DreamStitcher Custom Costume

07/11/2024

* I've been out of commission for this past week - 'con crud' - horrendous sore throat, massive headache, and congestion.

Possibly croup/whooping cough?

Anyway, you won't hear from me for awhile. And call before you drop by, have no idea how long this is going to lat.

07/04/2024

For those at CONvergence, I should be arriving at the hotel, and into the party room around 4pm today (Th).

I will be bringing various costumes, and you can pick them up after that time.

From now on through Sunday afternoon, I will be on my cell phone, and can be reached at this number 651-497-8895.

See you at the Con!

06/26/2024

Thank you, Stephen Dahlke for your contribution to the party room fund for
'Costumer's Conclave'

(contributions can be made by cash, check or PayPal - [email protected])

Do stop in to party room 5117 Th-Fri-Sat from 8pm to midnight, and Fri-Sat from 2-4pm

Tea, cookie and conversation about - what else? - COSTUME!

06/24/2024

Thank you to Julie Preuss Bonebrake for your donation to the 'Costumer's Conclave' party room at CONvergence.

(donations accepted through PayPayl, cash or check, through the mail or at the party room)

Party is in 5117 - hours:

Th, Fri, Sat 8pm to midnight

Fri, Sat - 2-4pm (look on wall flyers for announcements of in-room costumer related programming)

Come on in, set down, sip tea, munch cookies, and
TALK COSTUME!

06/23/2024

thank you to:

Erin McCanna
Kathleen Castrovinci
Christopher Poletto

for their donations to the 'Costumer's Conclave party room fund !

(can always use more funds! PayPal: [email protected]

Party is at CONvergence, Th-Fri-Sat from 8 pm-midnight, F,Sat from 2-4pm. Room 5117

Do drop in and TALK COSTUME !

06/20/2024

The schedule for photo shoots at CONvergence this year (Thanks, Katie A.)

It's to be held at the back Greenway, the steps at back of hotel

Thursday photo shoots

Barbie 4pm Thursday

Anime 5pm thursday

Fantasy/d&d thursday 6pm - anybody from Middle Earth want to meet up for this one?

Fri photo shoots

Ghostbusters 1pm

Dune 2 PM Friday - I hope to be at this one.

Dc 3pm Friday

Star trek 4pm Fri

Hazbin Hotel 5pm fri

Good Omens and Sandman (Gaiman verse)6pm

Saturday Photo Shoots

Marvel sat 1pm

Star Wars Sat 2pm sat

Disney 3pm

Doctor Who 4pm

Baldur's Gate 5 PM

The Boys 6pm

Sunday
Camp Half Blood Percy Jackson photoshoot 1pm sun

2pm honorverse

06/17/2024

* last call to share a hotel room at CONvergence -as part of the 'Costumer's Conclave' party room crew. You'll be in a private room of the actual con hotel (on the same floor, but away from, the 5th floor party room) splitting the room rental with 2-4 others who also sign up - good deal if you're coming in a group).

Volunteering in the 'Costumer's Conclave' will consist of a couple of hours during the con - some hours in the afternoon available.

Contact me - The DreamStitcher - soon, so we can transfer the reservation name from mine to yours.

06/16/2024

06/16/2024

me = yes

06/16/2024

Yes. We are still here. Strong and proud. One love. ✊🏽

06/16/2024

Barb Hartnell, Lisa Kiepp

06/16/2024

That's a wonderful idea

06/16/2024

* my frig ? usually just stuffed with left overs........

06/16/2024

06/11/2024

* Still looking for donors to help finance and support the 'Costumer's Conclave' party room at CONvergence. (In return for your donation, you will have space to display one of your own costumes, stash your stuff and share crash space in the hotel).

This is party room devoted to the viewing, discussion, and construction of costumes! There will be costumes on display*, reference books to peruse, tea to sip and cookies to munch while discussing every aspect of costume & cosplay.

There will even be some 'in party room' costume related programming. And, of course the 'Costume Emergency First Aid Station' will be available for all those last minute costume 'malfunctions'!

Contact Rae Lundquist / The DreamStitcher to contribute (can take cash, check, PayPal). [email protected]

Always looking for people to help host the party room, too! There is a private (in hotel) room to share with other volunteers.

* If you are interested in making a contribution, you will be given the first opportunity for display space -a chance to show off your own creation, and talk to people about 'how you did that'!

05/29/2024

Asking my 'rendezvous' and historical re-enactment friends:
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What book(s) do you recommend that trace the history of the fur trade in MN and WI? Looking for a timeline, that emphasizes the area's history, from before European encroachment, to the end of the fur trade (circa mid 1800's).

