![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
costuming gripes
Mar. 25th, 2008 02:04 pmI tripped and fell and hit the checkout button on play.com. So a lightsaber will be being delivered to work sometime in the next week.... :facepalm:
...does anyone know where to get poster tubes for carrying? Rymans website only had one extendable one listed, and whsmiths' website is worse than useless for finding anything so I don't know if they even stock them. (also need to harass Jedi Chefs on size required, since they're the experts on carrying one's lightsaber on planes, trains and automobiles.)
Swiss Miss outfit cut and pinned. now got to sew first bit (aka bloody easy) but then? then comes the gathering. ARSE. Pinning gathered stuff (mostly tiered items) is possibly the longest, most boring job *ever*, and it's not just the skirt, all the edges of the blouse are also gathered. Oh, plus buttons, which I don't remember if I even still have the foot for... \o/.
Huh. For those who've used Simplicity - does anyone know if they over-size their junior range? I picked the 15-16 size for a bodice top since that was the one that had the right waist and bust measurement... and trying on the pinned version, it seemed *way* too big. Shall see once sewn. It's not like not doing the boning should make much difference in fit. We're talking several inches' worth of extra cloth here, not just one or so. Since those who know me know I don't bone any bodice-style tops, due to a liking of breathing. hrrm.
PS : Seven Dials caffeine fiends. any plans for this week?
...does anyone know where to get poster tubes for carrying? Rymans website only had one extendable one listed, and whsmiths' website is worse than useless for finding anything so I don't know if they even stock them. (also need to harass Jedi Chefs on size required, since they're the experts on carrying one's lightsaber on planes, trains and automobiles.)
Swiss Miss outfit cut and pinned. now got to sew first bit (aka bloody easy) but then? then comes the gathering. ARSE. Pinning gathered stuff (mostly tiered items) is possibly the longest, most boring job *ever*, and it's not just the skirt, all the edges of the blouse are also gathered. Oh, plus buttons, which I don't remember if I even still have the foot for... \o/.
Huh. For those who've used Simplicity - does anyone know if they over-size their junior range? I picked the 15-16 size for a bodice top since that was the one that had the right waist and bust measurement... and trying on the pinned version, it seemed *way* too big. Shall see once sewn. It's not like not doing the boning should make much difference in fit. We're talking several inches' worth of extra cloth here, not just one or so. Since those who know me know I don't bone any bodice-style tops, due to a liking of breathing. hrrm.
PS : Seven Dials caffeine fiends. any plans for this week?
