tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51761186541825671042024-03-17T00:19:04.306-07:00Costumer's ClosetFrom historic to cosplay and everything in betweenbauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.comBlogger437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-5752127397435141742019-02-18T07:30:00.000-08:002019-02-18T07:30:02.412-08:00A Regency Chemisette<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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I've been wanting a Regency chemisette for ages now and have just never gotten around to making one. They are great accessories for changing up the look of a dress. I've always loved the look of the big, white of the chemisette in Bright Star in conjunction with the more severe lines of her red military-looking spencer so I knew I wanted something similar.<br />
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So after finishing my Pashmina spencer in less time than I'd guessed it would take, I thought I would try out my new Swiss organdy and finally make myself a chemisette to help change up the look of an old gown. I used t<a href="http://www.amazondrygoods.com/products/la-mode-bagatelle-regency-wardrobe.html">he Mode Bagatelle chemisette pattern</a> as my base and just changed the front to have a v-neck and a graduated ruffle instead.<br />
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There is a drawstring at the bottom of the chemisette and the front just laps over each other.<br />
As I'd hoped the Swiss organdy was delightfully stiff and sheer and perfect for this project!<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-38693260946506757792019-02-14T07:30:00.000-08:002019-02-14T09:13:06.596-08:00Painting: An Interior at a Fancy Dress Ball<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a8E-FMvtAkk/XF9J92OEhTI/AAAAAAACQJk/crsprQYTVa8gvEUxDRwLkMHzRtSFkbEfwCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_2332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a8E-FMvtAkk/XF9J92OEhTI/AAAAAAACQJk/crsprQYTVa8gvEUxDRwLkMHzRtSFkbEfwCKgBGAs/s320/IMG_2332.JPG" width="320" /></a>I have a lot of friends talking about getting ready to go to Venice for Carnevale and that reminded me of a painting I saw when I was in Dublin last summer. I only had a short time to run through the National Gallery of Ireland but my quick run through was well worth it. One of my favorites was this painting because there were so many wonderful 18th Century costumes - Matthias Schiffer's "An Interior at a Fancy Dress Ball" 1777. <br />
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This was a large painting so I only zeroed in on particular costumes that I liked. You can see the painting in it's entirety on <a href="https://www.nationalgalleryimages.ie/?service=asset&action=show_zoom_window_popup&language=en&asset=5495&location=grid&asset_list=5495&basket_item_id=undefined">the National Gallery of Ireland's website.</a><br />
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One thing I thought was interesting is that no one is wearing a mask! And I did't see anyone holding one either, as you often do in 18th Century paintings. I wonder, is there a difference between a "fancy dress" ball and a masquerade? </div>
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I thought it was interesting too that many of the outfits don't actually look all that much different from other things we see people wearing in the 18th century. What makes the outfits of the two ladies below "fancy dress" versus regular ball ensembles?<br />
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It looks like someone couldn't find a sitter for the night! But seriously, is the boy a page boy there to hold her train? Or relay messages? So many questions...<br />
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These folks all look a bit more "in costume" than some of the others, you can see a couple in "Turkish" dress as well as what looks like a renaissance costumed man.<br />
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Here is a close up of some of the dancers. A few of them look more obviously "in costume" as well.</div>
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Anyway, I hope you liked the painting as much as I did!bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-25704043737013357652019-02-08T07:30:00.001-08:002019-02-08T07:30:02.549-08:00Mantua Madness: Organdy fontange vs organza fontange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Both fontanges have millinary wire supports covered in fabric. When I was looking at some trims on Etsy I had a sudden eureka that the satin ribbon I had used before, while lovely, was just too heavy and that the perfect thing would be a light weight wired taffeta ribbon. So I bought some black rayon wired ribbon and ended up with what you see below. </div>
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The funny little wired ribbon loops in the center front are something I've seen in some portraits and turn out to actually be very helpful in keeping it upright. If I perch the fontange on my head, over a bun but behind my curled hairpiece it stays upright with ease.<br />
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I'm pretty happy with the finished fontanges, I finally managed to make something that had the lightness I was hoping for. Which do you like better?<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-51175392103538710852019-02-04T07:30:00.001-08:002019-02-04T07:30:03.981-08:00Pashmina to Regency Spencer<br />
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A little digression from all the mantua madness...<br />
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I go to a Jane Austen ball every year around this time and always like to have something new. I didn't really have any plans for a new gown, but I'd bought a hand-embroidered red wool Pashmina shawl a while back on etsy that made me think some of the military-esque looking spencers of the period. So, with just a few weeks before the event I thought I'd see what I could do to make that happen.<br />
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This was a bit of a challenge, as the pashmina had an embroidered border and two large ASYMMETRICAL but very similar bands of embroidery on either end. I pondered layouts for days, both in my head and placing the actual pattern pieces, to see what would work. Finally, when I had a design I liked, I cut it out. Because it was so difficult to pattern match I actually cut out each piece individually, being very careful to make sure I mirrored them and didn't cut two of the same side.</div>
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After cutting out the first center front piece I realized the placement of the pattern was going to look very odd. So I had to brainstorm even more to manage to get two fronts out of it AND have the pattern look but symmetrical and flattering. In the end I did a lot of piecing. Both center fronts are pieced and not cut according to grain lines. The upper and under collar are also pieced. </div>
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I wanted to use a scrap of off while silk fabric for the lining and had to piece that too to make it work! But piecing is perfectly period and I think it was worth it to ensure the sides were mirrored and to have the pattern run the way I wanted it. <br />
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I like the look of it enough that I'm already thinking of trying this again in another color, one can never have too many spencers!
