Dolly from Luxury Comedy

I've been watching a lot of Luxury Comedy recently, so my friend Alice the Insane and I decided to dress as Noel and Dolly.I made the dress and cut and styled the wig myself, too. The tights, shoes, and belt I found on Amazon and I already owned all of the jewelry and makeup.The dress was a weird thing to make. There's one sleeve, a weird flap in the front, and shoulder pads. I patterned a shift dress and the sleeve using flat pattern drafting. To make the front flap, I cut out two shift dress fronts and sewed one to the back on both sides and the other on only one side. I then cut the top front (the one sewed in on one side) so that the free side slowly came in until it was about five inches from the side seam. Next, I folded over the side and sewed a hem using my machine. I also hand sewed the edge of the top of that side hem onto the side seam so that the flap would fall where I wanted it to.Instead of fully lining the dress, I made a facing to go around the neck and the left armhole.  It's herringbone stitched in place to make sure it wouldn't flip up or move around, and I used it to help keep the shoulder pads in place.I actually really like the dress and might wear it without the rest of the costume sometime. It's a little dressy to wear to uni, and the shoulder pads are kind of a weird element, but I think I can find use for it somewhere.The makeup is still probably the funkiest part of this outfit. I spent a lot of time trying to get it just right, and I ended up needing some help with my eyebrows from my friend on the day of the con.Thanks for reading and Happy Halloween! ? 

Uchi-Con

Hello!Sorry for the lack of posts, I've had a lot to work on! I just finished my portfolio for costume design, which can be viewed right here or by clicking on the link labeled 'portfolio' at the top of the page. Some of the garments are unblogged, but I hope I can put some information about them up eventually.In addition to creating this portfolio, I have been preparing for Uchi-Con, which I went to yesterday. According to ravelry, I have spent about two weeks furiously crocheting hats for this convention.I shared a table with the Mangaka club from our school. They took up most of the table and sold buttons, prints, and commissions. I sold the hats that I had made over the past couple weeks, and I worked on crocheting more items while sitting behind the table.I completed a total of five hats before the convention, and then I completed another hat at the beginning of the convention, making for a total of six hats up for sale. All of the hats were patterns that I free-handed, meaning I didn't use a pattern and just made to fit my head. Three hats were pokéballs, one had cat ears, one had earflaps and bear ears, and the last one had a brim and a pom-pom at the top.Our table was pretty busy, and we often had big groups of people around our table. Many people stopped by to complement my work and to buy buttons.

I had a couple chances to walk around Uchi-Con during the day, and since this convention was kind of small, I was able to stop by every booth (there were about fifteen). I ended up buying a super cute cake charm from Dreaming Wings and a soft pastel barrette from Colour My World Creations. It was really hard to chose!Overall, Uchi-Con was really fun and I loved seeing all of the cosplays and the work that the tables had on display. I would definitely suggest going next year!