Lois Lane is just a knockoff, after all.  I’m going for the source.)

I plan to (since I will actually have a press badge next year) schedule a few interviews with some hot gamer properties, and then of course publish stuff.  With pictures.

This will require:

• a new website (what was I thinking?!)
• an appropriate outfit (and a hat, and gloves)
• good old fashioned shoes (at least they will be comfortable)
• and lots of other stuff that I can’t think of right now.
• not to mention, setting up interviews and crap like that.

My vacation takes a lot of work!

Base Patterns:

   

Some Base Inspirations:

 

Only… I totally ran out of time to do all the decorative stuff.  And I broke my necklace as I walked out of the room.  And I never got around to making a headpiece.

Here’s what I ended up with:

a shift, ok white on white door is hard.

 

underskirt:

Dress views, bottom back:

Front top

 

Front bottom

 

Close up of bell sleeve

 

Top back

 

The shift had silk sleeves with lace at the end, which is impossible to see against the door, but trust me it looked really cool under the bell sleeves.

So I inadvertently insulted someone’s costume… inadvertent, as in, I was overheard.  So the only real way to escape the sense of shame that causes is to seriously outdo their costume like you said you could.

So in my history of going overboard, I’m going to start now.

Base Costume, colors: black, blue, green, or grey…:

head to toe:

• hat: buy hat form and decorate appropriately.  must search for clock parts, hinges, etc.  mongol-style and victorian-style giant keys. see: and the covers of “The Passionate Princess,” “The Sign of Love,” “Race for Love.”
• hair: luckily, I can still use my own.
• glasses: is it worth the effort of getting new glasses? i think it is.  we’ll see.
• earrings: must make something with chains, ear cuffs, and clock parts.
• necklace: must make something with keys.  also, a well-tied scarf.  white silk – ascot? also, a few handkerchiefs (one to show, and one to blow!)
• this outfit needs a vest so i can carry a pocket watch with double chains, keys, and a fob seal.  and maybe a carnet du bal, but I just might use an iphone in it’s place. will need a leather case for that.
• jacket: needs more pockets.
• pants: can’t argue with them.
• underwear: should properly include a shift, drawers, corset - see 
• shoes: black patent leather, with brass buckles.  possibly gears.
• accessories: fingerless gloves, if i have time to make them.  otherwise purchased fingerless lace mitts.
• accessories: box purse – brass hinges and findings, would cellulose acetate be easier than a book? would that be necessary with all the other accoutrements?
• accessories: laid cotton cards in vintage font.

Just making updating the list because I keep forgetting what I have.

Burda Butterick McCall’s Simplicity Vogue

Burda

8235 - messenger bag

Butterick

B4114 – poodle skirt

B4419 – edwardian style cloaks

B4838 - aprons

B5006 – sewing and knitting totes

B5061 – edwardian nightgown

B5266 – edwardian walking coat

3190 - 9 easy dresses

6630 - two Josephine-style dresses

3737 - petticoat, bloomers, bustle

4377 - cloak and medieval-ish dress

3805 - semi-historical hats

3836 - colonial-ish riding costume

McCall's

5147 - arm bands

4491 - medieval-ish overdress

4492 - medieval-ish dress

4884 - drawstring bags

M3880 - wraps

M5469 – tunic tops

M5516 – more tunic tops/dresses

M5535 – oh look, more tunic tops

M5704 – dresses that could be worn as tops

M5843

Simplicity

5062 - pants and split skirt

3832 - belly dancer costume

3869 - women's sized tunics

2837 - women's sized Zia (MCoG) costume

3782 - Elizabethan costume

7215 - civil war undergarments

2890 – corset, drawers, and chemise

2589 – Tudor dress

2621 – underthings for Tudor dress

2615 – oh look, tunic tops!

3565 – simple wardrobing elements

2614 – a skirt! and, some tunic tops.

7092 – cargo pants

4048 – lounging clothes and nightgowns

5006 – more underthings

2857 – fairy wings, just don’t ask.

New Look

6265 - sweats and yoga mat bag

6519 - vintage style chinese jackets and pants and bag

6594 – skirts

6736 - vintage style dress and jackets and pants

6737 - poet shirts and wide legged pants

Vogue

7280 – skirts

V2714 - coatdress

V8410 - jumper

I've become unhealthily obsessed with getting a pair of Valenki.  Or possibly it's just part of my unhealthy obsession with comfortable shoes.  Or maybe it's because I want to look like Penelo from FFXII.  Or some combination of all of the above.

I think it's the Penelo thing.  Anyway, I've asked a Russian friend to make his mom get me some.  We'll see how it works out.

I want plain ones so I can embroider them myself (or at least try to).

Well, she's not MY teen, but one of my little (I mean younger, she's way taller than I am) cousins asked my help in finding and accessorizing a Halloween costume.  Her friends are having a vampire party, so the theme is to dress up in any old fashioned period outfit, and stick on some fangs.

Is there a word for 'a gathering of vampires?'

All of my little cousins and my niece and nephew have learned an appreciation for dressing up funny.  Not just for Halloween either, but that certainly is a good excuse.  Nothing beats dressing up in medieval garb, then 1) going to McDonald's and demanding to see the clan leader in a thick Celtic accent (when they stopped laughing, they took pictures and gave us apple pies) and then 2) going to Burger King and demanding an audience with the King (they gave us crowns and toys to make us go away).

Enough about me, back to my little cousin and her search for Teen Halloween Costumes.  She can't decide what time period to dress up in, and I'm too lazy to make her a costume on such short (and distant) notice.  She wants to wear either a Marie Antoinette style dress, or maybe something from the 50's because she thinks teenybopper vampires are very funny.  I sent her to this place out of all the online Halloween Costume Stores I found to look through their conveniently teen-sized costume collection for ideas.  They are also reasonably priced, and offer fast (and free) shipping so she will have time to make up her mind.

If you are a police officer or firefighter, I'm sure you've noticed that all that running around and working out has given you a pretty hot, well-shaped - well, everything.  I'm particularly thinking of your butt though.  Your butt needs good pants, and since you can't wear jeans to work like I do, you should wear good pants.  Pants that flatter and protect.  With lots of pockets, in case you run into some beautiful tech geek girl and need to give her a present.  May I again recommend LA Police Gear's line of 5.11?  That way you can carry some jewelry or maybe some 25GB flash drives in your pockets as an offering at all times.

If you don't have that, you can just turn around and stand there, showing off your butt.  With no shirt on.  I won't mind!

I still haven't bought new clothes this year.  My weight is going down a teensy weensy bit, but my savings went WHOOOOOSH down the drain.  So old clothes it is!  New hobbies, but old clothes.

I don't even know what I would buy if I did!  The current fashions are ... not fashionable.  Can we have the 80's fairy/goth/gypsy thing back?  I liked those clothes!

I didn't take a shot of the whole sleeve part for some reason.  I decorated the connecting ribbon between the upper and lower parts of the sleeve.  They were supposed to be identical, but I screwed up.  :D  It looks nice though.  I need to start working on my hat.  And a bag.

Page 29.  That's all I have to say.

Hubba hubba!

That's Sofi's Stitches.  Hey, they're still doing the free codpiece with every hosen deal!

(bursts of uncontrolled laughter because I can't help myself.)