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-84284678195220239682019-01-29T07:30:00.000-08:002019-02-04T08:13:55.416-08:00Organdy vs Organza<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Most of the fabrics I've been using for my fontange experiments are organza and organdy. For a long time I'll admit that I didn't really know the difference between these two fabrics. Was it fiber content? Two different words for the same thing? Ye olden days language? Or??? So many questions!<br />
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Anyway, after years of <a href="https://missbrilliantine.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR2sQOTu59JYUc6DP7xhw1ee6AnyY8V3IWt1D4ste1NLHQU99ndKyVy5ZDk">Miss Brilliantine of B*tch Pelisse</a> telling me that cotton organdy was a wonder fabric for flatlining and facing I finally got myself a bolt -- and I have been a convert ever since. Recently I got some <a href="https://shop.farmhousefabrics.com/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details_side2.asp?Shopper_id=846012221029428460&Store_id=198&page_id=23&Item_ID=45020&Name=SPECIAL-FIND!!!-Swiss-Cotton-Organdy,-45-quot;-Wide,-White-">Swiss cotton organdy from Farmhouse Fabrics</a> for my fontange experiments in the hopes it would be even finer and lighter than the bolt of organdy I had. And I wasn't disappointed. I found it was very different from the cheaper organdy I'd been using. Both are great, but they <b>are</b> different.<br />
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So I thought I'd share a bit in case others were wondering about these fabrics too.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The cotton organdy I have is very stiff and only somewhat sheer. When pressed with steam it becomes limp and flexible but becomes very stiff and firm again once it has cooled. It's actually similar to buckram in this way. It holds pleats and creases marvelously, just so long as you wait until it has cooled. It is very light it is stiff enough to stand up on it's own. It's great for flatlining drapey fabrics that need more body. It can give a bustled drape support to keep it nice and poofy. It's also great as a sewn in interfacing for collars and such. But it's not as pretty as the other two, so I'm not sure I would use it on it's own.</span><br />
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The Swiss cotton organdy I just got is much more sheer and fine. It is also less stiff and doesn't have the same super-pliable nature when steamed as the regular organdy I have. I thought it would be good for light stiff sheer items. I am working on another fontange similar to the one at the top of this post only of Swiss organdy and have also made a Regency chemisette with a large standing ruffle and it has worked very well for both.<br />
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The silk organza is the most sheer of the three. It is also much more flowy and much less stiff than either of the organdies. I used it to make the fontange at the beginning of this post. I<span style="text-align: center;">f the ruffles didn't have wired ribbons behind them they would not have enough stiffness and body to stay up and would flop over, but it is beautifully sheer and light.</span><br />
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bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-59429770081656844442019-01-25T13:47:00.000-08:002019-01-25T13:47:02.020-08:00Costumer's Closet InstagramDid you know I'm on Instagram? I finally got a dedicated IG for the Costumer's Closet and have been posting a lot of costume photos from my recent trip to London. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/costumerscloset/">Check it out here.</a>bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-44634196509124754632019-01-21T07:30:00.000-08:002019-02-04T08:13:10.139-08:00Mantua Madness: Some Fontange ExperimentsAs I said, I'm hands on learner. Since I'm not yet ready to do much on the actual mantua I decided to work on the fontange.<br />
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I scaled up the two fontange patterns in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Fashion-Pattern-1066-1930/dp/0896760995">the Evolution of Fashion</a> and went to work. The first experiment was basically a silk organza cap with cotton organdy covered in silk organza pleated tiers of ruffles. I opted to only do two tiers not three and was fairly happy with it at first...<br />
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But I liked the idea of lace tiers so I covered the first experiment with some cotton lace in the stash. I wasn't totally happy with this either, the whole thing felt way too clunky and heavy when I wanted a lighter, fluffier feeling. I also didn't care for the more boxy look of this one. Although I will note that I think lace on it's own that was were wired so the ruffles stood up could look pretty nice.<br />
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Finally I decided to go a different direction and drafted my own ruffle tiers and made a third option out of ruffled silk organza. So far I like this one the best. it is as tall as the other two but it has a lighter feeling I like. The ruffles are not still enough to stand up on their own but I wired some ribbons which I added to the back and this helps the fontange stay perky.<br />
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The bows in all of these experiments are just pinned in and may be placed differently in the end.<br />
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I think I may do yet another iteration of this, I have to admit I've enjoyed these experiments, and after looking at even more fontange examples I have some more ideas as to how to go about this. But of these three I'm thinking I like version 3 best.<br />
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bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-39329530526010490752019-01-18T10:26:00.000-08:002019-02-04T08:12:07.712-08:00Mantua Madness: Fontanges<br />
