Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover
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. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover
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 easier to cut them off and move them up, or something else... Guenièvre On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: 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. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover
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 a better Regency silhouette; I have the opposite problem that you have). Claudine From: Guenievre de Monmarche guenie...@erminespot.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover 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 easier to cut them off and move them up, or something else... Guenièvre On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: 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. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover
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 draping overgowns for myself...) Guenièvre On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:08 PM, cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com wrote: 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 a better Regency silhouette; I have the opposite problem that you have). Claudine From: Guenievre de Monmarche guenie...@erminespot.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover 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 easier to cut them off and move them up, or something else... Guenièvre On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: 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. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Aylwen Gardiner-Garden Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:58 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes Dear H-cost list I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. I am still working out what to dress the men in, and fear they will not want to wear short doublets and tights :(( *Aylwen* * * *Aylwen's Historical Costumes* www.aylwen.com http://aylwen.blogspot.com * * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy* www.earthlydelights.com.au http://edhda.eventbrite.com * * ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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 with tights under a fitted Venetian breeches. As for the women's gowns, using a mixture of fabrics or simply colors will add variety. You can also do a lot with different trims and patterns of trim. Michael Deibert OAS AAS LLS Sent from my iPhone On Nov 7, 2011, at 20:17, Monica Spence monicaspe...@optonline.net wrote: 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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Aylwen Gardiner-Garden Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:58 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes Dear H-cost list I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. I am still working out what to dress the men in, and fear they will not want to wear short doublets and tights :(( *Aylwen* * * *Aylwen's Historical Costumes* www.aylwen.com http://aylwen.blogspot.com * * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy* www.earthlydelights.com.au http://edhda.eventbrite.com * * ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes Dear H-cost list I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. I am still working out what to dress the men in, and fear they will not want to wear short doublets and tights :(( *Aylwen* * * *Aylwen's Historical Costumes* www.aylwen.com http://aylwen.blogspot.com * * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy* www.earthlydelights.com.au http://edhda.eventbrite.com * * ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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: 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: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes Dear H-cost list I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. I am still working out what to dress the men in, and fear they will not want to wear short doublets and tights :(( *Aylwen* * * *Aylwen's Historical Costumes* www.aylwen.com http://aylwen.blogspot.com * * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy* www.earthlydelights.com.au http://edhda.eventbrite.com * * ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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. -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: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes Dear H-cost list I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. I am still working out what to dress the men in, and fear they will not want to wear short doublets and tights :(( *Aylwen* * * *Aylwen's Historical Costumes* www.aylwen.com http://aylwen.blogspot.com * * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy* www.earthlydelights.com.au http://edhda.eventbrite.com * * ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes
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 longer than necessary - the woman who designed the pattern is rather tall.) This Simplicity pattern http://www.amazon.com/Conso-8735-Simplicity-Renaissance-Pattern/dp/B0054ERS3Y/ref=sr_1_37?ie=UTF8qid=1320734849sr=8-37 is quite nice - it seems to be out of print but a little searching would probably find a copy cheaper than $47. This variation came from McCalls: http://www.etsy.com/listing/69424574/renaissance-gown-pattern-mccalls?ref=sr_gallery_25ga_includes%5B0%5D=tagsga_search_query=renaissance+costume+patternsga_page=2ga_search_type=allga_facet= I haven't used it though. Another McCalls pattern is just bodice and sleeves http://www.etsy.com/listing/62969283/m4994-misses-renaissance-tops?ref=sr_gallery_38ga_includes%5B0%5D=tagsga_search_query=renaissance+costume+patternsga_page=2ga_search_type=allga_facet= but the skirt could be any long full skirt. Italian ren in general adapts very well to lots of trimming on the bodice and even more so on the sleeves. Sleeves were frequently detachable and decorated with jewels. Janet I have to make 20 costumes for an upcoming Italian renaissance performance and have been thinking about using http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh509-1470s-1500-florentine-wo mans-outfit-1#. Can you think of different ways we can decorate these gowns so they don't all look the same? Plus they need to look grand because we will be on stage under lights. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
