Hi everyone!

After a lot of experimenting with galleries and some other user generated content, I've decided that it's too much for me to manage at the moment. I can't get the user galleries to be as refined as I'd like them and I think it would make the website feel a lot cleaner and smoother if I removed those parts of the site.

Challenge

Submit any type of costume (cosplay, historical, original) that goes along with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". There are many ways to do this, from displaying the theme in the colors you choose to depicting it in the subject matter of the costume. If you feel a need to explain how your costume fits the theme, please feel free to do so. :]

How to Enter

1. Send an email to submit@costumemakermagazine.com with:

Hi everyone! I'm going to be in Taiwan from May 31 through June 11, so I won't be around much online during that time. I'm also going to take away the paypal links on the page to purchase the magazine since I won't be able to ship them out until after I get back. Thank you for your patience if you're

I was contacted by a Sandy Illian Bosh of The Doings who wanted to do a feature on Costume Maker Magazine. It's an awesome article, and really great publicity for the magazine. :D

The article can be found here on their website: Link

I apologize that it looks like it's painful for me to smile in the pictures. D; I think I'm really camera shy when it comes to taking pictures with strangers (when I'm not in costume xD).

~Selina

We now have a newly organized photo gallery for the website for photographs taken at conventions, fairs, etc!

The photos we took at Anime Central 2009 are the newest additions to it. They can be found at these two links:

Right now, if you order more than one printed copy of any issue, you can save on shipping. :D Regular shipping is $1.99 per issue.

Finally, the wait is over! Issue 2 has finally completed printing.

I'm so sorry for the long wait everyone! Between A.P. classes at school and applying to college, the whole printing process got slowed down significantly. I hope this didn't affect anyone and please forgive me if it did. :]

When I first picked up Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume, by Elizabeth Friendship, I wasn't sure what to expect. Some clothing construction books are only useful once or twice; others are the kind you keep on your shelf as a source to be referenced over and over, and after reading through Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume, I could tell that it was this kind.

Unlike books that teach you step by step how to make specific projects, Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume instructs readers on various techniques of drafting patterns that can be used on any project. It goes through ways to expand, decrease, and otherwise alter patterns, and also provides basic patterns for period costume. All of these skills can then be used to adjust patterns to fit any body size and shape. Friendship teaches in the hope that the reader can utilize these techniques on his or

Here's a preview of what will be inside Issue 2 of Costume Maker Magazine. It is going through the process of printing right now, so hopefully it will be finished soon! Read on to see the contents..

Issue 2 is currently going throught the process of printing! (The process being printing proofs and making coreections until the final printing can begin.) Updates will be added when Issue 2 is almost finished printing and when it completely finished and ready to purchase. Thank you to everyone for all your support and patience!