Ridikittydesign In reply to GiH-Crafting [2014-04-21 16:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Ridikittydesign In reply to LoliSlave [2011-03-27 19:19:59 +0000 UTC]

All my dresses have petticoats under neath. Many also have built-in petticoats in the dress/skirt lining, to give extra poof.

As for sleeves, medium weight fabrics give enough body so they look nice and puffy. If you want HUGE puffy sleeves though (like my Queen Victoria cosplay, [link] ) you can gather netting or tulle and sew it inside the sleeve. Make sure to line it though, tulle is rather scratchy against your skin.

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LoliSlave In reply to Ridikittydesign [2011-03-27 21:16:36 +0000 UTC]

When it comes too the petticoat, do you often use tulle petticoats? After much looking around, many appear softer, as though a thinner fabric is used. For a dress collaboration between me and my friend, we're using tulles to give the dress that bell shape. I'm curious if this method is useful, or just time/money consuming.

when you say 'medium weighted fabrics', what kinds are you talking about. for the sleeves of the dress I'm working on, we're using cotton for the sleeves. I assume the fabric is too light to create 'huge' sleeves by it's self.

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Ridikittydesign In reply to LoliSlave [2011-05-13 15:23:42 +0000 UTC]

Sorry it took so long to respond! I've been so busy that deviantart has been getting ignored.

I do usually use a mixture of tulle and netting for my petticoats. This gives more volume. Tulle itself gives a softer shape.

Cotton for the sleeves should be alright. "Medium weight" refers to how thick the fabric is. A lighter weight fabric (if the cotton is thin) would need more gathering for the sleeves to have more volume.

If it's a thin cotton, and you want huge sleeves, I'd definitely suggest using tulle as well.

Hope that helps

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LoliSlave In reply to Ridikittydesign [2011-05-13 18:54:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for getting back to me! This will definitely help a lot!

One last question: When you're sewing the tulle beneath the sleeve, do you sew the extension of arm beneath? Lets say I was making a long sleeve with a puffy shoulder, would I construct the shoulder, then attack the rest of the arm to it?

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Ridikittydesign In reply to LoliSlave [2011-05-13 20:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Are you making the sleeve in two pieces? For Queen Victoria I did it in two pieces, so the top (shoulder) part has gathering where it attaches to the shoulder/bodice, and where it attaches to the 2nd sleeve piece.

The top sleeve piece I cut in the outer fabric, and you can cut 2 layers of tulle, and then the lining. You then sew the tulle and outer fabric together and treat it as one layer of fabric. Gather it and sew it to the rest of the garment.

If your planning to do a one piece sleeve, let me know and I'll make a little diagram for you

Hopefully that helps, and didn't just confuse you more!

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LoliSlave In reply to Ridikittydesign [2011-05-13 20:10:47 +0000 UTC]

A diagram would be wonderful!

I am anything but confused at this point C:

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Ridikittydesign In reply to fatmanFUBAR [2011-01-11 23:36:35 +0000 UTC]

I really don't do much modeling anymore. Mostly concentrating on my designs and costumes at this point.

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fatmanFUBAR In reply to Ridikittydesign [2011-01-12 14:07:55 +0000 UTC]

ok. Thats a shame. Your costume work IS incredible, but you model them so well as well.

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