Hi... I have a top with a similar neck to this dress. Basically, you do the neckline wide as you want it, the sew a wide rectangle round the neck edge. You sew...
I realized the other day that I had posted any of my recent costumes here. Been so caught up with working on them and my other duties, that I totally forgot. ...
Replying to my own post cause I totally forgot the other parts of this costume! Ranger Armor: Was made with McCall's 4696 . The material is a whipser black...
... book on basic pattern drafting?! I rather like the Costume Technician's Handbook, by Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey, which I was able to order through B&N...
Yay! My archer friend on the message board responded already! she says: "No, do not boil the leather, but it should be tanned, and not rawhide. Fletching them...
... I've draped stuff before; The Elizabethan book is just a start to get used to not using patterns or combine with basic garments. The Costume Technician's...
I put a couple a pics in "Jules" folder showing the pattern and beginning weave for my Haradrim 2 costume. You can also see the belt, which is farther along....
http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/products.html I ordered it direct , model shops may carry it, I never saw it in Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I use their...
I know I still owe the list pictures of my sister's kid's dress with the gore like the cranberry dress... but I'm still trying to get it back from her. ...
Hi all, Well, I'm pretty much finished with the Rohan arrows. I tried a couple of ideas, and many thanks to all that gave me advice. The pics are in the photo...
Hey, everyone! I just noticed a *very* small (almost stupid) detail concerning the arm ties on Eowyn's gowns. The ties on the right arm are distintivly longer...
<<<I was wondering what other people have used to lace up the corset. Thanks for the help! >>> When my friend made this costume, she used leather for the ...
Hi All! I've finished and posted the photos of my Mirkwood Elf Cloak to go with the Mirkwood Gown... (In spite of the chaos I'm in here at home...!)I went with...
Hi! I made these boots from a pattern I had used before for "Plains Indian Hi-Top Moccassins" I'm sure you can google for the distributor, "Crazy Crow"....the...
Hi, what I did was I found a pair of cheap shoes that had soles in a shape that I liked, and then cut off the uppers leaving about a 1 inch bit of leather all...
When you paint the design, make sure you first mix the silver paint with fabric medium. This will make it so the paint dries softer and more flexible, so it...
... The one they used at the LOTR Exhibition is a more "complex" Silk Velvet. It "seems" smooth on one side but the other side is "embrossed" or crushed. As...
The sword rests on ice blue silk velvet when we see it in the first film, but apparently Elrond has tidied up and we see it on black silk velvet in the third...
... If you've got light colored beads that are made out of any kind of plastic/non-glass material, and the metallic thread is a synthetic you may have a bit of...
Hi first test a piece of your fabric for shrinkage using the dye directions. If you have very little, mark out your pattern pieces you are going to embroider...
I have "painted" plastic beads with success, I mix a bit of (craft) varnish with the paint to give it a wash rather than solid color, of course if its tiny...
... I have had RIT dyed metallic tissue lame. I wasn't planning to wash the fabric afterwards, but I did rinse it to get the extra dye out and the color...
... an accident. I was just rereading some things on fittings in the Costume Technician's Handbook... it reminds to check each sleeve separately on final...
Hey! I was just at JoAnn's little over a week ago and found this wonderful fabric. Its just called "faux suede" in "brown". Its a chocolate color, and already...
I posted some pictures of my finished chase dress a couple of months ago, but since then I've tweaked it a bit and got some (much!) better pictures taken....
I have found one photo supporting my idea that there are no pleats on the side of Gandalf's robe - go to this site and look at the one of Gandalf turning while...
... A good place to look, if you can pause and zoom in (or screencap) is during the fight with the balrog. He has his arms up and there are angles where...
... attch the crown to the wig, but I am going to wear it on my real hair, and I have no idea how to go about making sure it doesn't fall off or move around...
