Uploaded one picture of this a long time ago, just realized I never did my uniform grid deal.

This was a commission for Dragon*Con. My friend Amber wanted to dress up from Star Trek, specifically wanted the TOS uniform. Now, I know nothing about Star Trek so the materials were all chosen by Amber. I know the original uniforms from the show were made from velour but the stuff makes me want to gag and it doesn't wear well, so Amber went with a good quality jersey knit.

I followed a pattern that was supposed to be from some Star Trek costuming website. That was an adventure as the instructions were written by someone whose first language wasn't English, and it sounded like they were talking to someone who had never figured out which end of the needle goes into the fabric. It was highly amusing until I realized that the pattern had no size chart, even though there were six graded sizes included. I had to do this kind of half assed measure-each-piece-in-the-same-place thing, then pray I was cutting out the right size.

I got lucky because it fit her fine. I added four inches to the overall length. I think she'd have broken a few decency laws had we left it at the original length.

I also didn't realize that the collar isn't symmetical on the shoulders (one side is wider than the other) so I resewed the thing about 20 times before I yelled something slightly offensive at my machine and Amber's boyfriend clued me in that no, I'd done it right. Fan-bloody-tastic.

Back closes with a zipper and hook and eyes. Patch and rank braids were purchased by Amber's boyfriend.