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[llyrafantasyfae]

 I have been out due to a combination of a migranes and school work. Yesterday was a half way decent day. I got the fabric I ordered. A friend and I had been talking about shot silks for corsets so I had decided to do an ebay search. I didn't find anything in the color I was talking to her about but I found another frosty blue and white shot duponi that would be perfect for a future costume. So I snagged it up. 4 yards for $20.00 after shipping. I thought it was a good deal. In person it is slubbier then I remember duponi being but still beautiful and it will work perfectly for that costume. Now to find a nice white silk to go with it. AND it actually be silk and not poly or acrylic or some other equally bad fabric... Then again... this one does not have to be historically accurate and I never intend to wear it outdoors where I might overheat....  Does anyone  (of my costume making friends) end up 'cheating' on the synthetic values of their fabric when it is a fantasy based costume?
In other news.....
I started on Chris' top yesterday also. I got as far as drafting the pattern drawing and cutting it out and sewing the shoulder seams together. Then I pondered for about half an hour how to place the ties in with french seams. I may be nukeing the problem but it took me forever to figure out where they would be and how they would face. Hopefully I will finish the white part of the top today and I can start on the blue over tunic top part. They both should go together quite easily and besides the distressing parts I should finish it up this weekend.  I probably just jinxed myself though. I have a paper to write and an outline due for one class on Monday, And in the other class I have an Excel project to turn in. We shall see....

Comments

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes, I cheat, wholeheatedly. (Except when I'm feeling ridiculously anal about things. This crops up sometimes, unexpectedly.)Even on historical stuff, when I think I can get away with it.

That hat I made...I bought the fabric as an unlabeled fiber content remnant, am pretty sure it's NOT any natural fiber re:burn test, and cheerfully went ahead and used it. IMHO it looks enough like silk to pass inspection. And that's all that matters. *grin*

[aviendiora.livejournal.com]

Some dupionis are slubbier than others. I have one that is almost perfectly smooth and another that is almost all slubs so it can really vary. Yours sounds really pretty though, I love blue! =)

And I totally 'cheat' on a lot of projects. I prefer to use natural fibers just because I like the fabric but I will use other fabrics if it works for the projects. Except for right up against the skin, HATE synthetic then, but lining in cotton solves that most of the time too.