/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7251136
>>7251357
fwiw you can make washable silk garments by just washing the silk before you sew with it. don't hang it and don't use an agitating cycle because wet silk loses strength; really it's best to just soak it and dry it flat on a towel.

i do this when i make silk garments.

>>7253695
19th century costuming will have capes like that, but the fitting might be different.

>>7255071
wearing heels is about two things: heels that aren't absolute garbage and your own walking form. if the shoe holds your foot in place properly, fits properly, and has good support through the whole footbed then insoles aren't necessary and insoles will only help to correct footbed support and minor fit issues; if the heels are just trash then nothing will help.

as for walking, you just need to have good form, you need to be able to keep your foot relaxed and your weight centered over the whole foot as you do when wearing flats, and you need to do all the work of lifting and moving your legs and feet from your stomach, butt, and hips and thighs. go watch runway models strut, seriously, their form is hyper-correct.

>>7255311
military surplus, i can't guess the price it will be because they can vary pretty wildly. you'll have more luck in person than online, because a lot of these people just don't have much of an online presence in my experience.

>>7257444
this is caused by either an improper fit or a fundamentally flawed pattern, either way the fix is so complicated/potentially impossible that it's better to just buy better trousers next time, i'm sorry to say.

>>7260817
look at motorcycle gear, including sleeved jackets because you can always tear them away.

>>7261736
looks like corded seaming/piping, basically you just sew a seam with a length of cord inside of it. it does require a special foot, one with half the foot removed so that you can feed the fabric with the cording inside of it.

maybe.
you'll have to ask someone who knows how to make you a polycarbonate replacement for the glass screen, because it's the only material light enough for this. the plastic frame is probably doable. it might also be necessary to build a brace for your shoulders and back. it's not going to be cheap.

>>7250447
needle thread in the color of the self, bobbin thread in color of the lining, and just stitch them together, that would be the fastest way. or you could do a sort of blind hem by hand.

>>7250433
uh, lining it and leaving edges raw. you can select fabrics which don't fray, you can use knits which just roll, you can use stay stitches to control fraying, or you can stick little raw facings onto finished hems or inside seams to pretend that you have raw edges.

>>7249016
add michael levine
http://www.lowpricefabric.com/

>>7249348
>>7249417
cotton basketweaves are always a breeze. synthetics can be difficult to predict, because some are very easy while others will slip, distort, or won't take to complex pressing. silks and stretch fabrics can be difficult. linen normally handles like cotton but i've had a few linens which had incredibly poor stability.

>>7249791
if you know how to case elastic then you can use any pattern for an easy pant and just slash it at the calf.

>>7245654
dont b so sure m8, i would love to dress like an archaelogical artifact

two slabs of crystal hinged and closured with polished bronze hardware

>>7244848
you can now order small runs of digitally printed fabric very cheaply, though i haven't used these sources and so i don't know where to point you. i would start googling.

you can use heavier fabrics for more structured dresses, but upholestery fabric would be too much, and if it's not what you want, i would just return it.

>>7245418
depending on where you live, you should be able to find an industrial straight stitch for $200 or less complete with table and motor. vintage singers, the old black metal ones that allsaints bought up to stuff in window displays, can still be had for like $150ish last i checked, and they're great machines too. i don't have any experience with juki's home machines, i don't really like home machines at all, so i can't tell you much about them.

knocking off garments is the best way to learn how to make them, i guarantee whoever created the dress you're copying has copied a lot of designs when they were learning. most serious pattern drafting textbooks include lessons on copying patterns from garments with and without taking them apart.

>>7242520
we've already covered that back in >>7241960 when i explained that you were getting mad over nothing, we've also covered that you aren't getting my help until you calm down, so i don't know why you're continuing to bitch at me.

$70 for an industrial press plus a few bucks for a plastic jug is unusually cheap, and actually cheaper than the questionable home presses you can buy at joanne's or the admittedly passable rowentas you can get there too. brand isn't hugely important in the industrial markets aside from part availability because they're all dominated by a handful of companies that everyone uses; in sewing machines, it's pretty much juki and brother, for example, with the odd consew. you don't have any industrial equivalent to modern day singer because they would fail in short order and everyone would just go grab some jukis.

i don't know, i feel like what's actually happening here is you want a free lunch and you're upset because i was the one who told you that an appropriate tool is going to cost a little bit more than you're expecting to pay. if you'd like to pay even more, by buying something that isn't really appropriate just to replace it later, that's up to you.

