glad I could help..I am here for anyone that wishes..also, if there is anything
else you need...I may be able to help there to..I feel funny doing so on-site so
to speak, so if you wish contact me through the web-site. I  am in a position to
help with fabrics and/or sewing tips...especially for shoe-string budgets with
"wow" results.....happy sewing...dee

--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Grace <star_girl_mag@...> wrote:

From: Grace <star_girl_mag@...>
Subject: [phantomcostumes] Re: HELLO OUT THERE!!!!
To: phantomcostumes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 3:46 PM






First of all THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! You have all been SO helpful!
Dee you are wonderful! I think you have completely solved my crisis!
I can't believe I didn't think of that before! I'm such a ditz.
Also I have never used fray check before and THANK GOD such a product
exits! I have always burned the edges of synthetic fabric or used wax
but never on this much fabric. I was kind of wondering how I would
make this work. I enjoy the project of sewing but I'm not very
experienced and my sewing machine SUCKS so maybe I'll be contacting
you in the future ;) I think I'm about ready to order fabric and then
I'm off to work on the skirt.

Hey Heather, don't wait for a boyfriend to go as Christine. Guy
friends work just as well and honestly they work a little better. I
have a lot of theatre friends and have found that the love of my life
is totally the opposite so for me my friends are usually a better bet
on this kind of stuff. If I get my costume completed in a timely
fashion I might start bugging my guy friends to be my platonic date
for the night. Lord only knows that I'll be the one constructing the
costume so I'll need plenty of time if that'll work. Chances are
though Heather you're not going to find many straight men who are
willing to dress up as the Phantom on Halloween, if I have a "date"
for the night he'll most likely be one of my gay friends.

Thanks again everyone!

--- In phantomcostumes@ yahoogroups. com, Dee Thompson
<dblackthistle@ ...> wrote:
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> 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.blackthistledes igns.com
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> --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Phantomblueeyes <phantomblueeyes@ ...> wrote:
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> From: Phantomblueeyes <phantomblueeyes@ ...>
> Subject: [phantomcostumes] HELLO OUT THERE!!!!
> To: phantomcostumes@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 2:07 PM
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> 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:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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