The High Desert Steam Con has asked me to be one of their maker guests of honor for their 2016 convention!  It’s happening in Sparks, NV, from March 18-20.  It’s going to be an exciting and exhausting weekend of panels, workshops, meets and greets, tea dueling, and revelry, and I’m expecting it to be worth every moment!  For years I’ve only heard good things about this convention and the people running it.  If you can make it out, I would love to see you there.

The final schedule has not yet been determined, but I am expecting to give workshops on corset pattern drafting, embroidery, and corset flossing, and panels on a variety of costuming subjects.  On Saturday there will also be the CelebriTea, where attendees will have the opportunity to sit for tea with myself and the other special guests.  Space is limited, so that particular event will require a special ticket.  All of my panels and workshops will be included with the convention pass valid for the day on which it happens.

I must admit that I am more than a little nervous about being a maker guest of honor.  This will be more activity packed into three days than I have even attempted in years.   Diana will be there with me to help me through it all, but I have no doubt the weekend will qualify as overdoing it severely, but I am looking forward to it nonetheless.  The staff of the convention has been incredibly accommodating of my limitations and gone out of their way to make sure my only concerns will be making sure my workshops and presentations are everything the attendees are hoping for.  With some luck and determination I may even have a new outfit to wear that weekend!  I really hope so, because I’ll feel awfully silly if I’m there for my corset making expertise and I don’t have a properly fitting corset to wear, though I know anyone who follows me online will understand completely.

In less happy news, I am not planning to attend Clockwork Alchemy for the first time since it started.  Last year we only made it with the help of friends, and this year it doesn’t look any more feasible.  I will greatly miss all the friends I have only been able to see that one time each year, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed for 2017.