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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Jun 21, 2007 17:07:16 GMT -5
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Jun 21, 2007 18:31:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the links AMP. YOUTCH! That's high. No wonder Trisha Biggar only used it for the arms and neck. Knowing me, I'd at least try to make at least ONE as a full garment., the second with the under
The Khandi was for the Over tunic and tabbords. The silk jersy, wool crepe for unders. But I feel it's best to pick fabrics for the weather of your state, personal tempreture tolarances(comfort level), and for how clsoe it comes to LOOKING like the on screen fabrics.
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Post by AMP on Jun 21, 2007 20:39:13 GMT -5
I hear you on the dressing for the weather. There is NO way I could wear anything made of wool.
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Post by JediKai on Jun 22, 2007 1:49:35 GMT -5
"Dressing the Galaxy" by Trish Bigger said almost nothing about the kind of fabrics used. There is no mention of Khadi. That was fan speculation early on.
"Qui-Gon Jinn's Jedi Outfit, a jersey silk bourette undershirt and silk noil overshirt with traditional double hanging tabs held by a matching cummerbund under the leather Jedi belt and pouches."
The second mention of the fabric used is: Trish wrote: "While sourcing Episode I fabric for the younger Obi-Wan kenobi that would retain the fundamental appearance and textures used for the original character, I came across several rolls of vintage brown wool fabric in a warehouse in the East End of London that still had the utility marks on the selvedges, which meant they had been manufactured around the time of the Second World War, when textiles were rationed."
Re Shaak Ti: hand tooled and painted leather skirt panel worn over finely pleated skirts. Brown fine wool cloak has silk seersucker hanging tabs
That is all that's written about the fabrics.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jun 22, 2007 6:01:13 GMT -5
I just won an auction on E-bay for 5 yards (60" wide) of tan wool crepe....for $11.00! about $2.00 a yard...you can't beat that!!
Can't wait to see it!
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Jun 22, 2007 11:47:40 GMT -5
AMP, definatly so. experiment with fabrics. If you've expensive fabric and don't want to use it up on an entire under tunic, get the Under Armour or using V-neck tanks, or a form fitting comfty T-shirt, add arms, modifiy the neck, All you gotta do is pull it over the head.
Kai, that's a shame she didn't mention more. I hadn't sewn the Khandi yet, but I enjoy it's texture. If it turns out to be too heavy for an over tunic, I'll use it for tabbords and obi peices.
Congrats Shcph, enjoy.
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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Jun 22, 2007 17:36:56 GMT -5
I'm glad y'all brought up wool. When we were in Knoxville for AdventureCon, we were out looking for REAL FOOD one night and came across a Hanthingy's that was going out of business. I got a really nice piece of lightweight wool suiting for a great price. It's only enough enough for a tunic, so I'd have to do the tabards in something else. (Leather, maybe...? hmmm, hmmmm, meditate on this I will....) My question is -- should I pre-wash it in hot water just as I do my other fabrics? That "scares" me a little with wool, but maybe that's the ticket. Thoughts??? Many thanks.
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jun 22, 2007 17:48:22 GMT -5
My question is -- should I pre-wash it in hot water just as I do my other fabrics? That "scares" me a little with wool, but maybe that's the ticket. Thoughts??? Many thanks. I did an experiment once with two 10" square pieces of 100% Tropical weight wool... I washed one of the pieces in hot water and one in warm water Neither piece shrunk hardly at all..... BUT .....I did not put them in the dryer....I let them dry over a clothes line... I would say you are safe with the hot water....but don't put the item in a dryer!
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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Jun 22, 2007 17:57:17 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't think of the dryer "issue"! Thanks!
And I assume that pre-washing the fabric means that the finished garment can be laundered, rather than dry-cleaned? Yes, I'll definitely keep it out of the dryer!!
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Post by JediKai on Jun 22, 2007 23:53:50 GMT -5
Depending on the kind of wool, washing it may change it's texture. Sometimes that's a good thing. Wool suiting is a pretty tight weave, so I don't think it would change much. Yes, however you pre-wash it is how you can then wash the finished garment.
I always pre-wash wool, linen and raw silk...even though the official instructions are dry clean only.
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jun 24, 2007 13:07:30 GMT -5
I always pre-wash wool in cold water set on 'delicate'. For a costume I really don't expect to be getting it dirty enough so that I would need hot water. Gentle liquid soap to wash with works fine, too.
The danger with wool is that agitation and heat will make it turn to felt, which is bad. That's why the dryer is a big no-no. I have put wool-blend fabric in the dryer with no problem, but that is because of the synthetic content.
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Jun 24, 2007 13:59:36 GMT -5
I'd test a scrap in hot, another in cold, in the washer, and a scrap to be handwashed. COmpare all with a peice that's un washed to see the degree of shrinkage.
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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Jun 25, 2007 17:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jun 26, 2007 2:59:30 GMT -5
I received the wool crepe that I won on E-bay yesterday...where it doesn't have the texture of the PM Obi-Wan....the drape and flow of the stuff is incredible!
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jun 26, 2007 21:45:30 GMT -5
Wool Crepe is gorgeous stuff. The wool boucle that I got is fabulous, flows and drapes like a dream. I pre washed in hot and dried it on air/no heat, a little shrink anf no felting. To dry wool in a dryer, set on air/no heat, I wouldn't be able to hang dry it, no space in NY Apt., it was a 20 yard chunk. Not for DCon, but winter definitly, I need to redo the wool flannel that I started, it's light wt enough for DCon, and really great flow also.
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