Planning a sewing project alone those lines, but want to brush up on my history first.

05/19/2024

* Well, we have our party room assignment for CONvergence - 5117. The main party will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the con, with the room open some hours on Thursday and Friday afternoon.

There will be in some 'in room' costume presentations Thursday and Friday afternoons ( The Historical Basis of the Lord of the Rings, and Hobbit costumes and 'An Overview of Underwear - A Brief History).

The presentation 'Sewing Tips and Tricks for Newbies' will be held in the Greenway function room on Friday, 11am.

* While this won't be the huge party room I've done in the past, I still need help in raising funds to cover the costs of room rental, etc.
Any donations towards our party room - Costumer's Conclave - are very much appreciated! (PayPal - [email protected] or cash, or check).

Costumer's Conclave is where costumers, and newbies, can come sip tea, munch cookies and TALK COSTUME. There will be reference books available, perhaps a 'frockflick' to watch and discuss. If you have a costuming problem/question, feel free to 'pick the brains' of those more experiences.

Looking to show off your creation? Contact me about having a costumed manikin , or photos displayed.

05/12/2024

* Mother's Day doesn't just mean children focus on their mothers - but that mothers reflect on their children as well.

I have two boys I'm very proud of - I think I did good!

05/12/2024

* one of my most recent costume commissions.
From the Batman/Joker dance video (Prince)

(Love the green hair, Adrian!)

04/27/2024

* In case you've been trying to reach me, my computer died on my almost a week ago. Resuscitation hasn't seemed to work. So I'm waiting on my more tech savvy sons to come revive it.

Keith did get a new(er) hand me down from my son, and we've gotten THAT to work, so I'm typing on it now.

If you do need to get ahold of me, you can FB Message me (don't have e-mail set up on this computer as yet.

Just hoping I can retrieve all my costume research stuff from my old (dead/dying) computer.

04/20/2024

Cinema Saturday on MN Public Radio

Is doing films celebrating COSTUME DESIGNERS!

(right now - 11:30am today - Sat)

YourClassical MPR: A collection of curated classical music streams, unique programs and playlists from Minnesota Public Radio

04/10/2024

Curious. Somewhere I received a pair of high heels, with beads and spangles on them, probably either wedding or some sort of dress up.

The sixpence taped to the underside of the left shoe confirmed that it was wedding ! The coin had Fid Def on one side, along with a thistle, and Regina Elizabeth II on the other, along with the date: 1958.

At Iowa Bridal Preservation learn the tradition of the thistle and silver sixpence gift. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence coin in the brides shoe.

04/09/2024

looking to chat with people who have signed up for being interpreters/presenters at Big Island Rendezvous this fall (2024). What type of remuneration are you getting for doing presentations for school tours, and for the public?

Would like to know before signing a contract with them (for my 'Clothing of the Fur Trade' presentations for school and public days).

PM please, or contact me at [email protected]

04/09/2024

Well, we've been accepted as a party room for upcoming CONvergence -

Costumer's Conclave - quiet room to sip tea, crunch cookies and (you guessed it) TALK COSTUME!

I'm looking for people who want to participate in this room party. In exchange for helping to fund the room:

You'll have a place for your costume storage and a place to change.

There will be a sleeping space available (for % of room cost) either in the party room, or in a private hotel room.

Space for YOUR costume display. Hope to have several available for public discussion (and adulation).

Space for your costume programming. If there is something you'd like to present, but a topic that wouldn't have a large audience, you can still give your talk/demo, etc. in the party room afternoons to a smaller, but more appreciative audience.

If you want to get in on this, please PM me
or e-mail me at:
[email protected]

04/08/2024

* Happy Birthday, Jamie Kuddle.
(May you have MANY more)

You're a son this mother is proud of.

04/02/2024

GOING TO COSTUME-CON 2025?

It will be in Milwaukee, WI on April 11-13, 2025.

Registration through today (Tues, April 2nd 2024) is $60. Will go up to $70 tomorrow ( 4/3/24).

Registration



At this early stage, registration is only available through PayPal.

The price is $60. It will be raised to $70 on April 3rd, 2024.

The PayPal address is [email protected]. When you pay, please include your mailing address and email.

04/02/2024

Our car is terminal. The brakes went out a few days ago.

We survived Anime Detour, but only because we had already rented a truck, and used that to get around this past weekend.

The Ford Focus was ancient, but sturdy. But there are just too many things to fix on it, besides the brakes. So we're going to scrap it and depend upon Metro Transic, and bicycles for awhile (until we can get a new(er) vehicle. (have to talk with our credit union)

Anybody got a durable cargo van for sale? Don't care at all what it looks like, just want it to start/stop, run and have heat and A/C.