So, I ordered my the hoodie to convert into my Veser costume about a week or so ago. Two days ago, it finally shipped. Yesterday, I got home and POOF! There it was! I was rather surprised, considering it was sent USPS. And with my history with USPS, I expected it to arrive in two months, and not two days. SO SURPRISED!

On to the important info!

I think the color is PERFECT. It's a Gildan hoodie, and it's their shade called "indigo" which is no where near what I think of when I hear indigo, but whatever. It's a nice, medium greyish blue. The only downside? Zipper not included. Gnarr! I'm already planning to get to work on it, though. I went out today and bought the zipper, thread, and some fabric paint for the gills on the side. I decided this time around, instead of using the Tulip brand paint, I'd see how the inks for screen printers decide to treat me. I have no idea how well the paint's going to work being applied with a sponge brush...but we'll see!

I'm still working on a way to get my Dental Distortions teeth to cooperate with my mouth. I think it's my mouth that's stupid and not the teeth, though. SIGH. I SHALL CONQUER THEM, THOUGH!!

The hoodie's in the wash now, and I may get to work on painting it while I have the time this weekend. I've gotta get Chekov's The Cherry Orchard read by Tuesday, and I've got a recording from Librivox with my name on it! Multitasking, ahoy!

Checklist for myself:
Hoodie- ✓
Shoes- ✓
Belt- ✓
Contacts- ✓
Hair color-
Manpants-
Green tag for manpants-
Shirt-
Goggles-

Finally completed my plushie Christmas present a couple of weeks ago, and since I've finally gifted it to its rightful owner, I can now post photos! YAY!











Her body is suedecloth, hair is felt, face acrylic, and her hoodie is actually remnants of my Adelaide hoodie, with some painted details. She was made using a Deviant Art tutorial and pattern

The box was one of those pressed paper affairs from the craft store, découpaged with bat scrapbook paper inside and painted with acrylics. The design was taken from the "Color Me Surprised" page, and all done by hand.

I'd sewn Adelaide's body months ago, and finally over the Christmas break, made myself finish it up. She was finished while I watched tons of Doc Martin back to back, and then the box was painted while marathoning Veronica Mars. Yes, that is vital information. I'm about 90% satisfied with it, and I prefer looking at it in person than in the photo. Whatever.

Title is taken from Anberlin's song "Adelaide," and our favorite sassy bat is from Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name!


A couple of close ups:


















And one more shot for the fun of it:

Well, the messenger bag got done faster than I thought it would; but that's good, right? This one was super simple, and I used the delightful tutorial over at mmmcrafts.
I'm not sure why I chose a shirt/tie design, I guess I wanted an interesting way to display the pins, and, of course, my brain was like, "LAPELS!" So...yeah. We have this now.


Fabrics used for the main body of the bag was a black twill and a plaid suiting. I did use interfacing on the strap and body. The shirt design was just broadcloth, the tie was some silky black stuff I've had for a while, and some suede cloth for the "skin."













Everything went pretty well, right up until the end, when I was working on removing my HINABN pins from the necklace I'd hot glued them on. Lamont was being stubborn and wouldn't come off, so I got my X-acto knife to cut him out and learned a valuable lesson. You know how they say to cut away from you? Yeah...you should cut away from you. I was trying to slice upwards through the glue, and it gave suddenly cutting upwards through my left index finger. FUN STUFF. Great way to end 2010, too.


 

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