It's Frodo's coat - the "Fellowship" coat! I checked in here - since the "Born of Hope" site is too lagged for me to view the video currently - and saw the new...
I have a Ranger quiver that a friend's husband made for me. She had made the interior bow bag out of linen for her quiver, and I am going to do the same. You...
I'd also recommend using a pair of your existing boots as a basic pattern for width etc. I have large calves, and find this is necessary for scaling purposes....
Check out <http://community.livejournal.com/steamfashion/525310.html> 0ok, so it's aimed for women making steampunk spats... same basic principle, shape to...
Hey all, looking to make the leg coverings for my Ranger costume. They look a bit like Spats.has anyone made these? and if so, do you have a pattern that you...
Black is the trickiest of all colors to get. Depending on the dye and the fabric used, they can cast green, red, purple or blue and often take LOTS of dye to...
Hi all, Again, my dye efforts have gone awry. Here's what happened. I have an old shirt that I tea-dyed last month, and after doing some modifications to it I...
These kinds of marking pens are great on anything but wools. Solvy is probably your best best. It's a pain to remove all the tiny pieces that get caught up...
Hmmm, this might also work, and most certainly would for the next cape which will be oak leaves and vines per the request of the person I will be making it...
I'll look for this. If I can just transfer a thin line, that's really all that I need and the embroidery will cover all of it. Eventually the cloak will be...
Unfortunately, I think you're absolutely correct, Judy. But it is an awesome cloak fabric and the color is fantastic, so I'm putting up with the problems....
I'll certainly think about the Sulky, but I'm hoping to avoid having to immerse the finished into into the washer to get rid of the solvent. It is certainly...
Very good guys! It is indeed Gandalf's belt & embroidery. It's a great opportunity to see what the belt actually looks like and to see the embroidery a bit. ...
Just stumbled on this today... kinda a dah! moment. http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?prod_id=1182 Trace on mesh, then chalk or pen over it. -Cat-...
... to his belt. It appears more blue in the pics than on screen. Yup, a lot of the pics are NOT true color. I do whatever I have to do to bring up the...
I have to agree, looks like the embroidery from Gandalf's cloak next to his belt. It appears more blue in the pics than on screen. Sure is a great close up of...
There is a product I found at Michael's in the aisle with the fabric paint. It's a pen made by "Sulky" and it's packaged in a blue and black blister pack. Use...
... there is a quilting product called a One-step Pen, it works with regular printer paper. You trace over the paper on the fabric with the pen and the ink...
I have a friend who uses this product (or something similar) for her blackwork embroidery.... this may help you as it is water soluable but is better than the...
I am doing embroidery on my cloak. The fabric is a loosely-woven slightly tufted wool. I am having a devil of a time getting the pattern that I want...
Is anyone here following the fan film 'Born of Hope'? I am so immersed in the 'Lord of the Rings' world - that I want the story to never end - I want there to...
(Oppps that's a quote from another series...) Actually, rumors over at TORN... or more precisely a report on rumors.... Quote: "Our source deep inside the...