My Geeky Christmas Tree and Other Random Photos

I’ve uploaded a bunch of new pictures to my Flickr photostream. There are more shots of the tree there, as well as the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle.

First off, the skirt I made for Armageddon Con 2008:

I was going for a kind of steampunk look, so I took one of The Mathematician’s discarded shirts, cut it up, and sewed it back together. I basically just cut the front and back apart and sewed them back on overlapping. See the curved bits? Those used to be the arm holes. I like how assymmetrical it is along the bottom — the front is pretty straight, but the sides are different and the back has the curve of the shirt-tail.

There are things I’d do differently now — the drawstring waist is like a sack on me — but overall I’m pleased with it. When I’m done a few other projects I’ll remake it with an actual pattern and fabric, mostly because it tends to unravel the way it is.

Also:

My arm was killing me and I felt I had to wear my brace, so I took out the metal shank and made a matching cover for it. This was really only wearable for one day, although it could easily work with more thought.

I made jewellery, too, from the bits that came with some of my action figures.

Vampire Willow’s manacles became a necklace:

And random zat guns became earrings:

Seriously easy and totally reversible. The toys are now on the geeky Christmas tree.

Like so:

Lastly, Mouse, aka The Most Expensive Domestic Short-Hair in the World, shaved in three places after her near-death experience a few months ago:

~ by Magpie Lark on December 16, 2008.