Past Works - Historical

This gown is based on a few different gowns worn by Elenora di Toledo. I originally made it for our group's 

"12th Night" event last winter, but have since then worn and continued to add on to it. This gown is still currently making the convention and event circuit. I have to give huge amounts of thanks to my friend Jess, because without her this never would have been finished on time (she especially helped out on the sleeves, but also with fitting the bodice, especially for my shoulders).

The dress is made of a red on red brocade, and the bodice is double lined with twill and duck canvas. The bodice has a solid steel stay in the center front, a couple of pieces of spiral steel at the side-back seams, and one piece of solid steel in the back. For the rest of the boning in the bodice (for which there is a lot)  I used 3/8 inch wide cable ties. I would never have thought that method would work for me (I'm kind of chesty) but it does work. 

The trim is wide black velvet ribbon, sewn double, topped with an antique gold lace-like trim, that was also sewn double to make it extra wide. That is then studded with white pearls, on both the bodice and the skirt. The sleeves are matching fabric and trim, with white puffing that is trimmed out with black glass beads. The partlet is a semi-sheer chiffon that is embroidered with small vines and flowers. The neck ruff is something like

12 yards of white rose-shaped lace that is cartridge pleated to a muslin base that ties in the back with ribbon. Covering my hair is a snood, which is not really appropriate for this period (or rather, the type of snood I'm wearing is not), but my hair is short and hard to work with, so I used it anyway. I am also wearing a period appropriate shift under the dress, but that can't be seen (hehe).

I think this took about two and a half weeks to put together, total.

A huge thanks to Deathcom Multimedia for the wonderful photo.

  

Past Works - Ciel Phantomhive

This is a more recent work, from this past June. The character is Ciel Phantomhive from the series "Kuroshitsuji".  This particular version is from season 2, when Ciel and the crew were invited to a Halloween party and Ciel dresses as a pirate. I never finished the coat, but given that I wore this in June, I'm glad I didn't have the coat - it was warm.

I am wearing a chest binder to appear more male. Its surprisingly comfortable, a lot more so than the ace bandage binding that I did earlier cosplay years. The shirt is just simple while muslin, with the cuffs being a white cotton lace. The pants are a charcoal suiting with a zipper on the side. The red sash is peach skin, which is one of those fabrics that I always hope I'll never have to work with again, but always do. XD  The wig is from Arda Wigs.  

Past Works - Outo World Sakura

I think I'll start off with some of my past creations that came out well before getting to all of my current things (because if I start with the current, we'll never see my past works).

This costume / character is Princess Sakura from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. The particular costume (she has many throughout the series) is referred to as "Outo World". In that particular set of chapters / episodes she was working as a waitress in a cafe.

I really loved how this costume came together, especially the collar. It was the first time I'd ever worked with peachskin (the apron and collar are both made of it), and it was also a first on doing scallops. It was almost my first time drafting a pattern from scratch (the collar). This costume won "2nd Place Journeyman" at Setsucon.

As always, a big thanks to my friend "Patches" for the lovely photo.

Introductions

Welp, I hate introductions; I never know what to put down, but I suppose if I'm going to post here, I should write a little bit about myself. My name is Kassie. This is me.

I'm 26, and as you can probably tell, sewing is a big hobby of mine. I intend to use this blog to post finished photos of all the things that I make; mostly because I realized that I don't have anywhere to do that. I use LJ to talk about my day to day stuff, and tumblr is just for reposting things and losing hours of your life.  Neither one is really a good place to organize a sort of album for photos of the things I sew, be it clothing, costumes, or quilts. Hence the start of this blog.

If you decide to follow along, I hope you enjoy what you see. :)