Steamy goodness

In January, we had Wizard World come to New Orleans. The hubby and I had the opportunity to work the Steampunk Americans fan table at the event, but that meant we needed Steampunk garb. While we had been toying with steampunk costume ideas since August 2010, nothing ever came of it until January and the convention. I made him a vest to go with the top hat he got for his birthday and pocket watch from Christmas. I used material that I had left over from previous projects because we were broke as a joke. Fortunately, I had sufficient lengths of the brown upholstery "suede" from my Mara Jade Pilgrim robe for the vest. I lined it with a brown fabric that I had laying around for years. Unfortunately, that fabric is pretty itchy and my hubby doesn't like it much. 

There's my time-traveling sweetheart.

He finished off the outfit with a dress shirt in cream and a pair of black dress slacks, some old work boots and his leather bracers. He looked great! 

I on the other hand, threw together what I could find at Goodwill and other thrift stores. He bought me a brown aviator's cap and goggles and I made a necklace. Fortunately I don't have any pictures on hand to show my costume for this event. The second day I took my Mara Pilgrim robe and wore it pinned up with a skirt to steampunk it out a bit. 

A couple of weeks later, Steampunk Americans had another event at a local art market. The gallery where the market was being held was hosting a steampunk exhibit that month, so we were invited. Again, I threw together some stuff I had including a skirt, blouse, corset and vest. Hubby dear wore the same thing he did to the convention.

me and del and a kid playing with the hubby's steampunk arsenal.

Since then, I've been working on my own steampunk outfit based on Ah! My Goddess's Belldandy. I had planned to make Belldandy's outfit from her first manga appearance for a while. I had bought the fabric and everything, but I never got around to it. So, when some steampunk patterns came out, I thought, what better use of this fabric I have laying around than a steampunk costume. Typically I'm not a fan of doing established characters in different styles, so I'm calling it Belldandy-inspired steampunk costume.

Here's an in-progress shot. The sewing has now been completed and I'm working on accessories.

I also have my hubby's "Constable's coat" from Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cendiary Island in the works. I'll post that one soon.

Next up: Mara Jade