Patchwork Underground

Unfortunately, this is the best picture I have of my costume at this time…imagine a really high waisted, super short jumper with killer shoulders, wings in the back + visible garters.

Here’s my hand made peacock fascinator:

Here’s our scariest family portrait to date:

Here’s my bestest friend Allegra and her hubby, Alyn.  They made rockin’ costumes.  Allegra’s is soooo Alejandro, I couldn’t stand it.

At the Ball……

Note the tornado in the background…

After the Ball…

Want more? Check out all my Tacoma Monster Ball pics here.

We dressed to kill and danced for our lives! That’s me with the phone strapped to my head…

OMG there’s Gaga….

And this is me stalking her after the show…note my fellow queer in the background also vamping before the bus…

As you can see, I did not wear pants. I know I told you all earlier that I was making the pointy-shoulder padded dress by Jeremy Scott that she wore on this one TV appearance….you remember, this one:

Well, I was totally all set to make that.  I had already developed the pattern and made a short blue version without the bolts.  What happened??  Well, a crazy heatwave hit Portland for several days right before the show and it made me not want to wear so much clothing to the show, which I already assumed would be HOT.  I had to throw this telephone-inspired ensemble together the afternoon of because I’m silly and of course I spent all the days leading up to the Portland show working on my outfit for the Tacoma show.  (You’ll see that doozy in a couple days!!)

Anyways, enough about my personal costume drama.  The show was amazing!!  When Gaga told the crowd that she had been biking around Portland I almost died.  (I crossed my fingers to see her at the Dollar Tree earlier that day in Oregon City but no dice.)  Julia, Kelly and I tried to stalk her and get her to sign our records after the show but I guess she ran away before we got there. Luckily, we are going to the show in Tacoma, WA tomorrow (Hello, Washington!!!!!!) so we’ll get another honest crack at it.

Next time: Binoculars.  Water.  *Successful* signature-getting.  More pictures of the crowd’s costumes!  I have to say the highlight of the whole evening was my on-going mutual lovefest with the other costumed folks.  So much FUN!

Oooo - Look at what I made!  Fuchsia-gray-charcoal explosion!

This is me and my foot trying to decide on borders….note how my socks match.

Trying to get a lil’ perspective on that sucker…

Now that I’m all out of Kona Cotton in Charcoal I think I’m officially stuck.  Partner out of town = no car = no decent way to get to Fabric Depot.  (3 hours on the bus is not decent.)  Solution?  I’m going to have them ship it to me.  Hopefully I’ll be able to sash this beauty just the way I want to in a few days.

In the meantime I’m hoping to do a tutorial on how to make Lady Gaga shoulder pads.  (oh YES I DID!)  Well, I had to when I was making a muslin for a slightly more wearable version of this amazing Jeremy Scott dress:

Gaga wore it on Launch My Line a few months ago….

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And featured it in her Paparazzi video….

(Hi http://www.gagadaily.com/fashion - I love you!)

The muslin itself is actually turning into a dress in its own right.  (YES!  That is what I call muslin success!)  I made it out of some royal blue knit that I found at Scrap.  I’m going to make a short sleeve mini dress out of it (no bolts).  It looks cute over this 40s blouse that Carol gave me with this night necked, lacy v-shaped yoke to it and this hat I made.

Don’t worry, I’m still going to make a replica of the Jeremy Scott one that Gaga wore, complete with lightening bolt appliques and faux wet look leather.  (I already bought all the goods so there’s no stopping me….)  Mine is going to have somewhat smaller shoulder pads (still nuts, just not AS nuts) and I’m thinking of letting it hit just above the knee.  Or maybe make it a mini?  I have been loving minis lately.

Anyways, coming up: how to make Lady Gaga Shoulder Pads to fit any pattern!

Yahoo for the holidays and thank god they’re over.  These are the place cards I made for our big vegan x-mas dinner.  The theme was Rockstar Virgin Christmas.  I like that the Virgin Mary, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are all represented here.  I made these on a whim at my mother-out-law’s house so they are comprised entirely of sharpie, pen, scotch tape (no white glue!), computer paper, metallic angel cutouts and a few issues of Entertainment Weekly.

(We had 5 people at dinner - the 6th card with Lady Gaga on it is for Elijah, the angel who comes to Passover.  I always like to have a little Passover in my holidays.)

Happy 2010 everyone!

So, I had just finished watching Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance music video (for the I-don’t-know-how-many-eth time) and I was thinking about how hard I could rock it in those 15″ heels she wears in the video.  I closed my laptop and stood up.  And then I fell down.  OW!  My leg was asleep and before I realized what was happening, I rolled over in my measly 3″ heels.  I was in denial for a day or so but eventually I went to the doctor - BROKEN FOOT!

Here’s what a broken foot looks like in a sewing room:

I went thrift shopping to dull the pain - got this awesome vintage Idea Book of Trims….

It made me realize that I heart freaky Kubrick-style ballerinas:

…and glassy-eyed girls in big hats:

I also learned what happens when you give a girl a Buttoneer.

The Idea Book of Trims made me realize that my trims are a freakin’ mess.  I have them in a bunch of disparate bags stashed all over my sewing room.  So, in the interests of organization (and further dulling the pain of my broken foot), I hobbled to the dollar store and bought storage bins.  Voila:

Coming up next: a tutorial for my scrap earrings!  Here’s a sneak peek: