hello to all....best way to do skirt...easiest for someone with not alot of
experience...
make CUT TWO SKIRTS...PUT ONE OVER THE OTHER IN A LAYER..BASTE TOGETHER..FINISH
WAISTBAND AS YOU WOULD ONE...THEN WITH SCISSORS AND FRAY CHECK....CUT THE OVER
SKIRT IN EDGES JUST MATCHING THE LOOK OF THE STRIPS...TREAT EDGES WITH FRAY
CHECK...I am Dee Thompson ....I am a professional costumer for many years and
have done alot of Phantom...including in the theatre.... anyone interested I am
still booking for Halloween....my website is temporarily down but the business
profile is there with contact information..if you have any questions..you can
send them directly to me also..
have a great day..
www.blackthistledesigns.com

--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Phantomblueeyes <phantomblueeyes@...> wrote:

From: Phantomblueeyes <phantomblueeyes@...>
Subject: [phantomcostumes] HELLO OUT THERE!!!!
To: phantomcostumes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 2:07 PM







Hi there Grace. I'm Heather from Texas. I have an idea: sew the skirt FIRST and
then add strips. I'm no seamstress but I figure that's the easiest way to go. I
wanna go as Christine for Halloween but alas, I have no Phantom to go w/
either!!! Maybe we both can get blessed w/ handsome boyfriends and he''ll agree
to the idea. Well, gotta go. Ciao and email me back and tell me if that idea
helps. God bless and good luck w/ that dress.
Me? I';m gonna buy the material and the pattern, then have my dress
professionally made (some day I hope!!)

--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Grace <star_girl_mag@ hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Grace <star_girl_mag@ hotmail.com>
Subject: [phantomcostumes] Is anybody out there? Help!
To: phantomcostumes@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 1:37 PM

Hey everyone! I know that this group has been VERY SLOW as of late
but I was hoping I could maybe still reach out to you guys. I joined
this group years ago. I have every year since "The Phantom of The
Opera" musical film came out planned on making a Christine costume
for Halloween but for one reason or another have opted for other
equally complicated homemade costumes (Satan, pirate, angel, Nightmare
Sally, Vampire, and Evil Alice)that seems like a few too many but I
made 2 one year for different themed parties and one I made for my
finance of 2 years. My fiance, by the way, hates Halloween, and
what's more, hates Phantom. I respect that Halloween is my thing so I
have decided to go party alone this year and leave him at home. This
brings me to my first question.

How do you hint at being Christine when you have no Phantom? I HATE
having to explain my costume on Halloween and I like it to speak for
itself but if you're not a MEGA FAN you might not get it. I don't
really want to put on a name tag. My ideas so far are, to make a
Phantom doll to take with me, bring a cardboard cutout of the Phantom
and call it my "date" and lastly put a "The Phantom Was
Here" sign on my
body. I'm not really digging any of those ideas and was hoping maybe
you guys have some ideas of your own. Perhaps there are some other
solo Christines out there who have already solved this problem.

My other question is costume related. I'm already halfway done with
my film copy of Christine's "Don Juan" costume, 3 months before
Halloween, but I have hit a snag. THE SKIRT! The actual construction
of the skirt looks uncomplicated but the fabric looks difficult to
replicate. How have you folks solved this dilemma in the past? Does
anyone have any fabric suggestions? Should I make the skirt first and
then sew diagonal pieces? Should I sew strips on the fabric? I'm
kind of stuck and would be REALLY happy if someone knew of a similar
fabric with layers of fabric already on it. PLEASE HELP!

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