Costume-Con 42 – Saturday photos
Photos from the Science Fiction & Fantasy competition (both during the show and fan photography after). The photos are in no particular order.
Costume-Con 42 – Friday photos
Photos from the Single Pattern competition (both during the show and for fan photography after). The photos are not in any particular order.
Costume-Con 42
We attended Costume-Con 42 (CC42) over March 29 through April 1st, which was held in Aurora, Colorado. This was the successor to Costume-Con 39 which I co-chaired in 2023. The dates/numbers were scrambled with the pandemic, CC39 was… Read More
Making Drapes
It’s been years since I last made drapes, but the back-light in my office has become a problem as we do more video conferences. So, I need drapes that will help balance the lighting in the afternoon. I… Read More
The best camp shirt pattern
Stephen loves his hawaiian shirts, and we have a couple of friends who wear them a lot as well. I thought, since we had a couple of trips to Hawaii this year with CSA, that I would try… Read More
1920s Tier-rific Ensemble
I picked up this Decades of Style pattern a few years ago, and never got around to making it. But this year’s Partnership meeting event theme is Chicago Mafia/Roaring 20s. As is usually the case, I needed to… Read More
Worldcon 77, aka Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon – Part 2
The Masquerade We started on Wednesday afternoon with a tour of the CCD Auditorium, and had a chance to meet the professional staff. We verified our plans (made from afar with just drawings of the auditorium), and solidified… Read More
Props: Chimney Sweep
This year we decided to be “old school” characters from Mary Poppins for the Oscars party. Most of the pieces were just assembling items from our closet. But there were two key things we needed — the Chimney… Read More
Worldcon 75 – a trip to Helsinki, part 4 – The Masquerade
Here we are, the big event for me, the Worldcon Masquerade. I’ve been working towards this since before we got into town. A Worldcon Masquerade is a major stage event, just like a play or musical. Except that… Read More
Oscars 2017
This year, we decided on our costumes fairly early: Dr. Strange for Stephen and Jyn Erso for me. I started making Stephen’s costume before Halloween and the first of November partners meeting, which was themed “SuperHeroes” (I wore… Read More