So, it all started when I got a text from my mother: And then I had an idea. Head canon time. Steve Rogers gets the serum in 1943 and we know makes it to 1944. Sometime before the end of the war in 1946, his plane goes down. What we don’t know is everything Peggy does during the war, before and after Project Rebirth.

Photo by Try'n'Fly Photography Most of this outfit was scrounged and things that already existed in someone's closet. The skirt was a Land's End wool skirt I found on eBay that actually didn't need any alterations at all. Photo by Try'n'Fly Photography I already owned pretty perfect shoes already and the shirt was straight out of my husband's closet. The tie, which I've already replaced with a better version (see below for new tie look), came off Amazon for nothing.

This was the first Original Design I did once I got into cosplay. This is a costume I planned for quite a while and  a costume that I really am proud of. I’m not really sure how you can manage an original design and not plan for a while, but that’s another story. This one goes like this: I love Harley Quinn.

If you had told me that the first crazy quilt square that I would ever finish would be cosplay related, I would have laughed. Before all my hobby time was related to cosplay, I did a lot of things, but quilting was high up there in terms of what I did. I wanted to do crazy quilting, but just never found the time or the right project.

By the time Season 2 of Agent Carter aired, I was ready for the hype of new costumes. This dress actually showed up at the end of the first episode of Season 1, but they used it for the Promo of Season 2, which is what I always associate it with. I wasn't originally going to do this dress yet, but then my roomie (the lovely DZ cosplay- go follow her!) for Starfury: The Ultimates decided to do the Dottie outfit from this promo shot.

Most of this information was originally posted on the Imperial Officer forums, but since Photobucket kicked the bucket most of the photos have disappeared. I figured you all would appreciate hearing about it anyway, so here goes. I’d been wanting another Star Wars costume for a while, one warmer than Mara Jade by preference for trooping in. I'd love to do Ahsoka, but right now I just can't afford the lightsabers and I'm not willing to do her without them.

It seems almost a crime that I've been re-posting this blog for so long without a single post dedicated by my Best Girl yet. So today, in honour of Walk Like Peggy Day, we're changing that. Peggy's suit is definitely one of the most distinctive pieces in her wardrobe, and no, it isn't just a blue suit off the rack, sadly.

When I came up with this idea, it sounded simple, like so many do; bracers made of leather, hand embroidered with beautiful patterns in a similar color. While I have sewn leather for projects, I've never embroidered on leather before and was leery of just trying my same old tricks with it. So I researched. Unfortunately, most of what's out there on the web primarily related to machine embroidery on leather.

The post reflects on Kainko's Corner's journey of creating a Wanda costume, emphasizing the creative process over strict screen accuracy. They repurposed items from a charity shop and added personal jewelry with sentimental value, enhancing the connection to the character. The experience highlights the joy of cosplay and self-expression.

So this is the project that I completed that inspired me to actually create my blog originally. Its been hanging on my wall since somewhere around 2011. TIGER CROSS STITCH Its from a kit- 'Blue Eyes' from Kustom Krafts. I started it in January 2010 and finished it, by sheer determination, before the end of January 2011. I probably could have done it faster, but various stresses and classes and other projects conspired to delay it. 

ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

Kainko's Corner shares their experience creating Devoré fabric for a cosplay project. They outline the materials and steps needed while emphasizing safety precautions due to the caustic nature of the process. The results are unique and satisfying, though achieving precision can be challenging. Devoré is presented as a fun, creative method for fabric crafting.

I wrote about the most complex part of this costume, the jacket, a few weeks ago. But here is the rest of the costume breakdown. Costume Incidentals Fabric Choices Fabric is always a stickler for me and most of my costumes only come about once I've finally found the right fabrics as I'm so bloody picky. I got lucky and got some of the screen accurate jacket material, which I believe is now sold out.

In 2012-2015, I was heavy into my cross stitch era. I did a lot of cross stitch, some of which still hangs on my walls to this day, but I was also a part of a community called Sprite Stitch. Sprite Stitch did a yearly charity quilt, and I was desperate to contribute. One of the things I've always loved is the lovely title screen of the Secret of Mana which I adored playing and spent countless hours with my brother fighting over (hi bro!).

Photo by @Youshotmedown_Photography SNOW WHITE - THE JACKET There are some costumes that fall into place without you really realising it, and others, like this, you have to plan for, bleed, sweat, cry, give up a few times, and then eventually finish. I knew I wanted to do Snow White pretty quickly into starting to watch Once Upon A Time…

In 2011, my hometown burned for the second time in my lifetime. I've been thinking a lot about it with the Los Angeles fires that, at the time I'm writing this are still not fully contained. My heart goes out to those communities, as I know the all too feelings well. And what I remember most is how nobody who doesn't live through it understands it and every news agency and well wisher seems to get the wrong take.

As part of my old blog dying, I have had some queries from those who used previous guides I posted on when those were coming back. This is the first of those, as it is the one that has been asked about the most. Where needed, I have updated it with additional information, although tbh it stands up well. I do intend on re-posting most, if not all of my former blog's tutorials, as time goes on.

On my old blog, I had a post that I kept up to date of where to go to find fabric and notions in Dublin, Ireland. Over the many years of blogging, I attempted to keep it up to date, which was diffi…