So I just finished my first set of homemade garb! It's not perfect, but I like it :)
It will be premiering at a LARP next weekend. I'm aware my one sleeve is undone in the first pic (it's fixed now).
(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1233526_336474866498856_702855646_n.jpg)
A better view of the hat feathers (I was fixing my sleeve and my friend took a pic)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/IMG_1817_zps062d6062.jpg)
that looks great !!! good job.
Very nice! Good for you! You did a great job, and you look lovely!
Very very nice!
huzzah!
Excellent! :)
Huzzah!
Great job! Careful... it's addictive! ;)
Quote from: Rani Zemirah on September 23, 2013, 07:03:02 PM
Great job! Careful... it's addictive! ;)
Your warning is too late, I'm already planning my next set ;)
Congratulations! Soon enough, you'll be planning things to make for others!
Quote from: Epona on September 23, 2013, 09:00:24 PM
Quote from: Rani Zemirah on September 23, 2013, 07:03:02 PM
Great job! Careful... it's addictive! ;)
Your warning is too late, I'm already planning my next set ;)
I know... it doesn't take very long, at all! Once you prove to yourself you can do it... it's all downhill from there! And the next set will be more ambitious than the first, and it just snowballs! LOL Next thing you know you'll be planning Nobles! ;D
Great start! Looks like you are on your way to making garb and the need for that second closet (or third one so you can do more than one century...) For the next bodice, maybe go down one or two sizes in the pattern as it does look a bit loose. (What they say on the pattern and what you really cut out are never the same. Cut out your jeans size, not what the pattern tells you too)
Good Job!
I had a blast NPCing at the LARP, and the garb worked well. Now to get started on my PC's garb/next year's faire garb (and my Katara cosplay ;))
Great job! Now you will find yourself looking at EVERYTHING with the idea of "How could I use this in/as/for garb"!
Quote from: Amyj on October 07, 2013, 07:36:37 PM
Great job! Now you will find yourself looking at EVERYTHING with the idea of "How could I use this in/as/for garb"!
Especially things like tablecloths, curtains... and COUCHES! ;D LOL
One rule of thumb: Goodwill and Thrift Stores are your friend! ;D
Quote from: Lady Renee Buchanan on October 08, 2013, 05:36:40 AM
One rule of thumb: Goodwill and Thrift Stores are your friend! ;D
Indeed! I love thrift stores, and could easily blow a ton of money on stuff for potential garbing/cosplays every time I go in there...
I almost never buy anything new except for small stuff (like binding) when making a cosplay, so garbing was no exception. I think I spent $10.00 on the fabric for this costume.
The underskirt is half a bed sheet, and the red half of the bodice was a table cloth, and I got all my fabric from the thrift store. The Chemise was made from an old bed sheet in the house. The most expensive part was the duct ties for the boning, but I'll be able to use those for many more projects, so the relative cost is fairly minimal.
pics of the individual parts
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/IMG_1838_zpsdb386ecd.jpg)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/IMG_1841_zps2c3d837b.jpg)
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/IMG_1831_zps85c1a748.jpg)
Quote from: Epona on September 29, 2013, 09:27:51 PM
(and my Katara cosplay ;))
*faints* Another avatard-rennie!