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Aug. 4th, 2009

Not gonna embroider this

Man, I will NEVER finish this costume if I embroider everything; its totally out of the question until I get an embroidery machine.  No more changing my mind on this issue

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PULLS HAIR OUT

Hand embroidery... why are you so frustrating??  Ugh this is seriously annoying, I need to save up for an embroidery machine

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Aug. 2nd, 2009

More sewing progress =D

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Sewing progress so far. Ignore the nastiness on the bottom of the outside shirt since I will be removing all of that soon. That was originally supposed to be my "inside" vest, but I (obviously) remade it. I just have to figure out what I am going to do with the embroidery now, especially on the collar.

Speaking of the collar, I am not sure I made it big enough. I shall have to ponder this more when I am less sleepy zzzzzzz...

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Sewing

( Pic under the cut )
Ugh, large blurry pic is large and blurry.

So, this is what I have been working on for the past few days and so far, everything is going well.  The white fabric is silk, so I am relieved that it is not a gross reflective mess like most silk cosplays are.

The collar isn't finished yet; I still have to sew in the rest of the red lining so I can sew that down and then sew down the edges of the collar (so it will look more like the sleeves.

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Aug. 1st, 2009

Anime on Youtube

Oh internet revolution, how I love you.

Anyway, Youtube has a bunch of legitimate anime/tv shows up now.  Amongst these anime is Code Geass, which is all the better since I can now learn what all the hype is about without paying for anything... and I have something to watch and listen to as I sew =D

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Piping

Well, for the past few days I have been busy sewing Ezio's middle shirt/vest (I need to think of official names for all these things >>).  So far I have the sleeves and the collar finished, which is not extraordinary aside from the fact that they alone took up two and a half yards of piping.  I bought six packages of white piping and six packages of off-white piping and I am REALLY hoping that its enough to finish the costume.  But by the looks of it, I might need a lot more D=

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Jul. 31st, 2009

Pre-Leatherworking! =D

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Woot!  I made a foamie mock-up of my ezio bracer today and I really like how it turned out.  Can't wait to make it out of actual leather =D

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Jul. 30th, 2009

Note to self...

Use one thread to make everything more precise and use more for couching. 

Beaded couching is a great way to cover up uneven satin stitches.
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Piping piping everywhere

Wow, what is it with Ezio and piping?  I swear, every seam has piping on it - some even have two layers of piping O_o.  I'll probably go through 20 yards of this stuff by the time I am finished X_X.

Anyways, back to sewing - I wanna see how much of this I can get done before WWC since it would be cool if I could have it at a wearable state by then =D

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Jul. 29th, 2009

Garbage Dump

I love how I use this journal as a massive dump for links that I won't use to help with Ezio *sigh*

http://www.pastpatterns.com/ This site would have been useful if they had patterns from around 1486...

http://medieval.webcon.net.au/index.html this site, however, is very useful =D.  Has examples of embroidery from many time periods and regions, including late 15th century Italy =D
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Note to self...

... use only one strand of embroidery thread while doing a herringbone stitch
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Jul. 28th, 2009

Phoenix Stencil

http://abrokenbullet.deviantart.com/art/Ezio-Phoenix-Stencil-131266621

Bird stencil - Finished.  Now I have to make the thing

Michelle convinced me that I should embroider everything instead of using the trim.  I was a bit concerned because the silk kept on wrinkling, but I am going to see if some interfacing will solve this problem.

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Maybe embroidery isn't the way to go...

The more I look at trim, the more I want to use it instead of my embroidering

http://www.trimfabric.com/lt-505.html
http://www.trimfabric.com/lt-4.html - LOVE this lace!  It's soooo pretty
http://www.trimfabric.com/lt-240.html - this one is cool, although totally useless for Ezio
http://www.trimfabric.com/ap-74.html - Might be interesting for the collar
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Most Epic Movie-Marathon-As-I-Embroider Day

So, I get to hand embroider me some trim today, and that means one thing...

I get to watch a LOT of movies

On the movie line-up for today is...
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Shrek
Shrek 2
Kill Bill
Kill Bill Vol 2
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve (maybe)
Amadeus
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Lets see if I can get through all of those today hehehe

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Jul. 27th, 2009

Sweet Trim!

http://www.mjtrim.com/Catalog/Product/79/00508/00508.aspx <- This could be some sweet Ezio trim if complete accuracy isn't an issue, especially since it comes in both black and gold O_o

http://www.laceheaven.com/
This site also has some sweet trim.  Makes me want to not embroider any of this stuff and just buy trim for everything...

...nah, mind as well embroider it
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Stencil Day - 2009

http://abrokenbullet.deviantart.com/art/Ezio-Trim-131096560

Wow, I am surprised that I actually pulled out my tablet and drew out a proper stencil!  Working on the larger bird design atm, should have that up soon.

http://www.mjtrim.com/

Also, the site posted above makes custom printed ribbons (they sell lots of other trim/embellisment-type things as well).  I don't really plan on using these ribbons myself, but they are rather interesting...
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Silk nomnom

Yesterday I went to Vogue, and splurged on the silks and wools that will constitute my Ezio costume.  Fabric status: complete

Now I just need to figure out what I am supposed to do with the embellishments and embroidering.  Should I custom embroider the designs on, or should I look for a trim that resembles the same pattern that he has...  Hmm

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