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I thought I'd do a general post about fontanges before I get to my experiments with making one. So exactly what is a fontange? It's that weird tall headdress that you see worn with the mantua from the 1680s to the early 1700s. If you look through portraits and etchings of the period you can find a wide range of styles from ones look similar to 18th century caps with lappets, wide ruffles, and a (maybe sometimes wired?) scarf to very tall and narrow headdresses with no lappets. Here are just a few of the many variations:</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">But there are so many more! Kipar.org has </span><a href="http://www.kipar.org/archive/baroque-costumes/costumes_fontanges.html" style="text-align: center;">a great run down of the multitudes of iterations the fontange takes</a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">including the names for the various hair curls, bows and frills.</span><br />
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The only extant fontanges I've found are on dolls at the Victoria and Albert Museum. <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82546/dolls-cap-unknown/">The first doll's fontange</a> is a circular fabric crown that covers the hair, much like an 18th C cap, with two ruffles of fabric edged in bobbin lace. The taller ruffle is held upright by loops of covered wire; there is a smaller ruffle in front of that with a ribbon bow in between. A ribbon encircles the crown and is tied in a bow behind the tall wired ruffle.<br />
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The shape of this fontange is face framing, more of a rounded off rectangle. There are two lappets of lace hanging down just behind the ears. The fabric of the crown and frills is a spotted lawn.<br />
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<a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101879/the-old-pretender-doll-doll-unknown/">The second doll's fontange</a> is more sheer and much taller and narrower than the other doll's. There is less information on the V&A website about this fontange, but it looks to also be a circular crown with two pleated frills of fabric edged with lace. There is no obvious wiring holding the taller tier up but it's possible there is a wire in the center back under what looks like the frayed remains of a line of bows. It's hard to tell but it looks like there are two rows of lappets on this fontange as well, and you can see the frayed remains of a bow in front of the smaller frill right at the hairline. The fontange appears to be two layers of fabric: a windowpane check and a plain weave lining. The frills are both pleated with a center box pleat.<br />
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Next up, my fontange experiments.<br />
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bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-17137202024430801522018-12-24T07:30:00.000-08:002019-02-04T08:10:22.859-08:00My favorite mantuaI loved seeing <a href="https://themodernmantuamaker.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/costume-college-2018/">The Modern Mantua Maker's gorgeous mantua</a> this summer at Costume College and then recently I saw the movie The Favorite - and it was all over. I officially have mantua madness!<br />
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Specifically I really really want a black and white one a la the movie. So, I got out all my costume books and all my black and white fabric and trim together and started pondering.<br />
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After looking through all my books I found 5 that had information on mantua construction.<br />
There are scaled patterns for mantuas in these books:<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cut-Womens-Clothes-1600-1930/dp/0878300260">The Cut of Women's Clothes </a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Fashion-Englishwomens-Construction-1660-1860/dp/089676026X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545500029&sr=1-1&keywords=janet+arnold">Patterns of Fashion 1</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Fashion-Pattern-1066-1930/dp/0713458186/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545500074&sr=1-1&keywords=evolution+of+fashion">The Evolution of Fashion</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Period-Costume-Stage-Screen-1500-1800/dp/0887346103/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1545586523&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=Period+Costume+from+Stage+and+Screen">Period Costume from Stage and Screen</a><br />
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And there are draping instructions for a mantua in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Draping-Period-Costumes-Costume-Topics/dp/0240821335/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545500136&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=draping+historic+costume">Draping Period Patterns.</a><br />
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The Evolution of Fashion also has two different patterns for fontanges, the crazy towering cap they wore. One that is basically an oversized cap and another that is a cap with lappets and a very tall fontange. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neck-Up-Illustrated-Guide-Hatmaking/dp/0941082008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1545500295&sr=1-1&keywords=from+the+neck+up">From the Neck Up</a> also has a fontange pattern but it is very simple, basically just a cap.<br />
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I also discovered I had a whole lot of black and white lace and ribbons, some pieces of black taffeta and white organza and a really awesome black and white striped silk taffeta in the stash. Long ago I'd wanted to make a repro of the black and white striped dress from Sleepy Hollow, but that desire faded and I think it will be perfect for this project!<br />