>>7242488
silk is a fiber; you can weave chiffon and satin from it. it looks like a very lightweight crepe, which was just confirmed by >>7242502 before i sent this post. crepe can be difficult to work with, it doesn't have the best stability and doesn't take well to complicated pressing.

>>7242505
it's at $70 to buy it now and has a handful of people watching it. i didn't antagonize you until i called you a cunt just a few posts ago, i really think you're being unreasonable and that's why i've decided to withhold from actually being very helpful, until you stop and apologize. you're acting like a child.

>>7242471
you can buy a resevoir for less than ten dollars.

i was quoting retail price points, this isn't the price you should expect to pay for professional equipment but it's not really my problem if you don't want to see the auction.

>>7242453
literally seconds on google found the same steam iron used in the classrooms at lattc without a resevoir for only a few dollars more than your budget. i'd be happy to show you if you apologize for being such a fucking cunt :)

>>7241967
binding is very easy, so long as you're over the habit of pulling or pushing on your fabric pieces and you don't have any feed issues with your machine, and you have a good press and a fabric that isn't fussy about being pressed and repressed.
i don't know where to point you for a sewing pattern; if you don't know how to modify one, though, that romper wouldn't be a massively difficult first project to alter, honestly; just be prepared to do a few muslin tests before you have an acceptable solution.

>>7241940
i know we're on 4chan, internet hate machine that it is, but nothing that i wrote was meant to be acerbic so there's no need to question my skillset because you're upset that the advice i gave you wasn't the advice you wanted to hear. home irons are for pressing wrinkles out of shirts, industrial irons are for constructing clothing (they are also handy for the former, i do it constantly), and yeah, they do stuff industrials into home shells and sell them to you, but at an unnecessary mark up, so it's actually cheaper to be a little bit patient and find an industrial with an attache reservoir. industrials are also nearly indestructible and can be disassembled and repaired in the event that something does happen, which is frequently not the case with home machines, making them a much cheaper investment in the long run especially when you consider that $50 really is not that much money at all.

>>7241920
piping or bias binding would be the most professional solution, but you'd have to be prepared to sew, i'm not sure what skills you have or how much effort you want to put into this.

>>7241941
little horse hair bundles.

>>7241903
quick glance on the internet shows irons for closer to $100. skip alcohol for a few months.

>>7241912
total steam output and your control over steam, and temperature. they're a lot more effective at pressing seams flat and tbh home irons are totally inappropriate for fusible interfacing, which is invaluable for a lot of techniques; bubbling fusible is mostly caused by poor application or with inappropriate equipment, than the fusible itself.

>>7241836
theyve also been trendy for a couple of seasons now, so your local thrift stores mite have em

>>7241839
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>>7241827
>>7241828
busted

>>7240892
you can add a zipper to any pattern easily, and put it anywhere you want it, though how you do it would depend on the type of zipper applique you want and i would need more information to instruct you. i don't know enough about corsetry to verify what >>7241148 said about it.

>>7241258
a cotton twill or a really heavy basketweave for the jacket, for the kimono thing a cotton basketweave would be easiest to sew, your question is really vague though.

>>7241328
industrial presses are the best, home irons are totally inappropriate, price range is around $200ish for an industrial press modified for home use.

>>7241821
if you live near a fashion capital, which would be nyc, chicago, or los angeles, you'll have jobbers available in the garment district who sell old season fabric for very little, i can get silk for about $4 a yard if i'm not too picky about color.

>>7241749
compliments pls

>>7239396
pretty fierce zr in that vid 2
>you will never own these boots

>>7239394
i learned confident body language by dancing to thunderous techno (in panties and thigh highs?? maybe) and imitating the struts of runway models up and down my hallway

try it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZviPuZAzxU

>>7239385
who knows what it is? maybe i'm scary, or maybe my body language is too confident, or maybe people don't give me a second look for whatever reason, or maybe i'm too damn funny looking and they just can't figure out what to joke about in time before i've already walked away.

i said before in >>7238087 that i don't like the way i usually see it. i haven't pinpointed what makes me like it or hate it, but there's definitely times where it feels sloppy and times where it really adds to the outfit. in general, though, i think i really need a pair of thigh high boots in my life.