| H
e l l o K i t t y
C o s t u m e T i m e
L i n e |
| Date |
Description |
Pictures |
| May 10, 2003 |
- made trip to JoAnns to buy test fabric for body, dress, and lining and real fabric for
lining, which at this point I probably won't have time to do
- ironed fur fabric
-started attaching fur fabric to head with hot glue |
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| May 9, 2003 |
- cut fur fabric for the head, with help from Charles
- washed cut fur fabric |
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| May 5-9, 2003 |
- worked sparingly on head |
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| May 4, 2003 |
- made test pattern for the head
- went to JoAnns to buy REAL fabric and more pins
- went to Menards to buy some wooden dowls and industrial strength glue stuff and affixed them inside head to better hold the shape with great assistance from Charles |
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| May 3, 2003 |
- had costuming party with Steph, finished hot gluing
batting
- went to Hobby Lobby to buy another pack of batting and more hot glue sticks
- measured out where eyes and nose were going to go
- cut out eye holes |
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| April 26, 2003 |
- continued to hot glue batting to even out shape |
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| April 18-20, 2003 |
- finished papier mache
- attached ears made of wire mesh stuffed with newspapers
and covered with celluclay and masking tape
- made trip to Hobby Lobby to buy test fabric and batting
- started to hot glue batting to even out shape |
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| April 5, 2003 |
- finished shaping and continued papier mache, with
help from boyfriend Charles |
boyfriend
Charles |
March 30, 2003
(Spring Break) |
- finally completed the mesh frame
- started papier mache |
wirehead.jpg
papiermache01.jpg
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December 2002 -
March 2003 |
- made slow progress on head attempt #2, but it's working
out! Yay! |
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December 22, 2002
(Winter Break) |
- started on head attempt #2
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secondhead01.jpg |
December 7, 2002
(Winter Break) |
- bought poultry netting ("chicken wire") at local hardware
store for head attempt #2. I recommend the plastic coated
kind because not only do you get a lovely forest green color,
but you're also less likely to hurt yourself and get blood
on important stuff that might be near by (like fabric!)
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| some time before Thanksgiving |
- tossed out head attempt #1. The wire mesh was very
difficult to work with given the scale of Hello Kitty's
head - it couldn't hold its own weight!
- meditated on a better solution |
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| August ?? |
- worked for several weeks on head attempt #1: made
shape from wire mesh, started covering in celluclay, made
big mess in the living room
- had to buy additional roll of wire mesh and more celluclay
(because it's just so HUGE!) |
firsthead01.jpg
firsthead02.jpg |
| April 21-July/August?? |
- bought wire mesh netting and celluclay for the head
- used my lovely stuffed Hello Kitty and additional sources
to make sketches and get measurements and proportions. Had
to do it all in centimeters, too, because I couldn't find
a measuring tape in inches. Of course I have it now, but
I'm too lazy to convert it all. Mostly I'm afraid I'll confuse
myself! |
stuffedkitty.jpg |
| April 21 |
- decided for sure! |
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| pre-Acen 2002 |
- started thinking about this costume, if its humanly
possible |
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Hello Kitty (from Hello
Kitty)