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While working on another light up prop (which I'll blog about later) I ran across some little battery operated fairy lights I'd bought a while back and had the idea that these might be a way for someone who didn't want to deal with soldering to make a light up wand. I really like these for costumes and props because they are cheap ($11 for 6 on Amazon), bright, and the battery packs are tiny.<br />
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* F<a href="https://www.amazon.com/CYLAPEX-3-3feet-Battery-Christmas-Decorations/dp/B01FOITH9M">airy lights with attached battery pack and switch</a> (note, batteries were included with mine)<br />
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It turns out that these fairy lights can be cut anywhere along the line and still work! So I cut off all but the last 4 LEDs of the set and wrapped the wires around each other until I got one rather large glowing lighty bit.</div>
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Then I hot glued my chopstick to the battery pack and wrapped the wires around it leaving the lighty bit at the tip of the chopstick. </div>
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I wanted to try out a rougher, more rustic style wand, like something Hagrid might have, so I hot glued a thin sheet of fun foam around the chopstick and made a sort of handle our of fun foam where the battery pack was. I put a glob of hot glue on the lighty bit so that it would be fused together then made some designs along the length of the wand with hot glue. Finally I painted it by first masking off the tip of the wand then coating it with black spray paint, being careful not to cover the switch. </div>
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This wand is significantly brighter than the flickering LED wands and while my example is white light you can buy these fairy lights in many other colors. But I must say, I really love the flicking effect of the other wands, so while they are quite a bit more laborious I think the result is more magical. <a href="https://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2018/12/light-up-wand-tutorial-learn-bit-about.html">You can click here for the tutorial on the flickering wands.</a> Below you can see a video of the flickering LED wands (left and middle) and the fairy light version (right.) What so you think?</div>
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I'd seen <a href="https://raisingwhasians.com/easy-harry-potter-wands-diy/">quite a few</a> <a href="https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Harry-Potter-Wand-DIY-38201664">good wand</a> <a href="https://sugarbeanbakers.blogspot.com/2013/08/craft-wizard-wands.html">tutorials online</a> and thought the wands could only be better if they lit up. My husband is the electronics and 3D printing expert in the family so I told him about my plan and with his help and the purchase of a few pieces on Amazon we got started. Note, while this is not really a project for small kids, this is a fun project for older kids/teens and a good beginning project for anyone wanting to learn more about electronics.<br />
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Before starting we had to do some MATH (gasp!) in order to figure out which resistors to use. Evil Mad Scientist has <a href="https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2012/resistors-for-leds/">a great post on figuring out which resistors to use with your LEDs</a>. This <a href="http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms-law-calculator">online Ohm's law calculator</a> is also helpful. If you use the battery pack and LEDs that we did you can just use <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/234-resistors">this 220 Ohm resistor</a>.<br />
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* LEDs - we used these red and warm white 5mm <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/748">"flickering"</a> LEDs. You can buy <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/189">other flickering colors</a> as well. I think these <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/679">multicolor flashing LEDs would be really cool for wands too.</a><br />
* Chopsticks from Chinese take-out we'd been saving for some reason<br />
* Masking tape<br />
* Electrical Tape<br />
* <a href="https://www.amazon.com/WGCD-CR2032-Button-Battery-Holder/dp/B07B8BBH54/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1544210858&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=coin+button+battery+holder10+pcs">Battery packs with switches and wires attached</a><br />
* Hot glue and glue gun<br />
* Soldier and soldiering iron<br />
* <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/234-resistors">Resistors</a> - we used 220 Ohm resistors for our<a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/748#"> red, white and yellow flickering LEDs</a><br />
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* Wire strippers<br />
* Black spray paint<br />
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Step one was hot gluing the chopstick to the battery pack. We centered each chopstick and as the glue hardened added more glue along the base to build it up a bit. Then we stripped about an inch of the plastic off the battery wires.<br />
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We tested and marked the positive end of the battery lead wires. The longer "leg" of the LED needs to attach to the positive wire in the battery lead. Then we twisted one end of the resistor around the long leg of the LED and soldiered the ends together. You can see how useful the "third hand" is! </div>
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Then we twisted the wires of the battery pack to the LED wires, making sure to match the marked wires, and soldered them together. Then we turned them on to see if they worked, and guess what, 2 didn't! Don't worry if you mess up too, you can unsolder the wires and redo it. Finally we covered the bare wires with a bit of electrical tape.</div>
