Schedule for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
Friday Program Schedule:
- Regency Sources and lnspirations (Literary, fashion and movie sources to create Regency costumes. Find out the realities of Regency England with all its torrid stories! ): Danine Cozzens, Agnes Gawne, Frances Burkhart.
- Altering Fabrics Marathon (Anything and everything you can do to fabric. This includes all types of dyeing (including batik), broomstick pleating, weathering, washing “unwashable” fabrics, surface embellishments, etc.): Victoria Ridenour, Deborah K. Jones, Stacey Jenkins
- Theatrical Tricks & Illusions: Animal X
- Working With Feathers: Kathy Mayer & Carol Salemi
- Design Strategies and Secrets for More Effective Costumes: Deborah K. Jones
- Chinese & Japanese Costuming: Alison Kondo & Deborah Strub
- Footwear Panel: Julie Neff
- Parasol Recovering: Rosemary Leczycka
- An Introduction to the International Costumers Guild (Find out what this organization is and what they do, from the people running it.): Pierre E. Pettinger, Jr. & Janet Wilson Anderson
- Period Architecture (Serious Foundations): Animal X
- Welcome To Costuming (Find out about the many worlds of costuming, what Costume Con is all about, and more.): Breighton “Rusty” Dawe, Sheri Jurnecka, Kathryn Elms
- Lakota Sioux Woman’s Dress, 1800 -1900: Cynthia Leonard
- Basic Electrical Demo (Batteries, switches, and bulbs? (oh, my)): Breighton “Rusty” Dawe, John Youden, Brian Mix
- Cartridge Pleating Demo: Jennifer Tifft & Robin Pavlosky*
- Beads & Beading Demo (Find out what various beads are called as well as how to do flatbeading, loom beading, appliques and necklaces.): Duane Elms & Carol Salemi
- The Killer Hair Panel (Come see how to work with hair of all lengths as our panelists style hair right in front of you!): Lora Trimble & Christine James
- Glues (Find out which glue is right for the job.): Janet Wilson Anderson, Gary Anderson*, Sandy Pettinger
- Your First Costume Con (Come and find out what you have gotten yourself into. Learn the history and the nomenclature of this unique subculture.): Denice Girardeau, Toni Lay*, Eleanor Farrell
- Pad Stitching Demo: Shelley Monson
- Costumes for Dance: Gypsy Ames
- Overview of Ribbon Work Slide Show (See the amazing things you can do with ribbon you won’t believe it?): Candace Kling (also Saturday)
Saturday Program Schedule:
- Ragtime & Victorian Dance Instruction: Frances Grimble & Allan Terry
- Cavalier Cutwork Embroidery: Carolyn Eaton
- Five Decades of Costumes Slide Show: Drew Sanders
- Button Making Workshop (Advance sign-up, limit 18 people, class fee.): Nancy Nehring
- The Costumes of Erte (See how they have built costumes working from Erte’s designs.): Julia Hyll & Kathy Sanders
- On Screen and Up Close (See film and BBC costumes on video and then examine the original garments up close.): Sally Norton
- Fabulous Fashions Slide Show, 1915-1925: Alison Kondo
- Charted Needle Embroidery: Louise Pass
- Klingon Costumes: Paula Crist-Pickett, Mary Cordero, Terry Smith
- History of Buttons Slide Show: Nancy Nehring
- Period Embellishment & Sewing Techniques: Animal X
- How Masquerades Are Judged (Come find out what judges look for at masquerades. This panel covers both the SF&F and the Historical masquerades.): Our Judges
- Bustle Building (A Demonstration): Mela Hoyt-Heydon
- How To Host A Historical Event: Elizabeth Pruyn, Molly Paigen, Shelley Monson, Angela Grimes
- The Costume Society of America (Learn what this organization is all about?): Shelley Monson & CSA Members
- Presentation Building (Come learn how to best present your costume on stage.): Paula Crist-Pickett, Brian Mix, Duane Elms
- Music for Costume Presentations (Exploring worlds of music beyond Holst’s “The Planets”. ): James Langdell
- Paper Sculpture Demo: Kathy Mayer & Leslie Johnston
- Militaria (The history of the uniform and organizations that re-enact battles.): Richard Bradley, Adrian Butterfield*, Bob Spickard, Brian Mix, Ted Hammer
- Period Costume And Movement: Tim Bray
- Period Makeup: Victoria Ridenour
- Frontier Costume, 1875-1905: Carl Ontis & Elizabeth Pidgeon-Ontis
- Headpiece Construction Using Buckram: Stacey Jenkins
- From Picture To Reality (How do you take a drawing or photograph and turn it into a real garment? These experts tell you how they do it. Both SF&F and Historical.): Kathy Sanders, Adrian Butterfield*, JoAnne Kirley, Elizabeth Pidgeon-Ontis, Cheryl Serr
- Stage Makeup Workshop: Victoria Weidner
- Period Dance Instruction: Cathleen Myers & James Myers
- Tassels Workshop (Advance sign-up, limit 18 people, class fee.): Nancy Welch
- Overview of Ribbon Work Slide Show (See the amazing things you can do with ribbon you won’t believe it!): Candace Kling (also Friday)
- Ribbon Work (Sign-up in advance, limit 18 people, class fee, supplies list. Amazing techniques for doing amazing things with ribbon.): Candace Kling
- Beginning Buckram Hat Construction (Sign-up in advance, limit 15 people, class fee, supplies list.): Mary LaVenture
Sunday Program Schedule:
- Russian Costuming: Soraya Newell
- Media Recreation Costumes (How to create costumes from the screen, book covers, etc.): Kathy Mayer, Brian Mix, Paula Crist-Pickett, Carol Salemi
- Sharks’ Jaws and Turkey Necks: Working with Found and Natural Materials (Working with bones, teeth, shells, tails, fiber and other materials; how and where to find materials, both natural and unnatural.): Leslie Johnston & Cynthia Geno
- Foam & Fur (How to make big fuzzy critters.): Ben Camacho, Daren Bost, Cheryl Serr
- Women’s Riding Habits (A Slide Show): Shelley Monson & Aurie Bradley
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Costumes Slide Show (Come see some of the great costumes from past conventions.): David Clark & Carol Salemi
- Wigs (Their Care And Feeding): Christine James & Animal X
- Collecting And Preserving Clothing: Aurie Bradley
- Maternity Costume: Elizabeth Pruyn
- Masks And Mask Making: Dana MacDermott, Jay Hartlove, Carolyn Kayta Martz*, Don Serr
- Muffs: Shelley Monson
- Evolution In Undergarments: Kathryn Elms
- Props & Accessories: JoAnne Kirley, Brian Mix, Duane Elms, Max Cervantes
- Vacuum Forming Demo: Max Cervantes
- Commercial “Period” Pattern Evaluation: Lia Anderson & Mela Hoyt-Heydon
- Building A Portfolio: Dana MacDermott*, Mela Hoyt-Heydon, Gypsy Ames
- Dress Trims From Original Garments: Lia Anderson
- Costume Design (Including Drawing Your Costume): Stacey Jenkins, Deborah K. Jones, Kathy Mayer
- Regency Hats Slide Show: Mary LaVenture
- Headdresses or “How High Is The Ceiling?”: Kathy Sanders & JoAnne Kirley
- Quilting: Bobby Gear* & Lisa Ashton
- ICG Discussion of Motion I (Iron out details before the Monday meeting!): Pierre E. Pettinger, Jr.
- Pattern Drafting: Adrian Butterfield*
- Ribbon Flowers Workshop (Sign-up in advance, limit 18 people, class fee, supplies list.): Candace Kling
- Covering A Buckram Hat Form Workshop (Sign-up in advance, limit 15 people, class fee, supplies list.): Mary LaVenture
Monday Program Schedule:
- Drawing Your Costume (without being an arast): Victoria Weidner
- The Sari (Come find out how versatile pieces of Sari fabric are!): Carolyn Kayta Martz
- Thermoplastics: Jay Hartlove, Dana MacDermott*, Chuck Coates
- Middle Eastern Costume: Cathie Berte & Elizabeth Pidgeon-Ontis
- Ecclesiastical Clothing: John Blaker, Kevin Roche, Jennifer Tifft
- Corset Show and Tell Roundtable (See how corsets are made, bring yours to show and tell, get and give advice!): Victoria Ridenour, Elizabeth Pidgeon-Ontis, Jennifer Tifft
- USITT & IATSE Costume Organizations: Find out about these theatrical and film costume organizations
- Leather Demo: Tim Bray & Carl Ontis
- Shoemaking With Household Supplies: Carolyn Kayta Martz
- Stretch Fabrics: Kevin Roche
- Running A Costume-Related Business: Janet Wilson Anderson, Mela Hoyt-Heydon, JoAnne Kirley
