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Sotis
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Date Posted:
10/4/07 3:02am
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HeatherD posted:
is there such a thing as a completely natural stretchy fabric
There is. A jersey can be woolen and cotton.
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Neimhaille
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10/4/07 4:24am
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I was really lucky with my find  I like it, it is a real crepe as opposed to a crepe weave (the threads are twisted and in a plain weave not a random weave) which also adds to the springy-ness of the fabric.
It isn't fraying too badly either which is good as I have to put it on hold for a while. The fit of the lower part of the cloak sleeves is tricky and while what I have is pretty I want to get the proper fit 
For the crackle I'll probably have to resort to cutting a paint bush down to a bare few hairs and use an enamel paint. Lots of practice!
Do you mean a woven or knitted fabric for stretch? Knitted fabrics by their nature have a degree of springiness and knitted fabrics were developed hundreds of years before man made fibres came along There were even knitting machines created in the 16thC! So yes, silk, cotton, wool are the more commonly knitted natural fibres. I don't think linen is suited to it what with the very long bast fibres....
But natural fibres can also be mixed with lycra/elastine in knitted or woven form. I have found stretch silk satin of all things!
I don't know of any natural alternative to lycra/elastine itself though. Rubber was used to make elastic for shoes in the 19thC and I think that's the closest I can think of.
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HeatherD
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Date Posted:
10/4/07 8:52pm
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RE: Padme light blue Tatooine dress/cape
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Well, I know that cotton knits are not truly elastic. They might have some give, but they don't spring back into shape like fabrics with lycra in them. I've seen all manner of natural fabrics blended with lycra too! Like stretch wool, how strange is that? But the drape of the fabric on this dress really makes me think of polyester jersey. Silk would be too light to have the same drape. Obviously it's not polyester jersey like the horrid stuff Princess Leia's dress is made of! : o)~ But it makes me think that comment in the end of Dressing the Galaxy refers to this dress. I wish we could just e-mail Trisha Biggar, lol!
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HeatherD
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Speaking of crackle, I actually ordered a strand of these beads in the smoke and clear colors when I was testing styles, but they were too rounded! They're not a completely flat disc, unfortunately. I didn't know the real beads were crackled, I just thought they might give a neat effect. http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H204031GL
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Neimhaille
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10/5/07 2:18am
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Those beads look really nice actually:) This is one of those cases where you aim for one or the other effect and it'll be interesting to see what looks best under what circumstance.
I also found my black and white fabric paints which means I am all set for the bodice and skirt if not for the wig and headdress. Well I have some stuff for the headdress... To test a pattern anyway:)
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HeatherD
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10/5/07 9:02pm
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I made my headdress out of sculpy and it was ok until my mom messed around in my closet and it fell off the styrofoam head and got squashed... The 'ear flaps' broke : o( I was going to make the next one out of wire with an antique finish. It won't be like the movie, but it'll be classier than sculpy and much more durable! lol I'm trying to figure out what wire to use though, I know you can bend aluminum up to 6mm, but I'm not sure what that will look like... Where do you buy wire anyhow, the hardware store?
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HeatherD
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10/6/07 3:28pm
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Anyhoo, here's a couple good shots of my costume from CIV. I had purchased some long hair to kind of stick in a ponytail, but it didn't curl when I stuck it in pincurls! And I'd repaired my headdress, but it broke in my luggage : o( And then the dress wasn't designed to be a midriff, but I forgot safety pins to fasten the wraps, so I had to kind of tuck them up in back. So the bodice is a bit longer than in the movie *shrug* I spent most of the day with my purse in front of my stomach : oP
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HeatherD
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Date Posted:
10/13/07 3:35pm
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wow, I didn't know it was that bad! I seemed to have killed the thread...
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princessleia911
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10/13/07 9:08pm
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Your dress looks very good. You should stop by AOI and tell us how you made it. You didn't kill the thread, I think everyone is in Halloween rush mode to make their costumes in the next few weeks.
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Adalia-Durron
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10/14/07 12:37am
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Looks awesome Heather!!, this is on my daughters wish list, but I'm hesitant to put it on a child...... 
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kreleia
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Date Posted:
10/18/07 2:31am
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It looks great, Heather! Why would you hide behind your purse, tho? I think it (and you) looks fine! Beautiful detail work on the grey filigrees, too! Sorry about your headdress - I can't believe it got ruined twice!
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HeatherD
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10/22/07 4:57pm
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Thanks everybody, lol.
PrincessLeia911: what is AOI?
Adalia-Durron: You could just make it without the open midriff for your daughter. That's how I originally did mine.
Kreleia: I know, argh! Hopefully when I make it out of wire it will be a little more sturdy!
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Neimhaille
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Thanks SS
Finally after many months of interuption, house fire, and event after event and no sspace to sew I have got my recreation underway, for real!
Today I have the fitted inner part of the body patterned and ready to sew, but my camera needs charging. I also just refound my glass beads for the hood and skirt front.
Oh yes, that's my Geonosis battle outfit pattern the hood and cloak is pinned to;) I'm taking scale patterns and notes as I go so hopefully they will be of use to others That curved flare at the front of the arm insert comes about in quite a fun way which I think is the way the original came about.
I decided if I couldn't get that flare then I wasn't going to make this outfit. But I got it so I'm sort of stuck finishing it
Note how the colour changes depending on lighting conditions, much like the original
Still a fair way to go and I want to reshape the hem at the back of the cloak. The point got caught up (the crepe grips to itself!) but it's still not quite as sharp as I'd like it anyway. The piping won't be fun to redo but I went to the trouble of dyeing it myself I really do wan to make the most of it
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Neimhaille
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I have some more progress:
 
Base for the top and a new hood. Ijust counted my beads and I think I have just enough. I really hope I remembered the pattern right for the skirt beading... Woot! I over estimated so have plenty of beads I have five packs of 35 and there are fewer than that used in the costume skirt and hood. Phew! I just need to hunt out my seed beads to find the spacers
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