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Once everything was soldiered together and tested it was time to put the wand together. We stuck the LED onto the tip of the chopstick and wrapped the wires around the length of the chopstick. Then we took masking tape and wrapped it around the chopstick to cover the wires and build up our wands. Make sure to not cover over the end if you want to be able to replace your batteries. You can be a little creative here and make it look more rough and twig-like or smooth as you desire.<br />
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Both <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/">Adafruit</a> and <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/">Evil Mad Scientist</a> are great sites for purchasing components, and they also have helpful blog and video how to's on using electronics. And many of the components are small and cheap making them great stocking stuffers!</div>
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I'll post another tutorial on our quick and dirty no-soldering method of light up wand making next. ;)bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-71285465827855959392017-06-04T08:01:00.001-07:002017-06-04T08:01:52.637-07:00Getting ready for costume collegeWow. It's been an awfully long time since I posted! I've been busy with family and have actually been sewing quite a bit, but for some reason I hadn't been able to get myself to write about it. So I thought I'd just <i>make</i> myself write something small to get back in the swing of things...<br />
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There is a group planning on wearing suffragette attire for the Ice Cream social at <a href="http://www.costumecollege.net/">Costume College</a>. I'd originally been working on a teens are outfit but it just wasn't coming together the way I wanted it to so I decided to finish a 1903-5ish outfit I'd had on the back burner.<br />
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The outfit is a pink and black plaid with a black shirtwaist but I'm going to share the hat first.<br />
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I used the <a href="http://lynnmcmasters.com/LaBelleHat.html">"Belle Epoque" Lynn McMaster's hat pattern</a>. I meant to make the red hat shown on the cover of the pattern but I was nearly done when I realized I'd mistakenly cut a wider brim. I think it turned out ok anyway. It's 2 layers of buckram mulled with flannel, wired and covered in silk taffeta. I decorated it with a giant bow made of more of the silk taffeta, vintage pale pink ostrich plumes and modern black ones (<a href="https://costumerscloset.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-fluffy-vintage-looking-ostrich.html">tripled layered!</a>)<br />
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Speaking of suffragettes I also had some badge ribbons made to hand out at the convention - in white with purple lettering. </div>
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Are you getting ready for costume college too? bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-58051349533520001572017-03-01T07:30:00.000-08:002017-03-01T07:30:16.994-08:00Women War Correspondents in WWII<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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So I decided I wanted some Girl Power in my costumes at Costume College this year and one of the ideas I've come up with is a cosplay of a woman I've been fascinated with for a long time - photographer Lee Miller.<br />
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She was a muse, model and protégé of Man Ray in the 20s, traveled to Egypt in the 30s and became a photojournalist in the 1940s. While with the troops she photographed the first use of napalm, and took harrowing photos of Dachau. I've been reading a lot about her and other women war correspondents during WWII. <br />
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And they are all so AMAZING!<br />
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Sigrid Schultz I knew about from reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HFRJM6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">In the Garden of Beasts</a> (which I HIGHLY recommend ) but still, I hadn't heard<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-09-11/features/8801300383_1_german-navy-adolf-hitler-paint"> all these stories until now</a>. She was Chicago Tribune German Bureau Chief - first female bureau chief maybe in the <em><strong>WORLD!</strong></em> She met Hitler numerous times and tried to warn people about what was coming! Goering hated her so much he called her "The Dragon from Chicago!" She lived in Berlin for a long time writing about the Nazis rise to power under a male pseudonym. Someone seriously needs to make a movie of her life...<br />
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She got accepted to MIT at <em><strong>age 16! </strong></em> She covered the Pacific theater in WWII! She jumped out of planes with paratroopers! She was imprisoned for 2 months in solitary confinement by Hungarian Secret Police! She went with the Marines to Viet Nam...where she tragically loses her life and became the first female correspondent to die in action. I haven't read it yet but she wrote <a href="https://archive.org/stream/whatsawomandoing013581mbp/whatsawomandoing013581mbp_djvu.txt">What's a Woman Doing Here? A Combat Reporter's Report on Herself</a>, and you can see some of her photos <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/03/the-brilliant-photos-of-the-first-american-female-war-photographer-killed-in-action/?utm_term=.a8d7416d70b1">here</a>.<br />
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Then there was<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/17/arts/martha-gellhorn-daring-writer-dies-at-89.html"> Martha Gelhorn</a>. Celebrated journalist, novelist and briefly wife of Hemmingway. Before WWII she worked with photographer Dorthea Lange chronicling poverty during the depression. On D-Day she stowed away on a hospital ship, she rode along with British pilots during bombing runs of Germany and chronicled the liberation of Dachau<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">.</span></span><br />
