Seryn , Kellys and Serenity's corset, Tshirt and costume talky thread - drooling only upon application

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CALLMESERENITY

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 2:41 PM

Kidneys are really highly overrated. The things they can do with dialysis these days....

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:11 AM

Ok, well bouy'd up by the rush of getting my ticket sorted, I went to look at some fabric today, out side of my usual lurking in my local abakahns (fabric shop just up the road form me)

I found lots of lovely fabrics in this colour

(round about, some where a richer shade)

Unfortunetly made the mistake of looking in the furnishings fabrics section -although a meter is not unreasonable -£10/$17, you can't order any less than three.

I did find a rather nice silk dupion (synthetic)for about £5, a little thin, but extra layer of lining should compensate.

what i did find though was a beautiful (synthetic) suede, It felt gorgeous, and was only £2.99 a meter!

but was only available in this colour -

(again, richer shade)

So let me know what you think!

(the purple was in a remnants shop, if you like it i'll have to be quick!)

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
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CALLMESERENITY

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:09 PM

The suede sounds lovely, but I want to stay away from purple as Mai has staked out purple as her colour for her piratey costume (which I may end up making for her, long story.)

What about the synthetic silk dupion? What colour was that? A blue like the one you showed me? That sounds divine! I love that blue. I looks to me like a pale robin's egg blue?

And remember what I said-you need me to send you cashy money you just say the word!!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:33 PM

oh, thats a pity, its beutiful fabric and an absolute bargain. I may just get a meter and stash it anyway.

The silk dupion was that blue colour I showed you, an little bit more of an intense blue. It is pretty, kind of a rough uneven texture, but a very glossy finish. I'm gona head back into town and pick up a meter, see if I can find some suitable lining fabric. (coutil, the stuff I should be using, proves very hard to find and is never less than about $25-30 a meter.poot)

So canvas or calico (any kind of thick, close-weave cotton) it is.

Right, this is what I was planning - peached cotton (brushed so the surface is soft) next to the skin

layer of canvas or two layers of calico (depending on suitability, cost effectiveness)

Outer fabric (silk, taffeta, suede if I can find it)

If both lining and outer fabric are mounted on a layer of calico, (or just the outer on the canvas layer) then that should be fairly simple, comfortable, and it should last pretty much forever.

Costs so far, as far as I can remember, I've spent about $90 on bones, bought some tools and stuff, but you wont get charged for them. the silk fabric that you like is about $9, the calico, for two meters, $10. Not sure how much much the canvas would be, still looking for it. soft brushed cotton if you want it around the $10 mark as well, though I am trying to find cheaper for all these (gone are the days when I could buy 30m calico for £30. I miss london)then its just eyelets and strings and stuff, small bits.

so thats around $74 so far. you've already bought my ticket, so.

I'm not really worried about you sending money here though. I'd actually prefer you to send it to Jadehand when he needs it to help pay my share of the rooms.

I'm still really leary of setting a price on my work time, having real issues with this. There a little voice in my head thats saying 'well, national minimum wage is a fiver, a corset is a solid weeks worth of work...' but that brings the total to about £200/$350. Which I am not prepared to charge you.
So I'm tempted to say if you find out the final amount for rooms for each person, and depending on it being substantially less than that (I think its somewhere around the $160 mark), you cover it, and we call that settled?

If you can afford it, i'm happy doing that.

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

CALLMESERENITY

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:22 PM

I think me paying for your hotel would be more than fair.

Don't sell yourself short, though. You're putting a lot of effort into this and you deserve to be compensated for it.

You warned me ahead of time that this would be expensive so I'm prepared for that.

But as it is, count on my paying for your hotel room and the ticket, which is at least $200 on my end. And then we'll settle up.

My only concern is that you're fronting all the money to buy all the materials and I know it's expensive.

Oh, the silk dupion sounds even nicer once you described it! I love raw silk.

Do you think once we've settled on a fabric for certain (and maybe a few bits of trimming) you could throw a small swatch in an envelope for me so I can have the colours to work on on my end? For the skirts and whatnot.

Oh, Mai found a wonderful pattern that I'm going to try to find that has a great skirt that I think will look fantastic under the corset. It has an overskirt and then, of course, the underskirt that shows. Very saucy.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:29 PM

oh sure, of course. I'll throw it in the post asap.

To be honest, I would have ended up just making one up anyway, just to see, this way I am getting costs back, and I get to make one for myself as practice and then another to get perfect, so as long as you'll let me take lots of photo's for my portfolio then it works for me just fine.

Most of the big stuff is paid for, its all things that I can buy in bits now, so I'm happy with that arrangement.

That skirt sound cool, get me a picture if you can!

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

CALLMESERENITY

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:00 PM

Here's the link to the pattern Mai sent me. I like the skirt on the top left corner. I'm thinking of making it shorter, not quite floor length, like mid calf and of course, no lace or anything like that. And I like that off the shoulder shirt. I'll have to take a closer look at the pattern and see if it fits my needs.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SZ-14-20-MEDIEVAL-COSTUME-PATTERNS-SIMPLICITY-
9966_W0QQitemZ8259059255QQcategoryZ11801QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:05 PM

Its extremely pretty.

I wasn't sure whether to go with a skirt or trousers, I kind of settled on trouserd with a sash around my hips, and a belt over it, I thought that would look kinda cool.

And of course a liberal splash of fullers earth and salt water, for that authentic look.

CALLMESERENITY

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:42 AM

I think the trousers would look great. Esp. if you're still going with red.

You're still doing red, right?

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:23 AM

As far as I know, haven't decided, well, I had, bt then I saw this lovely piece of midnight blue taffeta, and then another of bronzy-coppery stuff. And now I'm all indecisive again!

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