Before and after The Ceremony of the Fangs~ with thanks to @gothiccharmschool for the concept and hooking me on this brand!!!
My newest addition to the Army of Darkness has no name yet, but I made his little wizard cloak myself in an hour from fleece and I am INCREDIBLY happy with how even all the seams came out and how well it fits!!
Bun is a Jellycat Bashful Bunny in Beige, size Medium. (12″) His cloak is the second pattern I’ve drafted for the Jellycat animals, and definitely the best looking! I’m going to run up a few more for my other buns and see how they look. By the end of this Halloween season all my bunnies might just be in little black furry wizard cloaks with their big bows tied more like cravats~
He’s wearing the last set of fangs I bought this past Halloween; pretty sure they’re Scarecrow brand; and four fake gauge piercings (just stuck harmlessly through the weave of the fur). I lined up the fangs with the mouth stitches, and sewed them in securely with light colored thread. The jawbone is a Javelina that my Partner brought down Himself.
Look at this adorable bun! The Evil Bunny Alliance welcomes you, yet-to-be-named one!
This lil guy is named Rh’yleh! He informed me so a few weeks back, and I lost the post. Dang it. Anyrate, Tahli Xhexania has gotten her comfortable-evil robe + hood, and looks STUNNING, as one would expect from the more respectable member of my little army.
Rh’yleh even stole one of Tahli’s velvet ear bows for a bowtie~
My little colony wanted to know if perchance Ms Merricat; she’s a Medium sized isn’t she?; would like a cloak of her own…? And if she would enjoy possessing such a thing, would she prefer it plain, or perhaps with some embellishments, like Tahli’s cravat?
I spent two and a half hours tonight making Tahli Xhexania a new hoodie to match Rh’yleh’s. Warm, black fleece with gigantic hoods; that fall over their noses if they move at all; that say “I’m a devilish vampire bun, but I’m warm and snuggly at my October crossroads dealings with the underworld~”
Enjoy the flailing over Halloween and swirling about because Pumpkin King and Halloween and Vampire Buns and the Evil Bunny Alliance~ 😀
I started Memnoch the Devil yesterday for the first time and I’m not very far in, but here are some Lestat gems so far:
Lestat pausing mid-narrative to talk about how good he looked in his blue Brooks Brothers suit and how perfectly tailored it was, not at all like those god-awful Italian suits in the 90s, and then he stops and goes, “But it’s not about the clothes. To hell with the clothes! I don’t care about clothes. Also I had on a silk scarf and wingtip shoes and violet sunglasses and I can’t be completely sure, but I’m 100% certain that every single person who passed me in that hotel lobby wanted to climb me like a tree. And my hair looked so good, you would not believe.”
David telling Lestat that Armand is intensely jealous and spies on him way more often than Lestat realizes, but then Lestat goes, “Oh, no, I definitely see Armand. I know he’s there. I just ignore him.”
Lestat: I hate Armand. David: You don’t hate Armand. Lestat: UM PRETTY SURE I DO
Lestat: David was all young and hot now but tbh I still wish I would have boinked him when he was an old man in a sweater vest and corduroy pants.
David sitting unobtrusively in the restaurant looking like a regular guy while Lestat sprawls out on the chair and says something to the effect of, “I deliberately dressed like an 80s rock icon because I wanted attention so badly. I wanted to be crushed to death with attention.”
Lestat passing some homeless dude under a bridge in Queens or wherever and tossing him some money, and the homeless guy is like, “Hey, thanks, man, thanks, brother,” and Lestat goes, “Amen.”
Lestat killing the hot cocaine dealer and then getting really mad that the hot cocaine dealer keeps trying to talk to him while Lestat’s draining him dry, like, “I’M BUSY, STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH WHILE I’M KILLING YOU, GOD, WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN?”
Lestat: I am not afraid of any other vampire. No other vampire scares me at all. Lestat:………… Lestat: Maharet keeps pulling out her own eyes and it gives me anxiety diarrhea.
David: Lestat, what’s wrong? You seem legitimately terrified of something. Lestat: I’m not. I’m not terrified of anything. Not even Maharet and her disposable eyeballs. David: I know you–something is really scaring you. Lestat: No it isn’t, David, I’m fine, also, can I sleep with you tonight? David: Of course– Lestat: Can you leave the night light on?
“ Come into these arms again and set this spirit free ”
the uhhhhhh only “spirit freeing” armand is about to do is kill this bitch. sooo….
just sitting, very quiet and contemplative, with my coffee
it’s an isolated feeling, things getting a little better but not quite there yet. the end of a depressive spiral; i hope; while the things that created it linger.
i’m going to sit with my discomfort, instead of pushing it away again. try to examine it, up close and real, and then let go if i can.
for now, thank gods for warm mocha coffee with alcohol in, and soft fluffy friends.
Ms Tahli Xhexania; the bunny @gladiatoroftheorists got for me last year; decided that THIS Halloween she wanted to look like a darker, more piratical Lestat. I fear her new coat came out a bit more Victorian than French Court, but I quite like how it turned out anyhow!
The coat itself is quilter’s cotton, edged in two types of lace, double-ruffled ribbon, and black silk velvet for the collar of the jabot, her ear bows, and to hide the raw hem on the inside of the coat. If I had had more of the white lace, the edging would have repeated from the cuffs to the hem. As it is, I still think she looks QUITE dapper and pleased with herself.
The coat was originally designed to come with a hood, as all my buns prefer them, but alas… four layers of cotton does not an attractive hood make. I might save the pieces and create a bonnet of some sort with it later, but we’ll have to see. As it stands, I learned quite a lot in the making of this little costume, and I’m looking forward to recreating it with other fabrics in my stash.
I’ve got about two-three yards of rose-printed lace I can’t do a THING with… perhaps a very, VERY frothy poet shirt is in order for Mr Leopold???
I want to thank @gothiccharmschool for introducing me to Jellycats and the Evil Bunny Alliance, as well as reigniting my love of all things Goth the past few years. When I picked up her book, I never imagined it would have been written by such a well-spoken, vivacious lady. I’m very glad to be able to follow you on social media, Aunt Jilli! You definitely darken up my feed in the best possible way.
I also want to thank @angelacostumery here on tumblr and on YouTube, for inspiring me to try something new and get out of my comfort zone. It’s been a decade or so since I’ve done much sewing, especially HAND sewing. But after watching some of her tutorials and how-tos online, I knew I had to at least make an attempt at this. This was definitely a stash-buster project, as the last scraps of that white lace have been hanging on forever.
I’d also like to thank @almightyalmighty for being so patient with me while I was stitching away on His birthday, and for encouraging my creativity.
Tahli is a Large Bashful Beau from JellycatUK, and her fangs are by Scarecrow. You can find The Ceremony Of The Fangs on Aunt Jilli’s tumblr! Join the Evil Bunny Alliance! We have fluffy bows and fun outfits!
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