Finding Sanity

Well, guys, convention season is over for the year, and I have to say I'm pretty relieved.  There's one more I could technically go to, but having just survived two cons in one month, no thank you. 

That said, my costumes were a  rousing success:

Right: Me, as Codex from The Guild

Left: Felicia Day, the real Codex from The Guild

I'm in ur base.

Both costumes posed their own unique sewing challenges.  Codex involved my first corset, and was patterned completely from scratch.  The X-Wing pilot should have been pretty straightforward, as it is ground that many have tread before, and 34 of the people who have tread said ground live in southern California.  However, and this is the ongoing problem with pieces I'm still trying to acquire, everything about the costume is too big for me.  I tailored that suit down substantially so it would not be a gigantic baggy mess, the flak vest is  2/3 the size of a standard flak vest, I'm not even wearing the compad I purchased because it curves too wide and makes my beautifully tailored sleeve poof out in really strange ways... yeah.  I'm really proud of how what I've finished has come out, but I've still got a ways to go.

So, back to normal clothing sewing right?  Well, yes, sort of.  I certainly want to put these costumes down for a little while, though the X-Wing might get a weekend where I just pound the last details out.  But any sewing this month has to be worked around National Novel Writing Month.  I'm on track after day 1, may likely get way off track, but could still come around for a big finish.  I definitely wrote 10k in a day once last year, so anything is possible.

On the docket for the next couple of weeks, though, are my Clover pants mockup, and a Sorbetto top.  I'm getting bias binding and maybe some buttons for the top this weekend, so we'll see how that goes.  I expect the top, at least, will be quick and easy.  The pants are going to require a muslin and adjustments, so that will be an exciting new adventure. :)