Random Encounter

  Obligatory photo in the hotel room because the second boots hit asphalt, all bets are off.   Wore the hat through the airport because both it and the box were too bulky and there's no way that's getting crushed. Big hit. No, seriously. If you ever want walk-by compliments, I highly recommend wearing a silly hat through an airport. It will make someone's day. Think of yourself like the frozen watermelons they give polar bears in July.    Truth be told I was really only planning to wear the costume one day. Locals tend to bristle when you point this out, but Atlanta in September tends towards the hot and humid. And you gotta walk. A lot .   Also, technically the hotel I was staying at isn't even on this map.    What? You think I'm making "stays at host hotel" kind of money? Flattered, but no.   Anyway, flipping through schedule and saw a FF shoot. Told myself I'd go if I got ready in time. And if they didn't look bothered. And if I got ready in t...

Chances of the machine eating your project are low, but never zero.   Time for assembling the miscellaneous bits! Apologies, but this is going to jump around a bit. There are several little odds and ends that need to be taken care of before this whole mess gets packed up.   Formed a quick sheath out of black shelf liner. Yes, believe it or not you can run this through your machine. It will hate you for it, but you can totally do it. It's not exactly pretty, but it'll serve it's purpose well enough and now I won't have to worry about what to do if someone bumps into me and the sword breaks. Is there anything appliqué CAN'T class up?   Got some matching appliqué for the mask. They're in the same style as what is on the cape, so it looks like the mask is part of the outfit and not just something tacked on because of circumstances. The mask in question is just a sport mask, so it's light and very comfortable, but more importantly there's enough room to fit a...

    Alright, this time is a whole bunch of things so let's just jump right into it.   THE   SHIRT   Cripes, this is way too big on me. It'd be nice to fix the collar as well. It's also too big, but since it's a button-down style I'm not sure how to fix it that isn't just "redo the collar completely." And there really isn't time for that right now. So let's just focus on bringing in the seam and slimming this up a bit.     Why even do this? It's not easy to see in the photo, but this shirt fits me like a boat sail. There's at least two inches of shirt hanging off the armpit alone. That's only slightly annoying by itself, but becomes a problem the second you put the vest and jacket on. Then everything's puffy and doesn't lay well.   Course, there's always the option of just taking this to a tailor and, to be honest, if this were an actual work shirt I'd suck it up and do that. I've yet be employed somewhere where p...