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Every year our family goes to the Doctor Who convention, Gallifrey One. For a few years now the 13 year old has gone as <a href="http://images.amcnetworks.com/bbcamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tenthdoctortall.jpg">the 10th doctor,</a> I've been as <a href="https://www.david-tennant-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/5thDocPeterDavidson.jpg">the 5th</a> -- and usually the 16 year old goes as <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MSXm1C5qtUU/TfTTFJdCO-I/AAAAAAAAHWE/4uyRVXNKVqk/s1600/Christmas+Crol+new+costume.jpg">the 11th</a>.</div>
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But this year, at the last minute, he wanted to change it up and go as <a href="http://images.amcnetworks.com/bbcamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patrick_troughton.jpg">the 2nd Doctor</a>. I took a look at the costume and thought I could probably put something together that worked reasonably well despite only having a few days. <br />
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We had an old recorder that I masked off with tape then spray-painted a spiral on and added a tassel to.<br />
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All in all we were pretty happy with it and our fellow Whovians all knew who he was and even asked him to be in pictures with them which really made him happy. And he was particularly psyched to get a photo with one of his favorite companions, Romana aka <a href="http://popcultureaddict.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/romana-ii-lalla-ward-10.jpg">the ever so charming Lalla Ward!</a></div>
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And my favorite crossover of all: Clueless/ Doctor Who! With 11th Doctor, 10th Doctor and 12th Doctor. Check out their TARDIS cellphones and pompom sonic screwdrivers!!<br />
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A while back I'd read <a href="http://www.festiveattyre.com/2014/11/merry-widow-hat-and-gibson-girl-hair.html">Jen Thompson's great blog post</a> on re-making a sombrero into an Edwardian hat and thought, that sounds like a plan! <br />
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The sombrero I found wasn't the same as Jen's, it was just a simple cheap shaped felt. I steamed it over my tailor's ham into a new shape then wired the brim with millinery wire with a zigzag stitch on my machine. (Make the stitch very wide, go slow and use safety goggles if you do this, you can break a needle rather violently towards your EYE sometimes!)<br />
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I covered tip and crown with velvet then sewed all three pieces together. The underside of the crown is pleated silk taffeta and the crown is covered with ostrich feathers.</div>
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Given Valentine's day is always a clustercuss in terms of planning this year we bypassed it all in favor of celebrating early on Saturday and going to the Los Angeles Edwardian Ball. (There is a San Francisco one as well as a New Orleans one too.)<br />
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It's not <b><i>really</i></b> Edwardian, it's really a sort of Edwardian-1920s/steampunk/fantasy electro-swing costume party. And this year for some reason I felt very meh about costuming. Since I've been watching Agent Carter and daydreaming about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Miller">Lee Miller </a>cosplay I'm going to do for Costume College I was in more of a 1940s mood, so I decided to pull together a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/bauhausfrau/dieselpunk/">dieselpun</a>k look from my closet and I have to say I was pretty happy with it!<br />
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The ball was at a new venue this year. While Downtown LA is very convenient for us I have to say I liked the other theater better. This seemed a lot more crowded and didn't have the lovely rooftop dancing area that we'd had in the past. Nonetheless we had a good time.<br />
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They had hilarious Gorey themed cut outs and speech bubbles in the hallways.<br />
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We found and lost friends and cell service was terrible so we ended up just hanging out in the basement where the excellent jazz was. Get a load of The John Brothers Piano Company!<br />
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This is one of my favorite events of the year. Everyone always looks dressed to the nines, the music and dancing are wonderful and the company is the <b><i>best.</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>This year some friends decided to skip the tea at the event and go to the Huntington Gardens for tea instead. The tea room at the Huntington is under new management and I'm sorry to say they still have some kinks to be worked out. But the food was good and we had fun.<br />
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And it was all worth it because when we came out it was the "golden hour." You know, that time of day when everything looks like a Maxfield Parrish painting? We got some amazing photos at the gardens as a result. Take a look and see for yourself!<br />
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We were all so giddy with the golden light we hastened back to change for the ball in high spirits.<br />
I hadn't managed to get to any of the dance lessons this year but remembered enough of that dances that I made my way through 4 easy ones without injury or falling on my face.<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-72658922125235158822017-02-06T07:30:00.000-08:002017-02-06T07:30:23.437-08:00Film Noir Hair<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6jkLtv5vu0/WJUHdg4rxoI/AAAAAAAAER0/HIOkoDU_Em8jpr44ZjIoZySbmo6OHotAQCLcB/s1600/IMG_3070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6jkLtv5vu0/WJUHdg4rxoI/AAAAAAAAER0/HIOkoDU_Em8jpr44ZjIoZySbmo6OHotAQCLcB/s400/IMG_3070.jpg" width="300" /></a>I have very, very hard to curl hair! When I was a child it was stick straight and now is has a slight wave, but one thing has been consistent - it hates a curl!<br />
