The final part of our Craft Table Chats. We’ve talked about the creative process, blogging and social media, our highlights 2014, and now we look ahead to 2015. … More Craft Table Chats – Looking Ahead to 2015 (and the Year of the Ram)
In the penultimate Craft Table Chat we pause to reflect on what stood out for us in 2014. … More Craft Table Chats – Looking back
I have received a couple inquiries about making an Ezio costume for children. While I don’t have a pre-made pattern (for children or adults), here are some (untested) suggestions for a couple commercial patterns and online tutorials that will help you with the basic shapes. Some pattern adjustments are required, but hopefully it isn’t too complicated. First of all, … More Assassins Creed Costume for Kids
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for each WordPress blog. I thought it would be a fun follow-up to yesterday’s discussion about blogging and community engagement. Click here to see the complete report. I like their visual representation of the year-end report. Seeing how often (or not) I post. HA! There … More 2014 in review – WordPress Blog Stats
Craft Table Chats Pt 2 – we talk about blogs, social media, business branding, and communities. … More Craft Table Chats – Blogs, Insta-updates, & Community
Sewcialists and cosplayers share thoughts on their craft, inspirations, and challenges. … More Craft Table Chats – A Creative State of Mind
It is finally happening! I am making my long-awaited Mulan costume. … More I’ll make Mulan out of you!
I consider myself a highly competent seamstress. But a prop-maker or armor-smith? Not so much. Leliana is the first costume I’ve wanted to make that required armor. A cosplay panel at ECCC with Yaya Han helped to dispel the mysticism of cosplay armor (until that day I had never heard of worbla), but I was still intimidated by the material. My friend … More Leliana’s Leg Armor – Working with Worbla
When I made this shirt almost 3 years ago I had to take it in at the back bodice darts to prevent the front collar from gaping inappropriately. At this point I was not accustomed to altering patterns. The pattern sizes range from size 10-22. In hindsight, this New Look 6104 pattern should have been graded … More Updating a Me-Made Shirt
Now that I have started playing Dragon Age Inquisition, I know that Leliana occupies her time behind the scenes with secrets and agents. She does get to join a few missions and I recently played through “In Hushed Whispers” quest which Bioware featured last summer in game-play demos. Even if her bow is used infrequently in … More Leliana’s Bow – my first prop!
The Fabric Alchemist 