Comic Con is during July in San Diego and will be broadcast live on G4 (cable
station). G4 was advertising it Sunday during the Ninja Warrior marathon. You
might get to see it on satellite TV. I am giving it up to go to World Con.
Right now is Con season. I was at Anime Con Mid-Atlantic
Costume College in the Los Angeles area.
If you are looking for education, I would suggest Costume College.? I went to
Costume Con this year and, while the fashion shows are fun, the education
sessions I attended were, I thought, sub-par.? I only had to drive up the road,
though--I would
I agree you have to watch what classes you take. I had a 50/50 experience
on the classes at Costume Con. I took one class about the history or
timeline of carnival/masquerade patterns. It was fun and educational to see
how these types of patterns evolved from the late 1890s to present day.
If I'm thinking of what you'll be sewing, the metallic braid is hard to get
through and those wimpy beading needles won't go through it. Milliners'
needles, also called straws, will go through it and buckram, have large eyes
and small bodies. They should accomodate the gold-colored thread you'll
Penny,
I bet you, and others from the East Coast could make one happen working
together. You could talk to the current and past Deans of Costume College to
find out what they do.
Kimiko
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Penny Ladnier pe...@costumegallery.com wrote:
Maybe one day, I will make it to
Thanks all! I'll search out a milinery needle have a go. And yes,
Lynn, it's pretty heavy dense gold military style braid on a heavily
sized, wool felt tricorn, so you're right, the beading needles tremble
at the thought. I'm using gold colored silk thread as that appears to
be almost
Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a
variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all
depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and
willing to teach. Different regions bring in different people. CC
28 next year in
Pierre Sandy Pettinger wrote:
Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a
variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all
depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and willing
to teach. Different regions bring in different
Robin Netherton wrote:
Pierre Sandy Pettinger wrote:
Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a
variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all
depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and
willing to teach. Different regions
