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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.
Wore my Final Fantasy white mage to the @gbacg’s Wore my Final Fantasy white mage to the @gbacg’s Luncheons and Dragons event. My adventuring party won the treasure hunt! (I’m not sure I really contributed anything to the quest but I was there for moral support. 😅)

#gbacg #costumeevent #cosplay #costume #dungeonsanddragons #quest #dnd #cosplay #whitemage #finalfantasy #whitemagecosplay
Omg I have sleeves finally! I think that took me 3 Omg I have sleeves finally! I think that took me 3 weeks. Ok, I spent a lot of those weeks avoiding the sleeves and doing just about anything else including my taxes.😆 But they’re done!

Each sleeve has a polyboning understructure, kind of like a late Victorian bustle. Then a mountain of tulle on top, and then the sleeve. The polyboning cage is there to force the sleeve puff to go up instead of out, because the animators drew a sleeve shape that has never existed historically. Because of course. 😅

#cosplayprogress #cosplay #disneycosplay #drizellacosplay #cinderellacosplay #drizellatremaine #stepsistercosplay #polyboning #sleevesupport
The amount of infrastructure going into this sleev The amount of infrastructure going into this sleeve… 😅

#cosplayprogress #cosplay #disneycosplay #drizellacosplay #cinderellacosplay #drizellatremaine #stepsistercosplay #polyboning #sleevesupport
Who has two thumbs and spent all night binding 18t Who has two thumbs and spent all night binding 18th century pockets instead of mocking up sleeves? 🙋🏻‍♀️ 

(Also the binding doesn’t match but it’s what I had on hand. 😅)

#anythingbutsleeves #wellneverberoyals #drizella #anastasia #tremaine #tremainesisters #stepsisters #18thcenturypocket #avoidancesewing
In typical “AJ can’t keep track of anything” In typical “AJ can’t keep track of anything” fashion, I never posted a photo from the lovely tea @freshfrippery organized at Pardee home. I included some additions for #historymirrormonday too. 

#regency #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #regencydress #costume #quiltingcotton #pardeehome
One last hanfu photo from Taiwan. I’m so gratefu One last hanfu photo from Taiwan. I’m so grateful to have gotten a chance to take my family to Taiwan. We had such a great time seeing the sights, eating all the yummy food, and visiting family.  It’s probably going to be a long time before we can go back again and I miss it already. 

📷: Marcus

#linfamilymansionandgarden #hanfu #handmade #hanfuphotoshoot #qixiongruqun #ruqun #pixelphotography #taipei #taiwan
Gazing out of gorgeous windows. I asked @laurenc Gazing out of gorgeous windows. 

I asked @laurencewenyuli for a place to go for a photoshoot in Taipei, and she suggested the Lin Family Mansion which was perfect! The main buildings are currently under renovation but the gardens and side buildings are open. 

If you are ever in Taipei, there is a nearby shop/service that rents hanfu and people wear them into this location quite often. I ended up bringing a hanfu I made, but I have their contact info because I message them for rental prices. DM me if you want the info!

It was unbelievably hot (record highs) in Taiwan the weeks we were there. I was melting in all this poly, but the photos came out gorgeous!

📷: Marcus

#linfamilymansionandgarden #hanfu #handmade #hanfuphotoshoot #qixiongruqun #ruqun #pixelphotography #taipei #taiwan
Did I pack a hanfu on my family trip to Taiwan and Did I pack a hanfu on my family trip to Taiwan and go out for a photoshoot? Of course I did. 😁 

Thank you to my amazing husband for letting me be a weirdo every time we go on vacation and taking gorgeous photos for me. ❤️

I’d thank my larvae too for putting up with my shenanigans, except that they spent the whole time whining about the heat and how bored they were. 🙄🤣

📷: Marcus

#linfamilymansionandgarden #hanfu #hanfuphotography #handmade #taipei
More photos of my hanfu version of Sailor Uranus. More photos of my hanfu version of Sailor Uranus.

📷: Marcus

#sailormoon #sailorsenshi #sailorscouts #hanfu #hanfugirl #hanfudress #sailormooncosplay #enchantedasian #enchantedasianday #jinyiwei #fantasycostume #costumefriendsarethebestfriends #cosplaygroup #hanfucosplay
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June 9, 2021
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September 10, 2020
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