CosLog: NYE Installment #3!

Hello everyone, 

Welcome to some more progress pictures of the beautiful modern victorian dress. I added some new scalloped ruffles on the top part, and tonight I am hemming, sewing and then adding new straight ruffles on the bottom tulle area. 

This is a nice picture of the full thing, it also shows how it hangs which I like. 

This is an upclose picture of the two ruffled layers

This is what I hope it will look like in the end, I have the measurements on here for anyone who was wondering what they were. I would also add ruffles in one layer instead of the two like originally planned

I hope everyone has a great day, stay tuned tonight for hemming, stitching and then trying on! After that we move onto the bodice with boning and awesome corsetness. 

Much love! Happy cosplay!
--Max

CosLog: NYE Installment #2

HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE
ITS LATE AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY PRETTY COSTUME PROGRESS! YAY

This is a picture of the bustled parks put on the dress. Its rather hard to see, and I shall post a better picture later. But I really am liking the sort of trumpet flower look that it is getting and I am contemplating not actually adding the second faux skirt. 

This is the top skirt all bustled up, and in case anyone was wondering, the beautiful gathering (as seen below) was fucking difficult as all get out. And I really hated doing it, but when I got it done it looked awesome.

LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL GATHERING. LOOK AT IT 

That was all the progress made tonight, now it is going on 1:30 in the morning, I am a bit tired and I think I am going to bed. 

Much love! Happy cosplaying

--Max 

CosLog: The NYE Installment #1

Hello everyone!
I hope everyone had been enjoying their summer, planning and building for whatever convention is next for you. I know many of my friends are attending Nan Desu Kan in September, I unfortunately will not be in town as I shall be moving to Chicago in August.
However, college is not going to stop my cosplaying. While I cannot plan for NDK 2014, I will be attending the NDK New Years Eve ball this winter. And that, my friends, is what brings us here today.
May I present to you....
*trumpet noise of victory*
The Modern Victorian Ball Gown Project!

This is the general design for the whole thing. I am going to sew the two skirts together, the one that bunches at the seams and the one that has ruffles along the bottom. This means the bottom skirt will be more of a faux skirt. Both of these will be sewn onto the petticoat pictured below. 

This petticoat is made of a whole bunch of lavender tulle, and is actually the bottom of some dress from some garage sale ages ago. It is being repurposed into a petticoat because it is fluffy as shit. 

This is the fabric that will be used as the fake bottom skirt, it is a cotton blend that is the same lavender purple as the tulle. It will have a contrast against the satin that is being used for the top skirt and bodice. I also know that it will be able to create some kick ass ruffles for the bottom of the skirt. 

The first two panels of the top skirt being pinned together 

This is just a better picture of the beautiful purple satin for the top skirt and bodice. I found it in my room after I cleaned for moving out. There was tons of it so I decided I would use it to make this dress.

Three panels pinned together! 

All four of the panels are pinned together and I am going to start sewing after dinner. The dimensions are about 27" for the top curve, 82" for the bottom curve and right now (before hemming) it is 42 inches long. I plan to have this done before I leave to college in less than a month so I can have it be NYE and not have to worry. I will post more pictures and such after I sew it together and put the ties in so that it will punch properly. The bodice of this dress is going to be separate since the waist of the skirt is so high. 

Much love! Happy Cosplay

--Max