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
This weekend I attended Steamtopia in Dearborn, MI. As usual, I arrived with multiple outfits, as is standard for attendees at a steampunk convention. However, this time the collection included the Loki jacket about which I have been posting. It’s still not finished – it will eventually have a goldContinue 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
This is a continuation of posts relating to my current steampunk costuming project Steampunk Loki Jacket Part Two: Color, Fabric, and Trim Holding Costumes Together: Sewing, Fabric Glue, and Hot Glue I have a love-hate relationship with the sleeves and shoulders. The most successful part of whole coat was theContinue Reading
This continues from Costuming Project: Steampunk Loki Jacket, where I outlined the first steps in finding a suitable base coat and did some basic shaping. Now it’s time to create more intricate decoration and add some color to the project. Fabric Color Loki’s movie jacket is black and overly brilliantContinue 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 came out of Thor 2 with a mission in life: a steampunk version of Loki’s coat. (Even better if it came with Loki inside it, but that’s beyond my capabilities.) This is easily my most complicated project to date, and, unlike most projects I’ve discussed (primarily at my costumingContinue 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
You wouldn’t believe it from my posts so far, but originally steampunk was meant to be one of the major topics of this blog. Guess I got carried away with the fun of weird history. After all, there’s a reason I went to school for six years studying it. IContinue Reading