thank you all! dog5alpha, I make a strip of cardboard about 5 cm wide, put it around my head and glue the ends in the back. This is the base for the helmet....
You can put raw silk in the dryer. It softens it and helps with wrinkling but will shrink it a bit the first time. Dryers can be rough on natural fibers so...
My sister went and saw ROTK again over the weekend and confirmed for me that Rosies over skirt is split in the middle and does curve away from the center (I...
OK, because I was trying not to impose too much on Ngila's time, I didn't delve too deeply into this subject, but I did get one question answered. She was...
I was watching the commercails of fotr in disc 2 on the standard dvd and decided to frieze frame certain pics, anyway this is what I noticed (this is the...
... 4491 comes in sleeveless with wide trim collar (overdress) and also with big sleeves w/armband trim version (underdress) which looks like it would be good...
The FIDM website currently has a virtual tour that you might be interested in looking at. There are wonderful close ups of Arwen's Coronation, Eowyn's...
Le Gasp! Lookee what I found! http://www.inweave.com/images/jacquard/UJ-OL39.jpg Have no idea how much exactly it is, but all the fabric on this page ...
It's funny how we all seem to have different ideas of what the perfect fabric for this is, for me I'm still looking for a burnout velvet. Oddly enough I may...
Hi folks, All this discussion about cloaks and the like got me to remembering which cloak (besides the Fellowship one! *drool*...) gave me an immediate ...
Here you will find an excellent Theoden with cloak http://celefinniel.webhop.net/ research and pics http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Human/Rohan/RArmor.htm ...
There are a lot of web resources out there on making cuir bouille, but the basic technique is to dip vegetable-tanned leather in very hot or boiling water just...
I know someone asked before if there would ever be new costumes, and voila! we will be provided with new creations by Weta Digital and Decipher (The Lord of...
These are from <http://www.housefabric.com/fabric.html> - click on "Fabric = Glossary" on the right.
BROCADE – a multi-use formal, Jacquard weave with...
Thank you all for the flurry of information you've shared! I wanted to share a bit back: Looking up "silk brocatelle", I found this: These four UK companies...
What I did was lay my fabric out flat on a quiltering cutting board that had the 45 degree angle marked and ruled a line along that, (though any cutting board...
... Cut straight strips where the straight edge is at a 45 degree angle to the threads. If you want a continuous strip, that's not easily described in print,...
Carolyn Kayta Barrows
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Mar 10, 2004 9:30 pm
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Well, my students watched a movie during class today so while it was going, I was doodling a bit and came up with a drawing of Eowyn'd victory dress, at least...
Two additional suggestions for circlets/headresses 1.) Try using half round sterling wire(flat on on side). 1/2 round is not nearly so onery to bend as round...
http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp? aff_id=0&this_cat=Games&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270351&obj_id=410 37# First of the WETA cards to be seen. Can't...
... At the very end, not in any folder... I had a version with the pattern continuing all the way down, but I don't know what I did with it!! I also put a few...
Dear whoever is interested in the Sheildmaiden costume and cares how the sleeves were constructed: Okay, the construction of the Sheildmaiden chemise sleeve...
... One is coppertoned, while the other is silvertoned. The copper one, IIRC, is about half the ring size of the silver maille. The coppertoned patch is...
The best, clearest explanation to make a petal wrap sleeve is in a book I got at the library, also available in bookstores. "Make it Your Own" by Lori Bottom &...
In einer eMail vom 13.03.2004 00:03:54 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt ... I think this is one of the fabrics that was made from the embroider who worked...
Wow - what a weekend. :) I have so much catching up to do, and who knows how long that is going to take me, but I wanted to post the costume notes I got from...
I've done a couple of them, and do custom patterns all the time, so I'll take a stab at it. It would be vastly easier with diagrams, but I don't have the...
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