Well, our last competition costume (for Archon 2006 in St. Louis) was
designed at 11 pm at our local Wal-Mart around the fabric they had in
stock. It included black/blue/brown chinese brocade (acetate
probably), yellow quilting cotton, a variegated brown crushed panne
velour, and a stretch yellow patterned ruffle trim on clearance. It
also included some of the same crushed panne in burgundy and lining
for same, and light yellow sparkle rattail cording.
Title: The King in Yellow (from an 1895 horror short story -
obligatory historical content ;-) )
Result: Best in Class Master Division
It was built in 2.5 weeks after the originally intended project
crashed and burned. If you were at CC25 - my costume was what I wore
judging the F/SF masquerade.
We also buy bolts of the $1/yard stuff for mock-ups, and sometimes
find decent generic lining there too. Not our first choice for
fabric, but sometimes has "interesting" stuff.
Sandy
Walmart carries garment quality fabric? I suppose it does depend
on location.
Annette T
"Those Who Fail To Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly --
Why They Are Simply Doomed.
Achemdro'hm
"The Illusion of Historical Fact"
-- C.Y. 4971
Andromeda
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