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Have you ever created a costume for a convention? Which one?

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What was your experience like?

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    TiWi | | #1

    This year gonna be my first time in creating costume for a convention. I'm very excited about it. But soon I realized that the only sewing machine that I have it's my mom's old machine, so I want to buy a new one, but I don't know which one to choose. If there are any recommendations, you are more than welcome.

  2. user-7502693 | | #2

    MY FRIEND, who really sews for money, on the side, has sewn various pirate costumes with beautiful fabrics; I saw them, they were VERY FABULOUS,HAH. Good home sewers can do wonders with costuming. She showed me a bridal costume she was sewing for a wedding ,and I consider that "a costume", modern and detailed in cream .I think you should be a very good sewer to make plausible adult costumes.

  3. SuperiorLiz | | #3

    Made a costume for a pal of a pal for a Comic Con; now I am not into this realm of things, they brought me some fabrics, and a couple of downloaded pics of the character, plus a commercial pattern that was 'sort of similar'. Thank goodness I researched the costume in the original series some more; the fancy lapels became a massive collar on the back; not shown or hinted at in the pics they gave me. Luckily they did find some Pleather that was "Right" and digging in my stash I found the right shades for the Gown, the Shirt, and the Trousers. Altogether it was ""INTERESTING""; not something I'd want to do again, as the thanks I got were scant. But I have been making costumes since my student days in the 1960's for myself, and more recently for my daughter and son, so I do have more than an average idea of how to fudge things!

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