Ok since this is my personal baby, I will start with this, although I already realize that I missed some details and will have to take notes next time. 1....
... Interesting. Since the top one is different, I would have thought the bottom would be a third design. huh. So it's a star and two trees. Ok. Thanks. -Judy...
... FIDM exhibit photos, since last year we got some shots of the costumes. Yes, there are FIDM photos up, which may be of some use to you who are researching...
Okay, hoping this is still okay. I just spent all evening getting this measely lil site put up. http://www.rivendelldesigns.net/lotrstudy/eowyn For some...
What I do, this is margos mom, Is fold the pattern pieces fiorst, Pin teh pattern so that teh seams match. then pay it out on the fabric, To cut teh piece...
If you would have shortened the pattern pieces theer shoudl be no change in side seams... Ok.. so when we look at the pattern pieces, we have to re follow the...
... (http://www.1sewingpatterns.com/images/3448b.jpg) and the pattern says to use 2.5 yards of 60 inch material, that only bringing it to about mid thigh or a...
Well, I attempted to make an 8" tall staff for a cartoon-like wizard clay sculpture I bought at TexRenFest. It didn't work out. My fingers stuck to it when...
You could always go outside, find a plant with a stalk, uproot it and see if it has some similar roots. Then you'd just need something to harden and preserve...
I did a Gandalf the White staff out of a pencil and Sculpy for a Ty Beanie Baby. It worked perfect. You can shape it and bake it then primer and paint it....
... Set the neck hole slightly back from the edge, so there's more cloak in the front, so there'll be enough to close. Do this in newspaper till you get the...
Carolyn Kayta Barrows
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Feb 3, 2005 9:22 pm
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Just a little bit now, going back next week. I didn't get a lot of time to do stuff today... drooling over everything at the exhibit. The Quality was...
... Uh... let's re-phrase that. I has only three seams which also means it has 3 panels. But it's the panels that are solid front, and two back panels with the...
Hi Cat! Questions: Are the side seams then pulled off the sides toward the back somehow to take in the extra that is not cut out? And, the pinched curved...
Let me see if I'm reading this right. What it sounds like you're saying is that if you looked at this dress from the side, the side seams would have something...
Ok... answering a couple of these together... ... saying is that if you looked at this dress from the side, the side seams would have something like an almost...
That crushed olive velvet makes the seams soooooooooooo disappear. The sleeve is set it, very small, but it's there under the fancy neckline work. We defiantly...
Thanks for posting your observations, though, sadly, what you said about the underskirt fabric only makes it that much less likely I'll ever come across...
... thanks! I got the dupioni silk from denverfabrics it's a peach/white cross dye, great to work with! and the stretch velvet is from there too, I think...
... woven, as in part of the original fabric design? They are woven... but what creates it are the drop treads from the back side of a weave [Non-text portions...
... essentially? Yes.. inside out and a dry-clean only fabric that was wash lightly... probably even dyed to match -Cat- [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi everybody, I've finished the bulk of my Helms Deep costume. Still a couple of details left to do and some cracks to repair (paint on foam doesn't like dry...
I was looking through those BTS pics, and found one of Liv & Viggo hugging for the Coronation scene. A fair amount of the white underdress is showing - and...
This fall I went to the Boston exhibit and absolutely fell in love with this one banner I had never seen before, but was hanging from the ceiling. Just today I...
... Yapp,and I've got more of them here ;) http://www.very-faery.com/costume/coronation_media.htm Fifth row from the top. The last one in the fourth row is...
Hmmm at the Exhibit in London I also studied Gil-Galad's banner for some time, and to me it looked like it were made of navy blue silk velvet, the stars and...
... Yes and both side is Silk Velvet. Each side is probably had the Leather/Vinyl Stars and Silver Thread sew onto the velvet and then the 2 pieces sew...
First one correction on my description of the fabric.. and sorry for the mistake... (and anyone looking at the photos would stay I was full of it on my earlier...