Boots and blasters

Still haven't sewn a stitch! But I have made some purchases of needed items. LEKKU! I also found boots at a second hand shop.

I need to mod them a bit, biggest mod is adding a pocket for my Blurg.

Hubby is busy working on his blaster as well, started with finding out the real world base gun was and finding plans for that, it has a nice shape, now on to paint. Cardboard, paper, glue and paper clay, feels great in the hand.

He is already thinking of how to build his lightsaber.

I have decided to use wool for Kanan shirt, so I am hunting it down.

Getting a start.

Yesterday I took my reference book and the youngest child to my local Joann fabric store. Came home after spending a couple hundred with at least half the fabric I need.

On the upper left is Sabine pants, lower left her shirt. Center is for Hera pants and Ezra jumpsuit. Right is agent Kallus. I didn't find anything for Kanan shirt and will likely use stash material for Chopper. Bad panda went and bought fabric before looking through the stash because I couldn't access my fabric in the kids room due to their mess!

Today I updated my Cosplanner account which I have been using for this project. I have found one thing I do not like about the way Cosplanner keeps track of how much you spend on a project, if you are making an item, there is no place to put the cost of supplies, so I added in fabric separately.

I have also decided on which season each character will be from. Kanan is 3/4, Hera and Ezra as well. While Sabine is season 2 as I like the long sleeves, hair and armour from that season best.

I am still on the hunt for patterns, Simplicity was on sale this weekend but the few I found close were no in the drawers. I am now tracking down pdfs. It also hurts that my boys are in the awkward stage at 10/12 between boys and men's, not like there are many patterns anyways for them. I am thinking of making these outfits as wearable as possible for mundane as well. Deciding if Sabine shirt should be tight fitting like dancewear or just a knit shirt, she is 8 after all.

A paper Blurg

While I get do do the sewing of our costumes, my husband is in charge of the weapons.

First one finished is Hera's Blurg 1120 which he made from cardstock and cardboard, smoothed out any roughness with paperclay and then painted with his airbrush.  I believe he made the pattern himself in CAD. His first attempt at the Blurg was made while we watched season 4 of Rebels last week, it was rough and oversized, so we turned to CAD and made this beauty.

He scaled it to fit my hand as shown in the link above.

Above my Blurg is a DL 44 "Greedo killer" in progress. That one is a papercraft kit from  Uhu Found here

More pictures for fun.

Felt Celery

With Saint Patrick's Day coming up on Monday I decided a quick sewing project was in need.
To show my geek pride, I settled on a felt celery pin.

Here is what you need to make it:
My Pattern
1 sheet of green felt
Thread to match
Hand sewing needle
Pinking Sheers
Pin back or Safety Pin
Optional: Freezer Paper

Here is how to make it:

1. Download the PATTERN and print it out.

If that link doesn't work for you, try this Craftsy link!

Source: Felt Celery Pin via Corsetra on Craftsy

For best results print the pattern directly on to freezer paper. 

If you don't have freezer paper that will work in your printer, just trace the pattern pieces on to freezer paper. 

If you don't have any freezer paper, carefully pin the pattern to the felt.

2. Cut out shapes, DO NOT use your good fabric scissors to cut through the paper.
3. Peel off Freezer Paper

Please note pattern has been modified since this example was made up.

 4. Pink the ends of the leaves with Pinking Sheers.

5. Stack pieces from largest to smallest

6. Stab-stitch down the center, then come back filling in the spaces, this is called a Holbein or Blackwork Stitch.

Stab Stitching is done with the needle held at a right angle to the fabric being stitched, unlike running stitches where the needle is woven through the fabrics. The difference becomes noticeable when the fabrics are thick, such as with several layers of felt. the running stitch will have varying distances, but the stab is always the same.

7. Stitch the outer edges, pulling then flush with each other, this will cause the natural curvature seen in real celery. Stab stitch up and then back down.

8. Repeat for other side

9. Stitch halfway between the center and outer edge, creating the channels seen in real celery to form on the back.
10. Repeat for other side.

11. Attach pin to back of celery just bellow the leaves.

12. Wear with your favorite Doctor Shirt.

Also makes a cute addition to any play food set, just omit the pin!