Many years ago, I began learning how to sew on my own, through lots of trial-and-error (mostly error) and constantly looking up how to do this and that online. Aside from the fact that back then most Internet videos were…
My movie-era engineering radiation suit sewing/DIY tutorial is now available, both here on the blog for online viewing and as a free PDF download! Engineering Radiation Suit Sewing/DIY Tutorial You can download my free engineering radiation suit sewing/DIY tutorial PDF…
As a supplement to my engineering radiation suit tutorial, I wanted to offer some tips for keeping your costume budget under control while making one of these elaborate costumes. Nearly all the required materials and supplies for this costume are…
As you’re probably aware, I recently had the privilege of studying a screen-used engineering radiation suit, courtesy of Ray Minarcik. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction, I actually extrapolated a sewing pattern from it, using a…
Among the many brilliant costume designs by Robert Fletcher were the movie-era engineering radiation suits, primarily worn by Scotty, his engineering crew, engineering trainees, and the anonymous assassins in The Undiscovered Country. These incredibly detailed costumes gave a genuine sense…
I recently had the opportunity to study a screen-used engineering radiation suit (courtesy of Ray Minarcik), and in doing so I developed a whole new appreciation for these amazing costumes. I’ll be posting all about my detailed costume examination (and…
As you may have seen in my previous post, a while back I had the privilege of examining a screen-used TNG admiral uniform from season 2, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction,…
With only two brief appearances, the TNG admiral uniform from season two is perhaps the most niche Starfleet uniform from the entire show. Admiral Nakamura had just over a minute of screen time in the fan-favorite episode, “The Measure of…
My updated TNG medical smock sewing tutorial is now available! Although I did polish the text a bit so a few things were clearer (etc.), the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. I used to use the raw photos…
As you’ve probably seen from my TNG medical smock analysis and detailed costume examination, I got a lot of mileage out of the screen-used Dr. Pulaski uniform I examined recently, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the…
