Is my costume ready yet?
by Cookster on Feb.10, 2010, under Blog Shorts, Costumes
Wow! It has been awhile since I wrote a post on this blog. I really have no excuse other than I have just been busy with other things. This year I took a break during my regular sewing binge to visit Disneyland during Halloween time. I did manage to get some costuming in during this period, though. 
Some of the people who read this blog really like Halloween. This household revolves around Comic Cons, Halloween, filmmaking, and various other costuming ventures. Sometimes I can get an entire costume with accessories finished in a season and other times a costume doesn’t come together for years. One that I have been working on is another pirate costume; one for my other son, Shaun. Shaun’s costume got put on hold for Todd’s black Spiderman costume about two years ago. Here is the pirate coat in its completed form.
My other son, 
Todd, is basically in charge of making his own garments, but although I have taught him to sew, working with stretch fabrics can be a challenge. I took over sewing the main costume for him after he painstakingly painted the fabric to resemble the print from the original suit.
This costume still isn’t finished and was also put on hold as Todd was trying to figure out the best method for the webbing. He is back to work on it, so hopefully he can have it completed by Free Comic Book Day and Phoenix Comic Con in May.
February 11th, 2010 on 12:26 am
Very cool! I’m glad you are back to blogging!
The Spiderman costume photographs well and tooks terrific!
Both you and Todd keep up the good work!
February 11th, 2010 on 10:29 am
Yeah, it feels good to have something new to look at and to write again. I had some ideas for December last year, but I just couldn’t seem to find the time around the holidays to get them written.
February 17th, 2010 on 4:47 pm
Hey, you’re back!
I’m one of “those” people who love Halloween!
And, I am partial to Pirates as well, the jacket looks great as does the black spidey.
Keep up the wonderful work.
February 19th, 2010 on 8:20 am
Thanks for the comment! I am trying to get back to the pirate hat and boots I started last year. Todd is busy working on the new castings of the webbing and is busy cleaning them up. The whole thing has been a real learning process for him in working with various silicone substances. We’ll see how it goes.