Sewing and illustrations

We attended a fantasy ball over the weekend hosted by loremakersevents. It was beautiful, fun, and so welcoming. It was also my first time visiting Louisiana, and we will definitely be going back.

I completed the last touches of our outfits Thursday night, and we packed everything Friday morning and hit the road to Lake Charles. The drive was long, but we had the perfect playlist and snacks. The majority of the drive was through Texas.

Working on some matching outfits for an event. The deadline is around the corner, but I'm almost done. I've made a mistake on his tabard that's not fixable unless I start it over, but it's also not noticeable or structural. So I'm going to say fuck it and move on.

I've had a busy end of year. I started November at Hynafol! My very first larp event. I mostly kept to myself and my guild for the first half and began branching out towards the end. Which is how I usually function in new situations. I met a lot of interesting and kind people while I was there. I'm already making plans for next year!

Of course, I made all my costumes for the event.

I also managed to make a small amount of coin-selling doodles while there. I have big plans to open a shop next year to offload some sewing projects and maybe sell some more caricatures.

Took a few pictures, a few hundred, for my Halloween project. I haven't made any edits to any of the pictures. The plan is to get all the costumes made and shot, then sit and make any edits needed.

This year, I'm working on a swamp witch outfit for my Halloween series. 6 days of witches, maybe 7 if I'm feeling adventurous. I'm recycling this witch hat because I did not like it initially. I made it last year and never wore it due to a bunch of errors I made trying new ways to make a witch hat.

I added a thicker wire to the brim of the hat and some craft foam to the cone, and it's much nicer, but since those fixes were added after the hat was made, it's sloppy and just not something I'll wear frequently. So EMBELLISHMENTS have been added to give this hat a nice swamp-witch feel. I have some mushrooms that need painting then gluing and then I'll be ready for pictures this weekend!

These stays are getting a lot more wear than I thought they would. I made them a little small so they aren't the most comfortable. I've since remade these in a different fabric and a little bigger for a better fit but I always return to these white ones. The pattern is just so delicate and cute. I followed the Ikea bed sheet trend and made these stays with an Ikea pillowcase.

Recently played dress-up with a few friends at a local park. The park was gorgeous and had these little ponds? creeks? small bodies of water. So it was a great spot to get some fantasy shots in our renfaire garb even though our neighborhood fair has ended.

I'm dusting off my Katrina dress. I want to do some picnics in the park near my house and this dress just seems like the best option.

Had a good day at Sherwood Forest Faire. Of course, I made my outfit, I like adding little trinkets and bits from the shops.

I'm not good at keeping up with blogs but I am still making costumes! The most recent is this green fairy. The design is not complicated but it is made from slippery materials. I had to work slowly to keep the fabric from sliding around or snagging on things. The fabric also frays like crazy so I had to finish all the seams and there are a lot of seams in the skirt. Luckily I have a serger so the seam are finished just not very pretty, haha. The wings were purchased on Etsy.

I wasn't able to do 13 days of Halloween. There was just entirely too much life happening and I stopped at 6. Here we have day 5: a hobbit and day 6: a green Aes Sedai. Both costumes were made by me. This was a lot of fun and since I made all the costumes I still feel very accomplished, although I only made it through half the list. There's always next year but I'll plan for 6.

Sewing all those costumes was fun but also stressful. Putting a deadline on creative for fun takes some of the fun out but I ended up with a lot of fun pieces I can mix and match. I also got better by the end and a bit faster. The leap in skill helped me with my November sewing.

November was a mad dash of sewing to get ready for The Texas Renaissance Faire. I started with that green coat. Using a dress pattern I made it a bit bigger to accommodate long sleeves if I needed them and shorter in the front so I could walk without having to carry it. I added a scarf with an attached hood. I didn't think a hood attached to the coat fit the vibe of the coat but the scarf made the look very elegant. Overall the coat was a success.

For the second day of the faire, I made matching gnome outfits for me and my partner. He's not pictured but he matched mine. Everything in the gnome picture of made by me! The hat, stays, shirt, skirt, overskirt, and even the belt is upcycled by me, and the Christmas pins I also glued together for this look. It was a lot of fun putting these outfits together.