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So over the years I experimented with many many different methods and, after trying a lot of tutorials and watching a lot of You Tube video, I think I finally have something that works for me!<br />
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First I'll say I tried a quite a few different types of rollers and nothing quite gave me the look I wanted. In my searches I ran into quite a few people extolling the virtues of C<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conair-HS18WPK-Sticks-Hairsetter-rollers/dp/B002DMMS6W/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1486163191&sr=8-1&keywords=conair+hair+sticks">onair hot sticks</a>. I think I first heard about these on <a href="http://www.vavoomvintage.net/2015/01/how-to-use-hotsticks-for-vintage-curls.html">Vavoom Vintage.</a> These were popular in the 80s for that big 80s hair look. I was more of a crimped hair girl back then so I'd never used them until recently but they definitely were key to my finally getting the curls I wanted.<br />
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I have long, thick hair so I actually bought two sets of these hot rollers and frankly, I could maybe even use more! So keep that in mind if you have very thick and/or long hair.<br />
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I roll my hair inwards towards my face very tightly into small curls. This works best for me since I like that Veronica Lake look. I use all of the hair sticks and roll the small ones with slightly more hair than the ticker ones so they are all basically the same. If you run out of curlers, don't worry, just use a narrow barrel curling iron on those back, underneath bits, no one sees those anyway!<br />
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Let them sit until they are completely cold then spray with a light coat of heavy duty hairspray and let that dry.<br />
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Then I unroll and brush it out. It become an insane mass of frizz which I then can tame into 1940s curls by brushing the hair around my hand. (Incidentally, I neglected to take a picture of my hair frizzed out but I think the brushed out curls would work great for <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/137852438570831375/">this type of disco look</a>.)<br />
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I also usually use <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Diane-D210C-3-5-Inch-Duck-Clips/dp/B002HWS7NQ/ref=sr_1_6_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1486163408&sr=1-6&keywords=hair%2Bclips&th=1">large clips</a> to create finger waves in the front and hairspray the whole thing again and voila, film noir! If you like watching tutorials <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvEBGG6Sgvk">here</a> are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmqsRjm3lY">a few</a> on using hairsticks for 1940s hair.<br />
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Added bonus, the hairsticks are GREAT for Regency curls too! Only in this case you do NOT brush the curls out.<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-53349933461713587832017-02-03T17:30:00.000-08:002017-02-03T17:30:16.632-08:00Historical Sew Monthly #1: "Miss Fisher" Jodhpurs<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, serif; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.73; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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A the little "V" in the center front back. There is a fair amount of shaping done to keep this fairly fitted. I was between sizes measurement wise and sized up. I think if I made these again I'd chose a stretch twill and size down for an even better fit.<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Year: 19teens/1920s. The Miss Fisher series is set in the 20s but these looked a little more like the teens jodhpurs I've seen.</b></em></span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How historically accurate is it? </strong><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>70%? Most period jodhpurs I've seen were made of wool twill and would have had real suede patches, but I'm allergic to wool and wanted something washable and a little cooler for the LA weather.</b></span></em></div>
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bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-63579846258693177002017-01-18T07:30:00.000-08:002017-01-18T07:30:19.239-08:00Assassin's Creed Movie CostumesI got a few photos of some of the costumes from the movie Assassins Creed I thought I'd share. I haven't seen the movie yet but they were on display in the lobby of the Arclight Hollywood when we went to see Rogue One.<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-53998318050728767972017-01-13T07:30:00.000-08:002017-01-13T11:41:34.491-08:00Getting ready to ride...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a pretty nice, well-fitting pattern. Often, with the big commercial patterns. there is just oceans of ease but this pattern actually runs true to size.<br />
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Because I live in Southern California I made my jodhpurs out of cotton twill and ultra-suede so they would be both cool and washable. But if you wanted to be more historically accurate you could use wool twill and real suede.<br />
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The hip flares could even be larger if you want. Many of the photos I found of ladies in riding habits in the 1920s had even more of a flare on the sides. Also most of the 20s examples I found had two small diagonal pockets in front instead of the straight across ones hidden in the waistband seam of this pattern.<br />
