Mayor's costume, finished! (and other pics)

[janestarz]

It's finally finished!



The last thing that needed doing was sewing pewter jewelry casings onto the coat. They look like this:



Jeroen specified that he wanted them upside down, in x'es, so upside down in x'es they went. There were 20 of them...

I sewed them on in three batches, and because of the mad sewing dash of this week, my back and especially my right shoulder started cramping up. By the time I was done last night it felt like someone put a red-hot knitting needle into the muscle there.

But it's done, and it's pretty, and I come bearing pictures.



I started on the back, it being the hardest to reach. The casings had to form a fake 'chain' as a badge of office.

And here's the finished front!



I sure had a fun time making such a pretty thing and I hope Jeroen will be as pleased with the result as I am. I'll try and get a picture of him in the complete outfit this weekend as we play our larp-event.

I hope you enjoyed this diary!

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As for the other productiveness of this week , there was a beserker costume for Rein:



I can never get this to photograph right...it looks better lying down than it does on the stand!



There was a paladin's coat for Pluis...



And this is what my muse got me involved with.

And yes, this all in one week. But look at the pretties!

Comments

[kenshinichinyo.livejournal.com]

Wauw, wauw, driewerf wauw!
Ik vind de sluitingen van de paladijnjas mooi, en de "nepketting" van de burgemeestersjas is erg leuk gevonden!

[anemoona.livejournal.com]

Whoa! En dat allemaal in 1 week?!
Jouw muze bedenkt trouwens mooie dingen. Is het voor een speciale gelegenheid/personage?

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Die bruine fluwelen jas is Beriadanwen's "leisure suit" en heeft niets, maar dan ook niets met badstof of vijgebladeren te maken. En hij is lekker warm <3
Het heeft ook een goeie Galadriel-vibe.

[https://me.yahoo.com/maladignia#6d2f0 (from livejournal.com)]

Wow....

~Brenda~

[querca-robur.livejournal.com]

Wow... indeed. Looks like a lot of work!

[woran.livejournal.com]

Wauw inderdaad! De jas voor de burgemeester is gewoonweg fantasties! De rest mag er zeker ook wezen, maar met mijn jassentic staat deze toch echt bovenaan :)

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Het is Henriëtte's jas met perks. Woei!

[watzalikzeggen.livejournal.com]

Wow! Ik vind vooral het binnenwerk van die laatste mantel errug mooi. Heb je dat met de hand geborduurd of zit dat in de stof? En man, ik ben zo jaloers op hoe netjes jij naait :D

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Dat was een dunne katoen met sierstiksels en pailletten uit de "hier ga ik nooit meer iets mee doen" stapel. Zo zie je maar weer!

[absintheskiss.livejournal.com]

Very pretty indeed! You should be very pleased with yourself.

[cabaray.livejournal.com]

Wauw!...moet je wat mee doen... *rent snel weg voor hij in mekaar geslagen wordt*

[ikhier.livejournal.com]

Wauwie! Pretty stuff!
Love the piping on the first, and the total look of the last.

[charida.livejournal.com]

wow - all of that within just a week?!? My compliments, big time!!

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Well, the Mayor's coat was half-done and I had a pretty good start on the berserker costume, so perhaps not from scratch, but still.
Also, I didn't have to go to work.