Post by mooglar (Malim Vincible) on Mar 16, 2006 2:01:48 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate it. I'm really happy with the sleeves, which hang the same on both side (not just hanging as far down but hanging in the same way), and the sleeve lining, which I finally got right, with it hanging loose inside the sleeves. I got my best-looking shoulder tucks in on this one too.
Tonight I got halfway to lengthening the skirt. I also finally did what I've been thinking about doing forever and putting velcro on the collar of the inner tunic to keep it in place. It's working well, though I had to take the outer collar apart so I could sew the velcro onto the bottom without the stitiching showing up on top.
Leda, I have the regular food capsules (the pen caps) and then also a couple of aluminum pill bottles that are supposed to go on your key chain that I epoxied some hairpins onto for belt clips. I actually put pills in them! (Ibuprofen in case I get a headache and Pepcid for bad con food). Since a lot of the pants I wear when in costume don't have pockets, all my belt pouches are functionable. I had a place for everything but pills, which tended to end up as dust rolling around in an ammo pouch with my house keys and stuff. Thus, the pill bottles. And they look pretty cool, too. Not canon, but definitely something that could have been, I think.
I did the Anakin Episode II cloak mostly because I found that wool on sale, but I was afraid there wasn't enough to make a regular robe out of for me (I'm 6'3" and about 220 lbs., so robes take a LOT of fabric for me). So, I decided to try the Anakin Ep. II. I was afraid I wouldn't like it, but I really do. The part I was most worried about, putting a harness in to keep it from falling off, turned out to be a snap. (I just sewed a wide piece of elastic in to go under my armpits and across my back and it's worked perfectly).
Jan-Qui, I got totally lucky with the fabric. Would you believe I found that dark brown crinkle cotton in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart for $1 a yard? Every once in a while you get super lucky, and that was my day! Online, I recently found crinkle cotton in all kinds of colors at a site called DollarFabric. Haven't dealt with them myself, but here's the link in case it helps. They have dark brown, cigar, light brown, all kinds. I think they're all around $6.00 a yard.
dollarfabric.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=00000001&Category_Code=4005
Tonight I got halfway to lengthening the skirt. I also finally did what I've been thinking about doing forever and putting velcro on the collar of the inner tunic to keep it in place. It's working well, though I had to take the outer collar apart so I could sew the velcro onto the bottom without the stitiching showing up on top.
Leda, I have the regular food capsules (the pen caps) and then also a couple of aluminum pill bottles that are supposed to go on your key chain that I epoxied some hairpins onto for belt clips. I actually put pills in them! (Ibuprofen in case I get a headache and Pepcid for bad con food). Since a lot of the pants I wear when in costume don't have pockets, all my belt pouches are functionable. I had a place for everything but pills, which tended to end up as dust rolling around in an ammo pouch with my house keys and stuff. Thus, the pill bottles. And they look pretty cool, too. Not canon, but definitely something that could have been, I think.
I did the Anakin Episode II cloak mostly because I found that wool on sale, but I was afraid there wasn't enough to make a regular robe out of for me (I'm 6'3" and about 220 lbs., so robes take a LOT of fabric for me). So, I decided to try the Anakin Ep. II. I was afraid I wouldn't like it, but I really do. The part I was most worried about, putting a harness in to keep it from falling off, turned out to be a snap. (I just sewed a wide piece of elastic in to go under my armpits and across my back and it's worked perfectly).
Jan-Qui, I got totally lucky with the fabric. Would you believe I found that dark brown crinkle cotton in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart for $1 a yard? Every once in a while you get super lucky, and that was my day! Online, I recently found crinkle cotton in all kinds of colors at a site called DollarFabric. Haven't dealt with them myself, but here's the link in case it helps. They have dark brown, cigar, light brown, all kinds. I think they're all around $6.00 a yard.
dollarfabric.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=00000001&Category_Code=4005
