Thanks all for your helpful hints vendor reviews. I'm on it!
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies gents,
I'm in the market for a new cover for a recent adopted Uniquely You
dressmakers dummy.
Has anyone tried to move the bustline (or maybe take the shoulders
down?) on their UY dressform? I have a VERY short upper chest, and the
boobs on mine are about the right *size*, but also about 2 inches
lower than they should be. I've been pondering bustlift surgery on
it, and whether it would be
Frankly, what a lot of costumers do is just lop the boobs
off, corset the thing, and then pad to where your boobs would be. Those
spongy boobs just don't move the way real boobs do. I can't get my
Regency undergarments on my dummy, because they do a massive lift of my
boobs (so that I can get
Well, this was actually more for mundane stuff than for costuming - I
don't do any corseted eras (yet), though I am pondering that same
solution to make her me-in-a-gothic-gown shaped (which, like regency,
moves things even higher). (Not to make more undergowns, but to have a
better base for
Cheap and easy: Fabric glue with glitter over it.
More expensive Christmas ribbons and small decorative trims by-the-yard. If
the show is after Christmas, the trim usually is on sale. Donated buttons
make nice jewelry, also.
Monica Spence
-Original Message-
From:
As far as the men go, you could always tell them that tights are your costume
unless you'd rather go naked - its worked for me before when I've hit issues
with men not wanting to wear tights. Or depending if you're aiming for a
specific decade or just renaissance in general, you could get by
Fabric paint on a plain or print fabric will make it look rich under stage
lights.
-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 3:58 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject:
Oh, and you can make fabulous jewelry using cardboard. Use hot melt to make
different areas/filigree, spray with gold paint, then glue on plastic
jewels-- the larger, the better. Makes a very good chunky, early Renaissance
look.
Sharon C.
-Original Message-
From:
Also a quick fix would be Velcro parts. iron designs are quick and easy to
remove to change afterwards.
Sent from my iPad Becky Rautine
On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com wrote:
Fabric paint on a plain or print fabric will make it look rich under stage
lights.
I've never made up a Reconstructing History pattern, so I have no idea how it
is to work with, but the illustrations are the least inspiring Italian ren I've
ever seen. The Medieval Miscellanea patterns will give more variations and is
easy enough to sew (although the skirts will run way
10 matches
Mail list logo
