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

Another Vlog, and an update on upcoming patterns, and a shameless picture of my own cosplay.

First things first, I'm going to embed my next Vlog post. I don't have any new progress on Aqua, as the things shown in the videos I've been posting have taken most of my free time, but anyway here ya go.



Now just a quick update on actual cross stitch patterns! I've been watching an old favorite of mine, Digimon, and I will be taking some time away from cosplay to make a pattern of Yamato (Americans know him as Matt) and his digimon, Gabumon. Matt was my favorite growing up, and rewatching the series, I still love him every bit as much as before. The magic of this show just doesn't wear off! I even ran out once in 15 degree weather just to take a cosplay pic of Matt, which wound up looking like this!

Well, all that aside, I hope I didn't bore you too much, and if I did, feel free to post a comment telling me how I can better entertain you!

2 Vlog updates, and pitiful progress on Aqua...

Well I decided it would be more beneficial to make my Vlog posts bi-weekly, so they will be posted on Wednesdays, and Fridays. So I"m going to embed in here for you both today's, and Wednesday's updates on my Vlog, then show off the progress (it's really hardly any progress at all) on my Aqua stitch.

Wednesday's Vlog


Today's Vlog



And here's my pitifully small progress on Aqua, I'll probably work on her some more today, I don't have much to do today, and tomorrow will be spent buying fabric for Dylan's Hades costume. See ya then.

And so the Convention Season begins!!!

The title's a little misleading, as for at least in my mine, the season never ends...but alas, my family seems to think it doesn't start until there's only a couple months away and we've lined up some horribly difficult costume that must be done so it can compete in the cosplay contest.
Anyway, that aside, I'll fill you all in on what I'm rambling about.

Every year my family goes to Anime NebrasKon in Omaha,NE. The first two years, my mom didn't go with us, she was working and not very interested in the whole thing, but since she had to make some 7ft wide bat wings, a spandex nightmare, and Mayuri from Bleach (because there's no simple way to put the trouble he was), she's decided it's worth her time to see the other incredible costumes there are at the con.

This year's line up is as follows.
Me: Hichigo Shirosaki from Bleach
My Sister Alicia(Ami): Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach
My Brother Cameron: Chernobog from Fantasia/Kingdom Hearts
My Brother Dylan: Hades from Disney's Hercules/Kingdom Hearts
My Mom: Sir Integra Hellsing from Hellsing Ultimate
MY Dad: Master Roshi from Dragon Ball Z...because that's who he always is................

To keep interested parties posted, my sister and I decided to do a series of Vlogs on our costume progress, although this video was filmed on Wednesday and we filmed another one today, I just today got the editing done for the first one. I plan to upload one every Friday to keep to a regular schedule.



Feel free to leave questions or comments either on this page or on youtube, and I may answer them in the third vlog (since like I said, the second one is already filmed)

See Ya!