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Nevertheless they look very close to the ones in Miss fisher. This pattern actually looks most similar to <a href="http://rpvintage.com/main.asp?menu=viewItem&itemID=10LS-398&gender=Womens&era=Pre1920">this 1910s era pair of jodhpurs</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/213639576053347948/">this 1920s pair</a>. Because jodhpurs didn't change all that much in the early part of the 20th century, if I'm not too picky about historical accuracy, I think I could get away with wearing these from the 1910s to the 1930s if I just switched out different jackets, shirts, hair and hats!<br />
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<br />Into jodhpurs? Check out <a href="https://blog.pattern-vault.com/2014/01/31/year-of-the-horse-vintage-equestrian-patterns/">this article on the Pattern Vault blog </a>for a nice overview of equestrian wear patterns in the 20th century and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/rlnwht/jodhpurs/">this pinterest link for more historic pictures of jodhpurs.</a><br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-142946315951453722017-01-11T07:30:00.000-08:002017-01-11T07:30:15.200-08:00Costumes from Beauty and the BeastI took my son to see a movie at the Arclight in Pasadena this weekend. Like many of the Arclight theaters they often have little displays of props or costumes. I'd only seen a few stills from the new live action Beauty and the Beast but they were all of the title characters, I hadn't seen any of the supporting cast, so I was excited to see these up close.<br />
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I apologize for the glare but I thought these were worth getting a few shots of in case anyone want's to cosplay them. <br />
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First off, that shiny dandy, Lumiere<br />
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Then the oh so floofy Plumette.<br />
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And the rather majestic Cogsworth<br />
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<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-60253637423002010762017-01-09T07:30:00.000-08:002017-01-09T07:30:04.224-08:00Pants are weirdMost other costume bits look like what they're going to be pretty early on, but pants? They's WEIRD. And very origami-esque in that there are always parts that seem nonsensical until the very end and then, voila, pants!<br />
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Anyway, I've decided I need more Miss Fisher pieces in my wardrobe so I started in on those <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b6433">Butterick jodhpurs I posted about.</a> And I'm making good progress. I think it's a pretty good pattern. It looks relatively accurate, from what little I know of such things, and has a lot of nice tailored details that should make them look extra snappy when finished. <br />
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If I fold all the funky bits aside you can see how the front will look (sans buttons.) I dig those little hidden-in-the-crack pockets.<br />
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One of the big projects at our house in 2016 was for Halloween. Halloween is our high holy day and most of the family gets involved. This year we were all crazed for Alien.<br />
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So while my husband worked tirelessly on a 3D printed version of Ripley's flamethrower for me I modded some existing clothes to make him Ash's Nostromo Uniform.<br />
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I started out with this white shirt and these white pants:<br />
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With much help from the folks on the Replica Prop Forum's Nostromo Uniform forum I found enough reference material to get started modding. First I dyed them both light blue. I initially used a diluted liquid version of Rit's aqua but it was a little swimming pool for our taste. So I re-dyed it with a very watered down version of Rit's liquid royal blue die. <br />
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Then I cut the sleeves off the shirt, Ash's shirt is short sleeved, and used the excess fabric to fabricate the pockets, pen loops, pocket flaps and patches the uniform has and piped the collar and pocket flaps me pink piping. There wasn't much left by the time I was finished!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blue is really more like the pic below but this pic shows just how modded they are</td></tr>
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I'd actually bought two pairs of painters pants, there were so many extra pockets on the uniform pants I figured I could use one pair for the fabric I'd need. Good thing too, I used nearly all of it!<br />
<br />bauhausfrauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152228335148460208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176118654182567104.post-25457184908356293042017-01-05T08:00:00.000-08:002017-01-05T08:00:38.790-08:00Butterick's "Miss Fisher" patternI've got some nice houndstooth wool in the stash from a sale while back and I was eyeing <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b6433">the new Butterick "Miss Fisher" pattern</a>
and thinking it might be fun to make a jacket out of it with some khaki colored jodphurs similar to the original.<br />
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Original left and the Butterick pattern right<br />
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Anyway, I realized you could use the exact same Butterick pattern to make the jacket for <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d3/2a/fb/d32afb2716134e20b403c07f65d21720.jpg">this Miss Fisher suit</a>! Check out the link for a high res version and you'll see they are very similar. Add a vintage fur (or faux) collar and voila!<br />
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