Lady of the Thread's Sewing Basket

Got started on sewing the peacock dress today. The zipper has been put in and the main part of the dress seems to fit fine. I think I should be able to finish the main construction in 2 or 3 more days if I don’t come across any big problems. ^_^

And I decided to take some pictures of my Count D wig and makeup earlier since I had just done my nails. Makeup scheme is based off the manga covers where his nails are always white (they seem to be painted various colors in the anime screenshots I’ve seen) and he often has pink eye makeup. Hmm… My nails still look kind of short in this although they’re about 3/4" now. It’s much more obvious they’re long if you see them from the back. I think when I wear the costume, I might go a shade lighter with the foundation (this is the one I usually wear) since I’m looking at the pictures and it seems a bit off to me with the other makeup. Oh, and the outfit is just an old Chinese dress I pulled out of the closet. Not my actual costume, of course.

“Would you like some tea?”



( A couple more pictures )

Hmm… Otakon hall costume contest info finally went up on their site. I was thinking of entering but I’m not sure if I would be able to now because one of the rules is that costumes which have won a major award at any con are not eligible. So, that rules out not only Youka and Ayame (the two I was trying to decide between before rules were posted) but also older costumes Lili, Tohru, and Renrin. Practically my whole costume wardrobe since I’ve gotten a major award for every costume I’ve used in competition so far. ^_^;; I’m not sure if Terra would qualify for the contest since it’s not a straight recreation but I’ve asked on the Otakon forum to check. If it’s not… Oh, well. *shrug* I was a bit iffy about entering the contest and I suppose sitting it out would mean more time to actually enjoy the con.

Costume progress is going well. Since I last updated, I’ve:

-finished 2 more sequined flowers (7 left to go!)
-sewn 2 scarves
-made a netted fringe on one of the scarves (kind of hard to figure out what to call it; basically, I made long fringes with metallic embroidery floss at 1-inch intervals and then tied adjacent fringes together for 3 levels to create a netting with little tassels at the bottom)
-remade my hair bow in the glittery pink chiffon (I interfaced it with netting to get it to stand up)
-trimmed bangs into my wig (I left them on the long side so I still need to try it on and possibly trim more after checking where they fall relative to my face)

Here’s a picture of the wig and bow. (Lacking a proper stand for the wig head, I usually take the backrest off my swivel chair and stick it on there. XD;)



The wig is the Naomi style by New Look. I ordered it in the color shown the Cosworx site, butterscotch blonde with platinum blonde highlights. I now kind of wish I had just ordered a non-highlighted one; it’s not too bad in the curls but at the top of the wig, the highlights tend to look like white streaks. ^_^; I kind of expected more volume, too, and found the top of the back a bit thin due to how the hair was separated out into curls. But it’s still a decent wig and I’ll work with it.