In the past we have had a notorious lack of participation in the hall contest, so that we can't really justify its continuance. This year we do have...
I've been cosplaying since 2006ish, but I've been learning to be a seamstress much longer than that. Currently I go to college in New York which means I miss a good half of the Texas con season. I run the Cosplay Repair Station at San Japan, so if any of you have ever gotten your costume sewn together at the con, that was me!