Poe 2010

It was just Amanda and I in 2010, but we still had fun!

I even had a new dress!

I liked how my hair came out. On one side, anyway!

Regency Pumpkin Tea 2010

Stephanie's Pumpkin tea was really lovely!

More pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggie42/sets/72157625252804855/

DragonCon 2010

DragonCon 2010 was all about Lady Gaga Glee!

Glee Season 1 costume

We had a large group do Glee costumes for DragonCon 2010.  It was a lot of fun to throw this together.

Lady Gaga Glee Rachel costume

For DragonCon 2010, my friends and I did costumes from the Lady Gaga episode of Glee. I was "stuffed animal" Rachel.

Though Rachel says that her dad's stapled the stuffed animals on, there was no way I wouldn't be all scratched to hell like that - so I went with tacking the stuffed animals on. This took forever. I got the stuffed animals off ebay - 3 lots of beanie babies and one lot of someone's childhood toys. :-/

I actually really hated making this. Seriously, after my first day of gutting stuffed animals I was nauseated! It's really heavy, actually, despite me taking most of the stuffing/beads out of the animals. Mine's a little longer than hers and after wearing it a few times at DragonCon, things were starting fall off (we have a jumper!). I need to shorten it a bit, and retack things on if I wear it again.

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/badromance.html

Here is our whole group:

Not only did we make the costumes, but we learned choreography!!

Here is one Masquerade vid of us. It's from the side, not the front, so the effect of the line isn't great. Whoever did the tech work on the official one, that got broadcast knew what they were doing because they knew exactly who to focus on and when, like they'd not only seen, but studied the Glee episode.
If we're out of time with each other a bit it's because we could barely hear the music on stage (no monitors?) and if it weren't for the audience clapping...

Also, that stage was wide but really short and it was hard to fit us all in. We had no rehearsal on that stage at all, and were really fortunate that we were able to sneak in and stand on it so we could look at the dimensions. Have I excused it enough?

But this is still cool! We start at 10 minutes in:

Sense & Sensibility Regency gown

I was really inspired by this look worn by Marianne in Sense & Sensibility.

And I found a dotted fabric at Joann's. Even though it's not totally accurate, I thought it would work.  I'm mostly happy with the dress, though it has issues.

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/ssregency.html

My friend Diane and I at DragonCon

Jess and I at Stephanie's pumpkin tea.

self-portrait

Plaid 1840s gown

I wore my black 1840s gown so much I felt like I needed something new.  So once again, I found the perfect fabric from L - some plaid silk taffeta.

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/poe3.html

Pink Striped Linen Anglaise

Most of my gowns are fancy, and I don't have many that are more "every day". And that's ok, I'm not a re-enactor, I'm about swanning around in silk gowns with friends. :-)  But since my friends and I were going to Fort Fred in 2010, I did want something a little less "ball gown".  Once again, I used fabric that L gave me, a pink striped linen.  (She's given me the best fabric!)

Here is the web page for the costume, but there's not a ton of details on it.
http://www.costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/pinklinen.html

Here I am wearing my Patriot hat, and a cap I bought on etsy.

Then I bought a new hat at Fort Fred! (I couldn't resist!)  And the fichu was made by the talented Bjarne/tailordrews.  I just tucked it into my gown to keep it on.

After Fort Fred, I trimmed the gown to make it a little less plain. I also made a striped petticoat to go with it.  At Fort Fred I just wore a plain white linen one.

18th century Green embroidered anglaise

I made this one on a whim because I had some pretty (non-period) dupioni changeable silk.  I started it on 2008, it sat for a while and I finished it in 2009, and then I retrimmed it later on and wore it to a tea in 2010! Hey, at least I redid my wig. I'm way happier with it.

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/greenanglaise.html

My friend Aubry and I.