Costume Wonkery, Part The Nth

More costume-wonkery, I'm afraid...

In between working on the *mumblemumble* late comission for a friend, I'm hoping to finally finish the Lucy!Master shirt this weekend. I had to fudge a fix with the shoulder width, but I think it looks alright, in that it looks like a princess seam unless you follow the line of the dart all the way and realize that it doesn't re-emerge from under the "lapel" of the "vest". I'm going to fiddle with the paper pattern as I think I can adjust it so that the de-facto dart is, indeed, moved so that it's 'hidden' in a seam. Now, if I can just figure out how to alter for the bust, I'd be golden... Anything else, I'd just cut a bust dart in at the side, but that really doesn't work for this pattern, so - given my lack of expertise - I think I'm going to have to cut the bust dart into the paper pattern and then figure out how to 'rotate' it out to a seam, the side seam, for preference.

I wish I never had to drop out of that pattern drafting class, dammit. *mutter*

The trousers, even I should be able to whip out in an afternoon between now and Feb 15.

I've got an idea for cufflinks - something very simple involving paint and stickers, really. I'm trying to rein in my tendency to, oh, completely overdo things. But I must have my Ouroboros cufflinks, oh yes.

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But, speaking of overdoing things, the number of folks popping up and saying that they'll be in costume at Gallifrey One has me thinking that whatever I decide to make as a hall-favor this year, I'll need to make a lot of.

I was originally planning to do some cabochon pins/brooches with resin and watch parts (thanks, in no small part, to a timely - ahem - gift from my roomie) but I'm now thinking that I'm going to need at least two-dozen prizes and I don't have the materials for that. I could get convention ribbons, I suppose - Unofficial Hall Costume Award - but, I dunno... I like making something for the hall costumers, as it matches the spirit of what they've done in making/putting together a costume.

It's a shame the Drinks Coaster of Rassilon project proved far too labor intensive for the final result, as that one coaster I turned out does look rather nifty, even with a bit of a fubar regarding the coloring of the leather...

*thinks*

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I madly, desperately want these gloves for Lucy!Master.

I particularly want them because they're unlined. I've a pair of sadly beaten-up unlined kid leather gloves - which I used as shooting gloves, back when I used to go to the gun-range on occasion, believe it or not - and I've learned that there's a significant difference in the look and feel between lined and unlined gloves. Even the poshest, fanciest, Thinsulate-or-whathaveyou lining adds bulk and that's not what I want.

Heck, contrast the picture of the gloves, above, with these lined ones from the same seller.

Whaddya mean, obsessive? I'm simply meticulous!

Besides, I just like unlined leather gloves. So there.

*wistful sigh* Maybe in January...

Meanwhile, the shirt continues apace. I found some great buttons that look even better, thanks to a bit of 'rub and buff' - some nasty chemical goo supposedly used by unethical antique dealers. Whatever, it brought out the detail on the little Asian-ish dragon-motif buttons a beaut. Meanwhile, I have to press where the lining has been put in, handstitch it where necessary and then (oh, lawks) put on the buttons and the buttonholes and I'm done. The pattern expects me to put in hook-and-eye tape, under the buttons, but I'm really surprised that would be necessary. I'm going to try the shirt without that feature, first, and then decide if I need to go nigh-blind sewing in hooks-and-eyes.

Speaking of blind, I'm so tired I can barely see. Bedtime for the fangrrl, I think.