Lady Fifi MacFoufster, captain of the pirate ship, the Purple Prose, writer of overwrought words, wielder of the poisoned pen, mixer of metaphors, and defender of the serial comma! About 2am the night before I first wore this, I invented the persona for this costume. Seemed appropriate, being that I’m a writer and editor by
Done! With one week to spare. Trimmed up the coat today, buttons and silver braid. Very flashy and Hollywood. Used up almost all the buttons and trim too. Even put buttons above the center-back vent. It just looked cool, even if means I can’t sit back against a chair in this coat. The price we
My pirate lady costume is so goddamned girlie! It’s Foufy McPouftster. It’s dandy, it’s fey, it’s don’t-you-think-I-look-good-in-this-hat. Jack Sparrow would laugh me right off the gangplank, but he might want to shag me speechless first. Well, no, there’s not enough cleavage for that 😉 But it is the least “AAAARRRR” pirate you can imagine. It’s
This skirt is hella cool, but it’s kicking my ass. All the hand sewing! My eyes are blurry, my back aches. Last night, it was sewing the pleats to the waistband. Tedious as all heck, especially since I made the pleats probably a smidge too small. The skirt’s pleated edge ended up being exactly the
Cartridge-pleating while mildly intoxicated is fun! The stitches might not be even, but they aren’t when I’m stone cold sober either 🙂 The gingham trick is actually more of a pain in the arse than just eyeballing the stitch length. Dunno if I’ll bother again (but I have yards and yards of gingham strips all
In record time, I finished the Lady Pirate Jacket Mark 2.0. Probably started sometime after 3pm yesterday, worked on it till midnight, and started again today, about an hour and a half before the game. Finished the hem and tacked down the collar in between periods of the Sharks game. Looks pretty good, if I
And not just because I sewed the collar in upside down. Well, ok, mostly because of that. But also because of my asinine attempts to modify this men’s Colonial coat pattern into a more fitted, girlie pirate coat. The side darts are all fucked up — but I thought I cover the front with silver
Made a muslin of the jacket. Added big darts in the front, modified the shoulder and armscye all to heck. But it seems to fit in a more ladylike fashion, which is the point. Started sewing it up in the velvets. Looks… well, the front darts look weird. But trim should distract. Bonus, I found
I braved the ginormous mess that is The Stash and was duly rewarded. The 3 yards of purple velvet coordinates beautifully with the 6 yards purple and black flocked suiting! That velvet should be enough for the pirate jacket, which takes 3.3 yards, but the pattern I have (McCall’s 2258) is a man’s jacket, and
I should never have mentioned my vague Georgian riding outfit/lady pirate idea because now a friend wants me to join her in being all piratey on Sunday at BayCon. Heh, this is not really a problem, per se. Just a challenge! Can I whip up something from scratch in the five weekend days available to