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Kitacon a Burlesque Bouquet of Beauty and Booty

Finally got all the images and videos from Kitacon!

We did 3 performances this year, starting off with The history of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the melody of Tetris:

Watch the original video here!

Billy Strings then sang about some things in his head, accompanied by his troupe of puppets

Warning, Video may contain HOT ASS.

And Roxie Parts finished off the show with a burlesque performance the likes of which the con scene has never seen:

Warning, video also contains copious amounts of HOT ASS.

We have some pictures up of the event on the characters pages, so you can check out Roxie’s new costume!

Warning- Pictures contain Cogsworth’s new face!

Cogsworth 2.OOOYEAH

Roxie Parts

Billy Strings

April 7, 2011 | Categories: Conventions, Costumes, Performances | Leave A Comment »

Tutorial- Steel boning for Corsets

Now this is something I get asked about a lot- how do you bone your corsets? I use flat steel boning, which you can buy from Vena Cava. I use the 13mm stuff because it’s a easy measurement to make 15mm boning cases on my machine, and it’s heavy duty without being too hard to work with.

So first off, why steel boning? Well, most people don’t realise that with corsets it’s actually the fabric that does all the cinching in. The boning is there to push the fabric out so it doesn’t rumple and hurt you. The more boning and the stronger the boning the more comfortable a corset actually is. Steel boning is actually easier to use than you think, and works out just as cheap as many other alternative methods out there.

The issue with steel boning is that you have to finish the tips, otherwise it will just poke its way out of the corset over time. This tutorial will show you the method I use to make my tips safe, so without further ado, here are the materials you need!

You will need:

A Dremel/Rotary tool. You can use a metal file, if you want to do this forever. A grinder will also work wonders.
Tin snips to cut the steel
PTFE tape. Used by plumbers for radiators. Get some cheap on ebay or a hardware store.
Continuous steel boning. This is 13mm from Vena Cava.

You will also need the corset you’ll be boning so you can take the measurements.

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March 29, 2011 | Categories: Sewing, Tutorial | 7 Comments »

Minami Con a Trouser Ripping Sucess!

Finally have all the photos and videos from Minamicon, so now I must share them with YOU, the consumer!

At Minami I debuted part of my Iron Man costume, dazzling the audience with my costuming skillz:

If that’s not enough to wet your appetite to watch our skit, well, it has Timber.

If you’d like to know more about the costume you can read up on it here.

Or you can click the image to look at more pictures of me in my pants.

Did someone order a party?!

March 24, 2011 | Categories: Conventions, Costumes | Leave A Comment »

Tutorial- Perfect Machine Bias Binding with Mitred Corners

Whew- this tutorial is a mouth full!

I’m covering two hated things here- bias binding and it’s fancy little square corners. This is how to make something like this:

See it’s beautiful corners and the way it’s great on either side? Yeah, if you want to know how to do it, walk this way….

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March 11, 2011 | Categories: Sewing, Tutorial | Tags: bias binding | 1 Comment »

Tutorial- Continuous Bias Binding

This tutorial is about how to make a lot of bias binding if you need it.

Bias binding is useful for many things, mainly edging. You can make it out of practically any woven fabric as long as it’s not too thick. I make most of my own bias binding because I like to colour match, and also because the satin used for the regular reels of the stuff tend to be really shiny and horrible.

What is bias binding? Bias is the diagonal on a woven piece of fabric. But cutting on the bias you can take a non stretch fabric and make it stretchy enough to be sewn around corners.

You will need:

A Metre Ruler
A biro pen or pencil
Fabric 150x75cm
A sewing machine
Sissors

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March 3, 2011 | Categories: Sewing, Tutorial | 4 Comments »

Tutorial- Giant Hair Bow

I’ve made a tutorial! The first one is a nice easy one that I thought people would find interesting. It’s how to make a very large hair bow that stands up. I know my costumes don’t look like I make this sort of thing a lot, but it’s something I do often as part of commission work.



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                Cut out 2 roughly rectangular pieces of the fabric you want. I'm using cotton velvet here. Also cut out 2 pieces the same size in Coutil. It's a very strong fabric that will support the bow. Also cut out a small square of your fashion fabric to use as the bow band.

Let me know what you think of the gallery system! This is my first time testing this, I’d like to know what you think.

Here are some tutorial ideas that I’ll be doing next:

Making continuous bias binding
Sewing bias binding with a machine
Covered buttons
Button holes
Making a covered busk corset

February 27, 2011 | Categories: Sewing, Tutorial | 1 Comment »

Back from BanzaiCon and Norway!

Just got back from Banzai con and my fantastic trip to Norway. I tell you, the Norwegians know how to throw a con!

Some of the highlights of my trip:

Waking up at 4 am for the train trip to London Stansted
Paying £70 because when Ryanair says 2 15kg bags, they mean 1 on the way, 1 on the way back.
Airports make people seriously angry. I was the happiest one there I swear.
Landing on a run way with 5 feet of snow on either side
Becoming “The English Dude” on the friday because I didn’t mention why I was there to people.
Paske Eggs!
My hotel room shower had 2 shower heads. One for my head, one for my butt.
Free wifi!
The opening show!
Awesome stage with amazing projector and sound system! I got to use a headset mic!
People loving my stall stuff
Meeting some amazingly friendly people and talking about the difference between the countries
Weird money is weird!
Pizza at the end of the convention with some of the people I’d made friends with. Awesome end to an evening.
Norway man and Norwegia woman!
Selling enough that I could abandon a suitcase in Norway and not pay the extra luggage charge on the way back.

Here’s the video of the opening show. I kind of turned away at the caramelldansen bit thinking it would be like every expo, but then it got so much better. These guys are great, you can tell they worked hard, and it’s really funny.

(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOxPb0v2uxg)

Also, here’s a picture of Norway from my hotel room:

February 21, 2011 | Categories: Conventions, News | 31 Comments »

New Site Live!

The brand new Khaos Kostumes Site is now live and kicking! Some of the costumes need information which will be added over time, but all the images are there for you to look through.

Go check them all out in the Costume Galleries!

February 12, 2011 | Categories: Costumes, News | Leave A Comment »

Some Costumes added!

I’ve updated the costume gallery with some costumes. I’m using NextGen with WordPress under a recommendation from Pez (from coscraft), and it’s working brilliantly.

Check them out!