Trombone_Spock
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Thanks! After the complexity of the First-Contact / NEM uniforms which you've already had success with (great job on those too, by the way!) the Voyager jumpsuit should be a breeze: no quilt lines or mitered trims to worry about!
One modification I've started making on my more recent jumpsuits (now that I've gotten more familiar with the construction process), is installing invisible zippers into the side seams to create hidden pockets. It's hardly noticeable to the casual observer; the zipper pull tab largely gets camouflaged by the elastic waistband anyways. Pockets are useful.
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I agree; great job on all of those. The Voyager in particular looks amazing! Though I've always had a fondness for that style of uniform, having grown up following the adventures of Captain Janeway.
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My new and better-fitting Voyager jumpsuit. I may want to redo the undershirt at some point. The fabric seemed alright to me when I made it, but now that I'm starting to have a collection of uniform fabric cards to compare to, these ones are a bit lighter in colour than they ought to be.
Incidentally, I made the bunny's uniform as well, which is why the colours match so exactly with my jumpsuit. I drafted a pattern for him taking inspiration from the way the Playmates 9″ jumpsuits were constructed since I thought those looked really good. This is his third jumpsuit (always takes a few tries to get it exactly right).
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This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Trombone_Spock.
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Really excited to see how this site develops; your costume patterns, analyses and tutorials have been enormously helpful to me in learning how to sew (techniques that I am now integrating into my regular non-costume sewing). The first video in your online sewing course was very entertaining and I can't wait to see the rest of it! Also looking forward to your upcoming in-development sewing patterns, particularly TWOK.
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Thanks! After the complexity of the First-Contact / NEM uniforms which you've already had success with (great job on those too, by the way!) the Voyager jumpsuit should be a breeze: no quilt lines or mitered trims to worry about!
One modification I've started making on my more recent jumpsuits (now that I've gotten more familiar with the construction process), is installing invisible zippers into the side seams to create hidden pockets. It's hardly noticeable to the casual observer; the zipper pull tab largely gets camouflaged by the elastic waistband anyways. Pockets are useful.
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No, I did not name the bunny Kukalaka, but Andrew. A Build-A-Bear Pawlette, he was a gift to my wife that we made together about 8 years ago when we started dating. I made his first Starfleet uniform about a year later and he has accompanied us on every trip we've ever taken together.
My wife only started watching through all of TOS, TNG and Stargate SG-1 with me about a year ago. DS9 and Voyager (I grew up on Janeway, though DS9 has since become one of my favourite Star Treks) are still on the watch list for a future year.
