Well, things are at CRUNCH time and with me feeling off and tired (but no more fever!) I went home from work a couple hours early and slept. I got a good hour nap in and got going on my laundry. The boys came home and I got to sewing on the lining down to the edge of the jacket. I realized 3/4 of the way around that if I'd been more careful you wouldn't be able to see the stitches but meh. I got my stuff together and headed to scribble and the rest of the "Cosplay Pit Crew". Got there and Ari and I got my wig settled. One of the reason I had such an issue with it to start with was I had pinned the darned wig to my foam head cock-eyed which led to me having lots of issues. The other is that wigs like the kind I bought are made to look flush from the top but if you do an "up do" its sparse and you see the structure of the netting underneath. Ari figured out how do it and I held the head and hair and stuff and we got it to a really pretty pseudo-Japanese style. It will look perfect with some flowers in places and stuff. We could have used one of these Wig Stands and I will definitely be picking one up.

Then lferion arrived with my crinoline and then she got me into my corset so we could finalize the collar and the back pleats on the jacket. Its gonna look sharp. I probably have about 3 hours left of sewing on the jacket with finishing the collar stitching, tacking the lapel and pleats, hooks and eyes and buttons. It doable tonight though I shall persevere. With help from the pit crew I think.

Today I will be making packing lists based on costumes and also start pulling things for usage. It should be doable. I also need to get my eyebrows waxed and my toes done. I hope to do that tomorrow as well as a quick target trip for last minute essentials.

Wig pics:







Just want to state again that none of this cosplay stuff would be possible without Willa, Bridget, Icka, Wander, Elinor, Sioux, Ari and Danabren. oof.

The To Do List:
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