NDK (and PAX) Costume To-Do Lists

2012-07-25T19:13:59Z

Clow Reed
~~NDK COSTUME SIGN-UPS - GO LIVE ON 8/18/2012, Noon MST~~ 8/20 - Signup Confirmed, yay!
Progress:
7/21-22 - Cut out all base robe pieces, pants, shirt, and mapped out new pattern pieces for modified over layer
7/23 - Cut out remaining accent pieces for cloak (blue bits)
7/24 - Started shirt assembly (classroom), completed mariners compass halves (including topstitching), pressed and pinned gold border for compass halves
7/25 - Skived off work to sew. Mariner's compass set into gold and blue borders. Body/under layers of both lining and main material put together. Lining for overlay assembled. Overlay pieces and accent pieces labeled and separated. Test for back embroidery and painting done.
7/26 - neck, edge, and tip accents attached to front overlay panels
7/27-8/4 - Hauled ass on all sorts of finishing on the cloak.
8/5 - cloak complete except for white neck accent, top finished completely
8/6 - pants assembled
8/7 - overlocking and seaming on rest of pants seams
8/10 - elastic into pants waist, planning to add a cuff at the ankle to tie in with the costume and to add some length
8/12 - Redrafted McCalls 4645 and previous modifications of it for Clow's coat. Started sketches for jacket back detail and lower hem embelishments.
8/15 - Classroom. Cut all yellow facing/trim strips and coat pieces.
8/17 - Drafted design for asymentric star portions for back tails of jacket.
8/18 - Pieced back point insets, set aside until yellow trim was on.
- Sketched, embroidered, and appliqued center back sun and moon.
- attached all yellow trim/facings at outer hem
- mitered corners and angles of yellow facings
8/24 - bought tassles and piping for jacket, started to top stitch yellow facings/trims. Trimmed down point insets and positioned in alignment with yellow and piping.
8/26 - assembled collar with piping, finished tacking down lower jacket trim, then found out the collar looked horrible and went to sleep
8/27 - managed to fix jacket collar to the point of not-quite-so-failing
8/28 - panicked, spun in circles, then worked on unrelated T-shirt things.
8/29 - finished tacking down lower jacket stars, sleeves attached
8/30 - Printed Shirts for Green Jello Cosplay, Packed
8/31 - PAX - Assassin Day
9/1 - PAX - RT and Aquisitions Inc. Day
9/2 - Fly to Denver, Drive to Ft. Collins, unpack
9/3 - Hiked and puzzled with family, napped, saw Julie at night.
9/4 - Hung out with Mik, finished Jacket cuffs
9/5 - Stayed home. Made piping and cording, finished pants cuffs and fasteners/frogs for jacket
9/6 - cut and attached robe collar! Ordered new boots. Rehersed for walk on. A lot.

To Do:
-create/attach belt or sash
-shoes
-tighten frog loops
-rehearse walk on more

-~~assemble cloak lining~~ 7/25
-~~test for back design~~ 7/25
-~~enlarge back design to approx 19" across~~
-~~create back design (applique, embroidery, and paint)~~
-~~complete shirt~~
-~~assemble cloak outer layer (complete designs first)~~
-~~Assemble pants~~ 8/7
-~~draft jacket pattern~~ 8/12
-~~cut out jacket pieces, assemble~~ 8/15
-~~bobbles and tassels for jacket~~ 8/24
-~~finish Jacket - yellow cuffs with piping~~ 9/4
-~~finish pants - choose band color for bottom, need extra length (yellow with blue piping?)~~ 9/5
-~~cut/attach white collar accent on cloak~~ 9/6

Mycroft Holmes
To Do:
-modify/cut jacket pattern
-modify/cut slacks
-purchase or pattern button down
-modify/cut vest
-purchase umbrella (plain black, wooden handle)
-hair gel
-tie/pocket square

Eveline Guerra (The Corsair) [As of 8/28, planned for AkiCon 2012]
Progress:
March - Corset re-drafted, cut, and assembled

To-Do:
-binding, boning, accents, and fastenings on corset vest
-cut out dress/shift
-cut out pants
-sash/belt
-modify and cut coat pattern
-purchase hat
-create head scarf
-hair cut and colored
-boots
-ganuntlets/armor bits
-gloves

ETA:
As of 8/11/2012 I am also considering Order of the Stick cosplay. This is just a theory.

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NDK (and PAX) Costume To-Do Lists