New Simple pattern to pass the time!

Since I've been procrastinating really badly on my Digimon pattern, I made a quick pattern for the sake of posting something! It's the Unversed symbol from Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (which I finally beat!! WOOT WOOT!) This didn't take long to make, and I can't wait to both sew it and perler bead it! I don't really have anything else to say tonight, other than Matt and Gabumon will be done eventually, until then enjoy!

Perler beading and progress

So this past weekend, my sister got a huge set of perler beads, which I honestly hadn't played with since grade-school, and I've literally been spending all my free time playing with them! I've made quite a few of Missy-Tannenbaum's patterns, and a couple of my own (really small ones, the rest were too big).

To start off I'll post the first few I made! Vincent, Kurama, and Hiei (By Missy-Tannenbaum). I made Hiei first as he's one of my all time favorite anime characters, and then I made Kurama and Vincent for my sister.

Next is the Nobody and Heartless Symbols from Kingdom Hearts (my own patterns)

Next is a Goomba from a pattern I found on Deviantart...I can't remember the creator's name right off, sadly, but it's really cute!

Then i made my favorite Avengers!~ Captain Steve Rogers and Tony Stark! (By Missy-Tannenbaum)

And Finally I made Squall and Zell from FFVII (By Missy-Tannenbaum)The details on their faces (ie. Squall's scar/Zell's tattoo) were drawn on in sharpie.

And now some sewing progress, Aqua's on her way to being done, but thanks to perler beading I haven't been working on her near as quickly.

I'm sure I'll have beaded quite a bit more by the time I post again, haha it's like an addiction, so much fun!

I'm back from the Con! And I have progress on Aqua!

I really should have done this update sooner, but I'm always sort of lazy after the con for a week or two. There were so many pretty costumes, and I had a lot of fun seeing my boyfriend!

Anyway I'm sure you want to see some pictures! First off here is our Bleach Group!

This one is of my Mother as Integra with a Seras cosplayer

And the one I'm sure you've been wanting to see, Chernobog! If you have construction questions, click this link! There are details in the description. http://kakashi-copycat-kun.deviantart.com/art/The-Master-of-Night-Chernobog-413017047

Now that the con spam is over, Here is some WIP of Aqua! I think I'll have her finished soon <3

Until Next time (which will hopefully be soon and with a new, finished pillow!)

Costume pics and some bloopers!

First off I suppose I should explain why I'm making a post without a pattern or some cross stitching done...I've been in full on convention mode, as the con is only 16 days away, and we just had skit practice this Saturday. (by we, I mean Logan, Alicia, and I) It was a lot of fun, and we even recorded some of our rehearsal (though I can't post that until after the contest, I don't want anything getting leaked :P).

On another note, I finally got around to throwing the majority of my bloopers from my Reno CMV together in a video that I thought I'd share with you. I have this as a warning in the actual video, but if you don't appreciate swearing and dirty humor, don't watch it. Anyway, here's that video!



And now I think I'll have to put in some of the pics we took while rehearsing. I'd love to post them all, but then this would just be one HUGE post.
This first picture is of me in my Hichigo cosplay without my make up on. The sword I am holding was carved out of insulation Styrofoam and sanded down into a blade, then painted.

This next picture is of Alicia in her Ichigo cosplay (with my sword strapped to her back)

And this one is of Logan in his Tensa Zangetsu cosplay.

And now I'm just going to put some fun pics here at the bottom for you all to enjoy!

The little girl here at the end is Logan's little sister Rakel, she's almost 4 years old, and had a ball playing with us all!

A new Vlog! And Gabumon's done, on to Matt!

First I'd like to embed our latest Vlog update

The lighting isn't flattering at all, and I look really pale and tired (which I was, and the lack of makeup didn't help) but anyway, here it is. The Audio is off sync too which bothers me, but oh well.


Also I finished making Gabumon finally, and will probably take a bit of a break from that pattern before working on Matt. Staring at a bunch of squares on a screen for too long hurts my eyes X( . Anyway, here it is!

This is a really short post, but I hope you enjoy!

Update and Pattern WIP

So I again haven't had time to record vlogs, I need to sit down and just record one to show all my progress! But I'll let you know how things are going. I had to take on another project cosplay wise, for my friend Logan. Last year he cosplayed Gin from Bleach: and this year he's being Tensa Zangetsu to round out Ami and I's trio of Ichigos XD.

He had originally stated a friend of his was going to help him make his costume, but eventually, he brought it to my mom and I, and it was...simply put...HORRID! The black sleeves that were supposed to be lined with white, had been made so that the outside appeared as half black and half white, not to mention everything had been sewn with a zigzag stitch and the fabric was fraying terribly, as it had been cut with random paper scissors instead of fabric scissors or pinking shears! My mom and I are completely redoing it, and are almost done. We just need to attach the sleeves, put a white lining in the front, and make a hood. I even ordered him his wig and styled it for him, it looks fantastic~!

As for the other costumes, I'm not sure if I stated this before or not, but Hichi is completely done aside from sword and sheath, Chernobog's still not had any recent progress, but my mother's Integra costume is complete as well~!

Now onto the part I'm sure is the real reason you're reading this post. My progress so far on Matt and Gabumon, though I should just say Gabumon seeing as how he's the only one I've done any work on...

Now that I've updated you, I'm going to try to at least get Gabumon done tonight, so that I can actually work on Matt! Good night!

Pattern progress and an explanation for not posting a Vlog...twice...

Sorry for not posting a Vlog lately, last Wednesday I really had nothing to post, Alicia tried to do an Ichigo Makeup tutorial to post, but wound up (because she doesn't wear makeup outside of cosplay) pouring foundation all over herself and greatly needing my help...so Wednesday was a no-go, then Friday came around and Mom and I spent all day working on stuff and didn't get around to making a video. And today, Alicia is working so I have no one to work the camera...but I'll tell you in my own words what I've gotten done.

I have completed the pants for my Hichigo, and cut out the fabric for the shirt, Hades is absolutely complete! (YAY!!!!!), we've made a muscle shirt out of two black swimshirts for Chernobog, Mom's Integra wig came in at last, and we made new pants for Alicia because she outgrew her pants from last year.

Now that the cosplay stuff is out of the way, I'm sure you want to see what I've don so far on my Digimon pattern!

This pattern is actually going to be rather large, the reason being,I want to make it as detailed and accurate as possible. I really like drawing Gabumon out as a pattern, his stripes are fun (though a little hard to fit all of them in there). I keep having to add more graph to it so that I can make it wider and taller, and I'm sure I'll have to make it much much taller when I add Matt to the image. Overall, I love it and I hope you love it too! Now I'm going to stop typing, put on some music, and get back to working on that pattern. See Ya! <3