Finished Costume: Batgirl

Dragoncon 2012 Recap!!

My 11th Dragoncon is in the books and it was another great year!

So here’s my little report/pics/whatever you want to call it.
We got into Atlanta Wednesday morning, got checked in and unpacked.

Then we headed to Ikea to pick up some furniture for my parents, then we went and ate at the chicken and waffles place (YUM.)

Thursday we picked up our badges (super fast this year!) and later in the afternoon I put on Slave Leia and did a quick shoot with Gena.

Then I was itching to get out of that so I went and got to put on Wasp! I had never had the whole thing on together so I was excited to see how it looked.

I was really pleased with it. It was surprisingly super comfy to wear. My wig got a little crushed in transit, I resprayed it for when I wore it again Sunday, but don’t have any pics of it from Sunday right now (Chase has a couple but hasn’t sent them to me yet). I do still want to make the wings for GMX hopefully.

We had dinner at High Velocity (only time this year!) and after we got seated I ran upstairs and put on normal clothes so I could actually eat LOL I actually did that a lot this year, despite wearing 13 costumes I spent quite a bit of time in regular clothes.

ok. So I bought these toe-kini things to wear with my heels are they are actually really fabulous and do help a ton. But, they look like tiny granny panties.

So we called them toe-panties.

Chase brought K9 down, and after a while I ran upstairs by myself to put on Romana, forgetting that I don’t know how to tie a tie LOL So there’s some pics of me with it just tucked in and not actually tied, and then some actually tied once I finally found Chase again. (Also, I had it slung around my neck when I left the room, got all the way downstairs and realised it was gone. Had to go all the way back upstairs to find it still up on our floor.)

As for Romana – well, I think maybe Susan Sto Helit in 2003 comes close to Romana for people not knowing who I was dressed as. I’ve never been asked so many times who I’m dressed as and gotten so many blank stares! It would have been better to have worn it during a group shoot or something. The few people who did know were awesome though It wouldn’t have bothered me at all except the shoes gave me a blister. A blister! On the first night of dragoncon!

Awesome Dalek:

FRIDAY!
We got up and I put on Belle!

This little girl was awesome. She came up to get a pic with me, and I said “Hi Batgirl!” and she said, “I’m not Batgirl. I’m Batman!” WIN.

I only wore Belle once the whole weekend, for about an hour and a half Friday morning. I got mobbed. I couldn’t move for people wanting pics, which was wonderful, but wore me out! After that it was just so crowded I didn’t feel like dealing with it again, but she’ll be back next year

One more:

This little Supergirl was soooooo cute!!

I met the Master!

Friday afternoon I put on Batgirl!

Was pretty happy with her! Chase wants to remake my gauntlets – had trouble keeping them closed, and I need to tighten up the chin strap on my cowl, and I think I want to re-do my belt. But all of those were minor, I was really happy with it at the con.
Chase did a photoshoot with me & Jess:

I put on Ms Marvel and we went to the Ryans Army shoot, and then we had to run to our Stan Lee photo-op. It was one of my highlights of this year, got to banter a bit with him when the photographer had to change cards. He’s so awesome.

Then, Friday night dinner gang:

After dinner we put on our Pony costumes!

And we met Uncle Matt!

More pony fun…

SATURDAY!
We donned our Time Lords and headed off to the parade!
Saw this great Brave group on our way!

Couldn’t take pics during the parade, but here’s one of us at the staging area, taken by Todd Dissinger, and one of me by Lionel Lum:

Parade was great but HOT. We skipped the big Doctor Who photoshoot on the steps, and headed straight up the 10th floor for the smaller shots and cooled off. By cooling off I mean we pretty much took our costumes completely off LOL

Here’s a few pics once we put ourselves back together.

After the shoot I was too tired to put on anything major, so I did manage to wear Donna Silence in the Library for a while, but forgot to take any pics. Had some lunch and did some shopping. (We didn’t buy a lot this year, though Lord knows we tried. LOL)

Appleseed:

Then I put on Emma. I wore a slightly different version of Emma this year- I’ve had this white corset for years, so I decided to wear a more classic Emma look. Didn’t wear it long, Chase took some pics and then I went and got out of it.

After dinner (ordered pizza) it was time for Hocus Pocus! It took us a while to get into them and get makeup done, and they were really hot, so we maybe wore them 2 hours tops. But we loved them and had a great response to them!

I put on Ms Marvel for a bit after that and Chase and i wandered around for a bit

SUNDAY!!
Had to get up and get moving for the Wonder Woman photoshoot! I wore my flipflops over there and put the sandals on when we got there LOL
Anyway it was a great photoshoot, it was quick, wasn’t too hot, great costumes, and no milling around wondering what to do.

