Something Cancelled, Something New

I started this week off by diving straight in to making a Fembot costume that I should have been wearing to Auckland Armageddon Expo in a few weekends, but alas it was cancelled. (Read about why here).

Super happy with how my Fembot turned out though, and I was especially happy that I got to sew most of it using period appropriate vintage 1960s patterns.

On Friday/Saturday after uploading my video for the week, I began work on a quick little funny costume for my best friends Hobbit themed 30th birthday. I was debating whether or not to be goth hobbit or Gollum. In the end I settled on Gollum because I though it would be most funny.

I made the loin cloth from some brown scrap that I found at the secondhand store and sewed it to an elastic waistband. I wore dance tights on my legs and 3 pairs of stockings on my arms to keep warm. I also painted some Gollum nipples on the skin coloured top (it just didn’t look right without them). I carried a fish with me all night that was filled with lollies. It was a great success.

Before the party began, I was paid a quick visit by Hannah, aka CosplayCyanide who had come up for it. She gifted me two of her old costumes she no longer wanted – Mrs Lovett and Katrina van Tassle.