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This is my attempt to add useful content to the interwebs. I haven’t really planned out what I’ll be posting about so this is going to be pretty haphazard and random. =D

Sewing Projects
  • Face Mask
  • Sewing Machine Cover
  • Cat Mermaid Pillow from Spoonflower
  • Cat Head Kangaroo Pocket
  • Patchwork Cat Block
  • Small Needle Book
  • Cat Towel Holder
  • Sofa Caddy
General Sewing
  • Making Super Mario Bros clothing patches
  • Patching clothes
  • How to install invisible zippers
  • Flat lining fabric
Sewing Tools
  • Macaron Pattern Weights
  • Interfacing Tissue Paper Patterns
  • Using Manila Envelopes for Pattern Storage
  • Magnetic Pin Cushion for a Dressform
  • Magnetic Thread Rack
  • Rubber Tubing Cover for Seam Rippers
Costuming
  • Sewing 18th Century Pockets
  • Moana Child Costume Part 1: Painting the Fabric
  • Moana Child Costume Part 2: Making the Top
  • Moana Child Costume Part 3: Modifying the Skirt
  • Moana Child Costume Part 4: Reassembling the Skirt
  • Ball Shaped Hoop Skirt (used for Jigglypuff costume)
  • Notes on the JP Ryan Robe a la Francaise pattern
Other Crafts
  • Turning Pins into Magnets
  • Photo Magnets
  • Free Standing Bird Feeder
Miscellaneous
  • HCC Cosplay Tutorials  – We have a lot of tutorials on the HCC site such as how to do proportioning, basic resin casting, doing mock-ups in muslin, and more.

Instagram

As always, I am hideous at posting real-time. I ha As always, I am hideous at posting real-time. I had a great time at Costume College! I came back inspired and with more knowledge. I took an entire class on just pressing things and it was amazing! I love that I always learn something new when I go to Costume College. 

It was lovely to meet lots of cool new people and re-meet people (cause I’m basically a Dory and can’t remember anything, sorry!), and I finally met people in person that I’d only talked to online. I did also hide in the room a lot because it’s been a long time since I had to people and it was hard. 🤣

I hope everyone else had fun at @costumecollege too!

📷: @creaminibunny

#bridgertonregency #bridgerton #costumecollege #regency #costume #historicalcostume #matchingmasks #latergram
At costume college! Gave my Intro to Hanfu panel t At costume college! Gave my Intro to Hanfu panel to a scary number of people yesterday. Hopefully it was coherent and somewhat useful. 😅

If you’re attending, Judy and I are giving the Cosplay 101 panel at noon!

📷: @allfrockedup 

#costumecollege #hanfu #historicalcostume #costume
Are you tired of seeing fairy photos yet? 😅

📷: @edpingol 
🦋: @hellofaerie 

#enchantedasianday #enchantedasian #hanfu #fairy #faerie #hanfufairy #wings #ruqun #qixiongruqun #hellofaerie
Wishing I was hiding away in the woods today inste Wishing I was hiding away in the woods today instead of stuck at work! 

I love the gorgeous lighting Ed got with these photos.

📷: @edpingol 
🦋: @hellofaerie 

#enchantedasianday #enchantedasian #hanfu #fairy #faerie #hanfufairy #wings #ruqun #qixiongruqun #hellofaerie
More hanfu fairy photos incoming. 😊 📷: @edp More hanfu fairy photos incoming. 😊

📷: @edpingol 
🦋: @hellofaerie 

#enchantedasianday #enchantedasian #hanfu #fairy #faerie #hanfufairy #wings #ruqun #qixiongruqun #hellofaerie
Just got home from an amazing photoshoot with @edp Just got home from an amazing photoshoot with @edpingol. It was so fun and we got some amazing photos. This photo is straight out of Ed’s camera. No editing. How cool is that?!

And now I have lots of fun photos just in time for #enchantedasianday!

Wings from @hellofaerie. 

#hellofaerie #edpingolphotography #photoshoot #hanfu #hanfufairy #hanfucosplay #cosplay #fairy #faerie
Finished days before my deadline. Whut… LOL. I Finished days before my deadline. Whut… LOL. 

I’m not loving how the pleats look when I tried it on so I think I’m going to redo them to be a bit deeper. So much for being done early. 😅

(My dummy is parked in one of our bathrooms because there’s no room for it anywhere else. 😅)

#hanfu #handmadehanfu #qixiongruqun #ruqun #hanfuembroidery #babylockembroidery #ombre #chiffon #pleats
Test run of the cherry blossoms for my ruqun band. Test run of the cherry blossoms for my ruqun band. I really like how it came out! Only a few bobbles to fix… like what happened with those leaves stitching out on top of the flower? 😅

I’m still debating colors... Second image is the band fabric surrounding the blossom I tested a couple diff color combos on. Above it is the dress fabric. The embroidery on the dress fabric is all pale colored flowers, so I think it would be better to match it?

Embroidery was drawn out in Adobe Illustrator, digitized in Stitch Era, and stitched out on a Babylock Spirit using Isacord poly thread. 

#babylockembroidery #stitchera #isacord #machineembroidery #hanfuembroidery #cherryblossomembroidery #babylock
I figured since I had the embroidery machine out a I figured since I had the embroidery machine out anyways I might as well get some fun stuff stitched out. I’ve been wanting to make one of these needle keepers forever but was too lazy. Well turns out I can just buy a design and have my embroidery machine do it for me. Win! Design is from KK’s Quilt Studio on Etsy.

Ok now back to hanfu embroidery digitizing. 

#machineembroidery #babylockembroidery #needlekeeper #embroiderydesign #etsy
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Recent Posts

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