HELP MEEEEEE!!! I'm stuck on how to work with Lulu's costume
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HELP MEEEEEE!!! I'm stuck on how to work with Lulu's costume
Heh..... ^.^..... hi, um, i'm new here.... and I need help? THis has only been my second costume (my first one was my Yuna wedding dress. it turned out okay) and i think i'm dead. For the fabric/material for lul's costume, I've bought canvas leather, and it's really really thick and sorta hard to work with. I've suddenly realized that now I've just bought the thing; how the heck do I work with it...?[/b]
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You're to have to do one of two things. Suffer through handsewing tha tmonster or use a sewing machine designed for it. I know a few machines that aren't built for such heavy stuff but will still do it if you're nice to it.
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I know Tia's moderatly high end Singer will go through upholstry pleather like butter, but I'm not real sure what canvas leather is.
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It's really thick stuff. It's like the leather used to make sofas. My Singer sewing machine can't even handle thick fur... I think sewing by hands is the best way to do this.Dark_Tiger wrote:I know Tia's moderatly high end Singer will go through upholstry pleather like butter, but I'm not real sure what canvas leather is.
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You can handsew the fur on.
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What? You'd have the corset with two sleeve-arms hanging off the sides, then you'd take the fur and make a tube out of it, which you would then attatch to the front and the back of the corset part, using snaps or buttons or whatnot to be able to remove it to actually be able to lace the corset. You'd attatch the top of the sleeves to the inside (facing you) of the fur tube, so they wouldn't fall down or anything.
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.... i sorta get it... but I sorta don't.... T.T...... so I would have the sleeves and the corset's edges sown together, but the fur's not there yet, right? and then I sew the fur to the front, but in the back I use snaps or buttons so that I could lace the corset... right? i'm right, right?
T.T confused...... so confused....
T.T confused...... so confused....
This is just my 2 cents:
I personally think Lulu is too challenging a costume for a novice. Lulu's outfit is VERY difficult, no matter what fabric you choose to make it out of. Perhaps you should try something a little easier for now, and then attempt Lulu when you have more sewing skills.
However, if you still want to make it, I will give you advice:
I am working on a Lulu costume right now. My suggestion is NOT to sew the fur directly to the corset. I'd make the fur detachable: by making it attatch to the corset via snaps.
I personally think Lulu is too challenging a costume for a novice. Lulu's outfit is VERY difficult, no matter what fabric you choose to make it out of. Perhaps you should try something a little easier for now, and then attempt Lulu when you have more sewing skills.
However, if you still want to make it, I will give you advice:
I am working on a Lulu costume right now. My suggestion is NOT to sew the fur directly to the corset. I'd make the fur detachable: by making it attatch to the corset via snaps.
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thanks for your concern, but i do have some experiance. i learned a lot from my past two failure costumes, and i have three sucessful ones. I just wasn’t surewhat to do with lulu is all, since there’s not much refernce pics to use.
I’m half way through with the Lulu costume, I’m just have trouble withminor things.
I take your advice and use straps, althugh the fur i’m using is a creamish color with suede underneath. But as for the straps, do I attach them on the inside of the corset so that when attached, the fur flows out, or do I make the straps on the out side of the corset, so that the fur falls plainly?
And the cord for the corset in the back is a tan/brown color, right?
I’m half way through with the Lulu costume, I’m just have trouble withminor things.
I take your advice and use straps, althugh the fur i’m using is a creamish color with suede underneath. But as for the straps, do I attach them on the inside of the corset so that when attached, the fur flows out, or do I make the straps on the out side of the corset, so that the fur falls plainly?
And the cord for the corset in the back is a tan/brown color, right?