Evolution of my brown steampunk costume....

I am attending Wild Wild West Con in Tucson Arizona in March and I am in the process of getting my costumes completed.  I usually stay away from the generic brown, which is the most popular color for steampunk.  Heck, there is even a saying that Steampunk is what happens when Goth's discover brown.  I have one outfit that started off as a thrift store alteration, that I keep evolving into different versions of the costume.  Here is the representation of what has happened to it so far:

Steamstress Bracer

This is my new piece for my steampunk character!!  In my local steampunk group, when I first joined, I was one of the few who knew how to sew my own costume.  I was also known for bringing along a sewing kit/costume repair kit with me everywhere we went. I was trying to come up with accessories to help put the "punk" in my steampunk costumes and I thought this would be fun to make, since it is an accessory that played to the above traits.  To create this bracer, I came up with all the bits that went onto it.  The scissors were a gift from a fellow member of the steampunk group I am in. I ordered the bodkin (yarn needle looking piece) on ebay.  The thimble was a cheap one I had in a sewing kit and I bought new bobbins and threaded steampunky colors onto the bobbins.

Steampunk Watch Cuff

In steampunk, I follow a beginners rule for costuming: Start with a Victorian base, then "PUNK" it.  I find that the easiest way to punk it up, is with accessories.