Isn't she adorable?

Super cute...  Thanks, K, for letting me share your pic. 

scavenging...

One of my favorite things to do is to go to Goodwill looking for costume parts.  Today, I went to two stores, hoping to find things to use as a base for my daughter's Pokemon costume.  Her J club at school is having a human chess match -- and her team's pawns are Pokemon.  She is going as Mightyena (the human version...).

Although I didn't find what I needed for her costume, I did find some fantastic baubles for Rufio's wristbands.  And I found a Nordic Ware octopus cake pan (super cool) for $2.98.   I can't wait to make that cake...

Off to finish cleaning my sewing room and then work on my photography homework...

Rufffffiiioooooo...

... is the next costume.  I am looking forward to this one a lot -- especially making the necklace (I have plans, mwaahhaahaha)....   I have all the fabrics and the garments to re-purpose... and I will be digging in tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um8mMa5w41A

Alice is completed!

Yay!  All done!  I love it -- I hope K does, too!  Here are the last few construction pics.  First up, I am attaching the triangles to the cuffs:

Finished:

next, the sleeves go in:

Then the bow (which I attached to a bow-tie contraption so it is adjustable...)  I used heat-n-bond to make the bow stiff:

All done!  Ready to head out to UPS...

diamonds are a girl's best friend...

I worked hard today on the diamonds for the sleeves of Alice's jacket.  They turned out great -- I love this jacket!   It was a bit difficult to work today, as I had two kids home sick and a sore throat myself.  Here is a picture of one of the sleeves.  I still need to add the wide white cuffs...

Snaps and buttons

Today, I finished up the front detailing on Alice.  I wanted to make the front be able to part a bit at the bottom of the diamond-patterned piece so I made two snapping positions on the bottom row. 

Here is a picture of the back piece of the diamond-patterned front attachment when it is fully snapped onto the coat front.

I finished up the front rectangle and here it is snapped in place (along with 2 rows of white buttons):

Now I have to get ready to teach the last night of my Fiction Writing class for this semester.  Tonight, we talk publishing, agents, and rejections!

topstitching and trimming

Working hard -- I am very pleased with how the points turned out on the triangles.  Wonder Tape is amazing..

Here's where we are, after a few more things done -- topstitching the triangles, the front, etc.  Triangles are trimmed, and overall length is trimmed.  I also narrowed some of the princess seams in the bust area to take out a bit of extra fabric. 

Wonder Tape and sticky fingers

*finally*  -- success in the geometry of points across an an arc. 

First, I marked the points with a water soluble pencil:

Then, I cut out the triangles and tacked them down with Wonder Tape.  I love this stuff -- for pockets, zippers, applique -- anything, really.

 (wonder tape review).

Next, I lined up all the red/white triangles and seams and used Wonder Tape to hold them down.     

                   

Here's another pic of all the triangles taped down and ready to top-stitch!  Woohoo!