Working on my new sewing room!

I outgrew that 5th bedroom eons ago, but with 3 kids that need beds, what do you do?  Putting them in the same room would guarantee misery for all of us.  One day as I was piling more fabric into the upstairs playroom (overflow #3).. I started thinking.  Playroom= bigger....  Playroom not being used except as storage....  see where I am going with this???

Weeks later (took weeks to haul everything out in a huge game of musical mess... I hope the hoarding show producers aren't reading my blog)...  room mostly clear (except for said overflow fabric...). 

Here is my sewing wall -- and *yes* that is sparkley paint!  I have to hang the glow in the dark moon and disco ball (really!), and then the sewing counter will go up.  I want to add some rhinestones to the wall as stars, too. 

So today I am browsing the web (instead of working on sewing room) and I come across this contest http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=9630  to win a brand new shiny Husqvarna Viking s21serger.  Yes, I said shiny!!  My serger is ooooolllllddddd....  yes, old.  I would love to have a super nice new serger to replace it.  All these cosplays need lots of serging  (Elven capes, super hero tights, J-pop outfits, gothic creations....).  A new serger would make things so much easier for me!

 I have space for it, see? 

If you sew... rush over to the above link and enter the contest!  Someone is going to win a fine machine!  Now I have to get back to installing my sewing counter!

ok Mel!
I am in for the back-to-school wardrobe challenge...  I am posting here to remind me, too!

Cosplay Commissions

I've been a lazy poster! 

I am working on a new system of assigning commissions to specific months, and a different deposit schedule.  Stay tuned...

Meanwhile, stay cool!  It is HOT outside...

A couple of pics...

As promised, a couple of live model shots of the Noiz girls...  some borrowed from Facebook:

Noiz costumes --- final

Animazement was awesome~   I finished Kotaro and Yamato cosplays...  I have the unworn outfits pictured here, and when I download images from my camera, I will post pics of them being worn. 

First, Kotaro:

And now Yamato:

Animazement~

What a fabulous time!  Animazement was so much fun!  I will post pics of the completed costumes later today.... and maybe post some pics of the awesome and wonderful costumes I took pictures of.  So many creative people -- and everyone (well, except one person...) was super duper nice. 

I am so tired!

collars...

Kotaro has a 3 part collar -- a slightly standing up silver collar, a wide lapel silver collar, and a blue sailor collar!  I drafted the collars and have been getting them ready to attach.

Here are a few pictures of the steps in assembling the wide lapels:

Sewing on pleather piping is a real pain!!  You have to be careful, as every stitch in the pleather makes a hole in the fabric that doesn't close back up around the thread.  Oh, yeah - did I mention that the pleather piping is attached to another favorite fabric - silver lame' -- woah! slippery fabrics!

This part of the collar is ready to attach!

Here is the top of the costume awaiting the attaching of the collars....

Kotaro... slowly

I decided to just focus on one costume at a time... lol 

Here are Kotaro's leggings.  They attach to the shirt via suspender clips.

I looked and looked for an example of Kotaro's jacket tails.  I finally found a good shot of them in a music video -- they look so much like cicada wings!

Here is the drafting of the 3-piece collar for the jacket.  I have had to make my own pattern for the whole jacket -- the tails, super puffy sleeves and exaggerated collar are just not available in a pre-made pattern... lol

And here is a sneak peek at how the jacket is coming along -- lots of embellishment to do after I get the other sleeve and collar on!