My velcro started to pop up so I headed back (Chase had gone to a panel), made it all the way to our floor on those stupid sandals before the velcro gave up the ghost and one my eagles fell off (LOL I caught it!)

I put on Donna Journey’s End for some more shopping and lunch. Some sites we saw:

Celeb encounters: Chase got Colin Ferguson’s autograph, and Cath got Sylvester McCoy.

Ash got her pic with John Barrowman (and an amazing hug) and his autograph, too!

We all got into our Time Lords after the masquerade and hung around for a while. Photo by Dalai Mickey:

Then it was girl’s night, I put on Fluttershy again (without the wings since they were getting battered in the crowds), and us girls hang out until everyone was exhausted. More cool things:

Monday we slept late, shopped some more, then went and had dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Tuesday morning bright and early we came home. I was a bit under the weather last week, mostly just tired. Chase however has gotten full blown con-crud and is still sick, he finally went to the doctor today. My poor baby.

Already planning for Dragoncon #12!!

New Costume: Batgirl

A Proper To-Do List

Belle:
Finish styling wig
Make hair decorations
Attach roses

Batgirl:
attach bat to front of belt
put pin back on bat for the cape

Emma:
Cut metal decorative pieces off swimsuit bottoms
make straps for cape

Hippolyta:
Check for any needed repairs

Slave Leia:
check for anhy needed repairs

Argh: Belle and Batgirl

Can dragoncon just be here so I don’t have to keep sewing?? LOL

I’ve almost got Belle done. All the swags are finished, they just need to be attached, and then beading and roses. Here’s a shot from last night.

And here’s my Batgirl belt “buckle.” Along with a bracelet my husband made for me out of one that didn’t work LOL

Costume Updates: Wasp, Batgirl, Belle

We are getting close!!

Group costumes #1:
Totally, completely done.

Group costumes #2:
Need Ash to bring hers back over so I can sew some velcro on.
Cut hoops for it just in case we decide to use them. Still can’t make up my mind.

Wasp:
Chase painted my headphones last night. Should be dry today?
Make black sleeves

Batgirl:
Everything is done except the gauntlets. Finished the gloves yesterday.

Belle:
Finish styling wig
Make hair accessories
dye gloves
decorate shoes
Attach waistband
Attach lower swag
Attach roses
finish beading
Put in zipper

Check Hippolyta, Emma Frost, and Slave Leia for any repairs that might be needed.

Batgirl progress

Yesterday I cleaned my office from top to bottom. It took most of the morning but my office is a much more pleasant place to be now.

I then tackled Batgirl again, instead of Belle like I said I was going to. I finished the boots – the top’s a little more wrinkly than I’d like but at this point we’re going with it. I got all the snaps for the cape sewn on, and the zipper and hook and eye in. The suit is done!

I started on the belt but didn’t get very far. I’m rather stymied by it. I’m going to put it aside this morning and finish some little things on my to-do list (taking up the wasp skirt, hooks and eyes, etc), then go back to the gloves instead, give me a few days to think on the belt…

Batgirl Updates

Got a lot done this weekend.
The group costumes are totally done except for a hook and eye on mine.
Ash’s costume is done except for sewing some greeblies on the bottom.
Cath’s costume needs the front piece sewn in ( can’t do until she comes to try it on on wednesday), sew the trim on, sew the lower sleeves in, and the ribbon up the front. And finish the wig. I also need to make her a necklace.
Wasp needs her headphones finished and the skirt taken up.
My surprise costume is done “enough” – if I have time I’m going to weather it, if not, it’s going the way it is.
Belle needs the shoulder piece finished up and attached, skirt swags finished and attached, a waistband put in, and roses and beads attached. And wig styled.

Batgirl!
I got the cape and bodysuit done this weekend, except for a zipper in the suit, and some snaps to hold the cape in place.
It’s a crappy pic, but here it is,

I started on the gloves. I’m still waiting on my boots so I can make boot covers, and I need to make my belt, and chase is making the gauntlets.

I’m feeling much better about finishing everything after this weekend!

Dragoncon updates: Group Costumes, etc

Still plugging along, but I don’t have much to show since for the past week I’ve been working nonstop on the two group costumes.
One group is completely done except sewing on some hook and eyes and velcro. The other group is about 70% there and my plan is to have it done by Saturday.
That leaves me two solid weeks to finish up Batgirl and Belle.

For Belle:
-Style wig
-Make decorations for the bun
-finish off & attach shoulder piece
-make the rest of the skirt swags & attach
-decorate (i have beads and roses galore!)
-dye gloves

Batgirl:
-finish shoulders and back of suit
-attach bat symbol
-finish cape (lining is cut, haven’t cut the outer section yet)
-make boot covers
-belt
-gloves

whew, just keep swimming

Costume Progress Collage

I made this yesterday and forgot to post it last night. A little collage of everything I’m working on: