Planet Comicon in KC

This past weekend I made a brief trip through Planet Comicon, a comicbook convention in Kansas City. I went on Sunday which was much more sparsely attended, but still had a few costumed attendees that were worth photographing.

First experience with leather mask making

This weekend I played shop assistant to a friend, and learned a bit about mask making. You can learn more about shaping leather on a Google search, but here is a picture of the sort of thing you can do.

The basics include cutting out the mask, getting it wet, shaping it on your face, and drying it in an oven on low for a few minutes at a time until it's mostly dry. Acrylic paints did well on the leather. I'll post more when I experiment with it myself.

Quilting...

Did up two quilt squares this morning, don't know what I'll do for the rest of the quilt but so far it's not too complicated. Only sewed a couple things wrong and had to rip it out for restitching.