The New thread for talk of all things costumy - and related panicking.
POSTED BY: seryn
UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 11:48
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Afternoon, all! Finally decided to get out of bed...
Ok, the boots are done (except, of course, for minor tweaks here and there...always happens, as the other costumers well know)
Here are a few pictures...
Let me know what y'all think!
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Thye look fantastic tristan! If you were forcing me to be picky, i'd say that the seam joining the uppers is a little noticable, is there anything you can do to blend them a little more.
But now i will have made you notice a problem that doesn't exist and you'll hate me forever but its your own fault as you asked for comments on what was a bloody brilliant pair of boots!
They are very in keeping with the firefly aethetic, and the shape of them is great. Well done, you are going to look so good at D*C.
My own news is not so brilliant, but not dire either - sewing in the boning channels is taking forever, and they are not as neat as i had hoped they would be - fabric slip sliding everywhere. I'm learning from my mistakes - I went for a pretty shirting material to lines them. WILL NOT be doing that again, to mobile - it moved around everywhere, and now there are wrinkles. I'm really sorry! But its the inside at least, the outside is almost perfect, i just have to get neater!
But i decided to take a break, watched Bruce make friends with more eithiopians, and now i'm doing a little catching up, then going to bed.
Oh, heaven!
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Thank you, Seryn! Hmm...the seam...I may be able to use shoe polish to blend the colors a bit more. Is that what you mean? I was unable to find brown waxed linen, so I had to use the white...and then I went over the stiches with a furniture touch-up pen.
And this may be blasphemy coming from a costumer, but have you thought of using the double-sided fusible interfacing to hold the pieces together while sewing them? It has helped me in the past when worknig on sleazy material that would not stay where it was supposed to...
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no I hadn't, and its a very interesting idea... but too late for this time round.
ah well. but it is something to think of for next time.
cheers.
yup, that might just do it - its the stitching mostly. but like i said, i'm only pointing it out cause you asked me to comment, there isn't actually a problem!
Now, This one had to be bought out and shown to the world.
Everybody - say thank you Arcadia. 
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Morning, all!
Forgot to put a picture in here of Mal's original boots for comparison:
Oh, Seryn, I took your advice, and tried the blending...looks a litle better. Thank you!
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Tristan: now that I see your boots compared to Mal's boots,
YOU ROCK!
That's amazing. You did a fantastic job, really!
I am ever so impressed!
Serenity,
First Officer of Destiny
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Bride8
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Seryn: please! I'm sure it's going to look great! Who cares if there are a few wrinkles on the inside! No one but you and I will ever see them.
Also: I was thinking about those triangle pieces you were going on about earlier. I don't really know the answer to that, since I have so little experience. But, what I was thinking: Maybe you could just baste the pieces on, do your best estimate of how they would fit and then Thursday night I can try it on and we can make any necessary adjustments? I could help baste them on again if we needed to and then if you showed me what I needed to do to make them more permanent, I could sew them on proper like after the con. I'm probably going to sew those grommets like I did for Mai's too (Tristan's got me obsessed with grommets now!!! ) so it wouldn't be a big deal.
That's the best I got. Anyone else got any better ideas?
Serenity,
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Bride8
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Just doin' my bit to pass on the grommet knowledge that had been placed in my care...
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and I do thank you for it, despite the sore fingers!
OH!!! Can't believe I didn't say this earlier:
I FINISHED!!!!!!!!
You can see the finished product on my livejournal, link below.
Now I have to make my costume. yay.
Serenity,
First Officer of Destiny
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Bride8
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