Most of the time, I work from Goodwill purchases. There, you can find leather jackets for about $20 in a variety of different styles and qualities. This time, I really lucked out because a cousin tore the back of a very nice jacket, and she donated it to me forContinue Reading
The last few days I’ve been working on one of my other websites, Steaming Apparel. It’s designed primarily for those who are just starting to costume for steampunk, and I built it because I kept encountering people who: Thought steampunk outfits have to be really expensive Felt the couldn’t participateContinue Reading
Start shameless plug: In the last couple weeks, I have been cleaning up Steaming Apparel, my website for steampunk costuming ideas. Much of it targets beginners looking for places to start, although there is some more complicated material as well. The costuming instructions I’ve been posting here will eventually beContinue Reading
I am always suspicious of glue. It’s failed me in a wide variety of projects. When working with hard materials, I tend to default to superglue to side-step the almost inevitable failure of lesser glues. I can’t do that with my steampunk Loki coat project. I have to actually chooseContinue Reading
I’m in the middle of a major steampunk costuming project which incorporates black, olive green and gold. Today I decided I was going to construct some jewelry to go along with it. My steampunk jewelry tends to be large and ostentatious. Actually, most of my steampunk wardrobe is based onContinue Reading