Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

If it's the stuff I'm thinking of, it makes perfect verticals for a crinoline, slip your hoop wire through at even graduations with no need for nipping and tucking along the length, -C. > It is about 7/8" wide, with a single cord about 1/4" from one edge. When > pulled, the cord forms a consiste

Re: [h-cost] looking for a pattern 18th century?

If my memory services me right, this is a discontinued pattern of one of the big 3. The neckline looks to have been abapted and by the sleeve design you are looking at Tudor or the sleeves from a discontinued faux Burgundian costume w/tie on sleeves connected to an Elizabethan bodice or corset w/ad

Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

Thanks. I knew 'how' to use it, but was not certain about costume applications. The bulk issue had not entered my mind and was exactly what I was looking for. If there is a costume application for this product, it needs to be seriously considered against the more traditional techniques. I wo

Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

> Does anyone use shirring tape in costuming? If so, how? I have some 2" plus wide stuff at the moment. All cotton and the tape is a nice herringbone twill. I will probably take the cord out (two rows I think) and use it as a wide twill tape to hem with. I will also look into using it for waist

Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

Kimiko, Thanks. I knew 'how' to use it, but was not certain about costume applications. The bulk issue had not entered my mind and was exactly what I was looking for. If there is a costume application for this product, it needs to be seriously considered against the more traditional techniques.

Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

Quoting Laurie Taylor : Hi, I'm trying to figure out if some shirring tape, from my stash, would be useable for costuming. It is about 7/8" wide, with a single cord about 1/4" from one edge. When pulled, the cord forms a consistent gather, not any sort of pleat or smocked effect. Does anyone

Re: [h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

You sew it down along both edges, then pull the string. I used a pleating tape once, thinking it would make cartridge pleating a skirt easier. It was easier in a way, but the obvious bulk of the tape made the whole thing rather unattractive to my eye so I never used such tapes again for skirts.

[h-cost] Curtain tape as costume supply item?

Hi, I'm trying to figure out if some shirring tape, from my stash, would be useable for costuming. It is about 7/8" wide, with a single cord about 1/4" from one edge. When pulled, the cord forms a consistent gather, not any sort of pleat or smocked effect. Does anyone use shirring tape in costu