Refreshed and Invigorated
Aug. 4th, 2014 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76I love Costume College, truly I do. Despite having logged 7.5 hours on the freeways this weekend, I left yesterday feeling refreshed and inspired. There were so many lovely garments to view, both in the exhibit room and on the folk walking about! The percentage of cosplayers seemed to be up this year, as did the proportion of men in what is admittedly a very women-dominated event. The dealer's hall disappointed, as two or three of the dealers I was looking for weren't there this year, but everything else was spiffy.
I took three limited-attendance classes this year (I had asked for three, and got all of them!): Pressing Matters, which taught me a few new tricks for construction, a Regency Reticule class, which I left with an almost-complete reticule, and a Magic Bias Slip class, which I left with an almost complete slip. I think I need to make up another out of something slinky! ^_^
As for the class I taught, Fringe Breaded Evening Bags, that went across well and I'm planning to submit it again for next year. I got all the bags for the class done up in time, the sample suitably finished (I may tweak it a little bit later), and ten students seemed to be the right number, because I think everyone went away with an understanding of the technique and a partially finished bag.
Next year's theme is Literary Characters, which leaves rather a lot of possibilities open. And the bonus programming track is (Under) Construction, which has left me pondering if there are any possible classes I could put together on making underthings. Maybe chemises?
But for now I return to the mundane world of housekeeping. I'm bribing myself with okay, if I get the dining room clean, I can use it to slice up a bit of that quilting fabric from the Bargain Bazaar....
I took three limited-attendance classes this year (I had asked for three, and got all of them!): Pressing Matters, which taught me a few new tricks for construction, a Regency Reticule class, which I left with an almost-complete reticule, and a Magic Bias Slip class, which I left with an almost complete slip. I think I need to make up another out of something slinky! ^_^
As for the class I taught, Fringe Breaded Evening Bags, that went across well and I'm planning to submit it again for next year. I got all the bags for the class done up in time, the sample suitably finished (I may tweak it a little bit later), and ten students seemed to be the right number, because I think everyone went away with an understanding of the technique and a partially finished bag.
Next year's theme is Literary Characters, which leaves rather a lot of possibilities open. And the bonus programming track is (Under) Construction, which has left me pondering if there are any possible classes I could put together on making underthings. Maybe chemises?
But for now I return to the mundane world of housekeeping. I'm bribing myself with okay, if I get the dining room clean, I can use it to slice up a bit of that quilting fabric from the Bargain Bazaar....
