Costume Creation Method

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Costume Creation Method Oct 18, 2007 21:14:02 GMT -5

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Post by cosmoblue on Oct 18, 2007 21:14:02 GMT -5

What is your costume creation method?

How do you start? Do you work straight from a commercial pattern? Do you start with a base commercial pattern and then modify it? Do you draft a pattern based from a sketch? Do you drape on a form?

How do you fit? Do you have someone help you to fit your garment on you over your foundation garments? Do you have a dressform that is your measurements? Do you have a duct tape/ paper tape double?

In my normal non historical costume life I usually draft a pattern based on a sketch so I am curious how you work.

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"It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.

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Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 12:31:55 GMT -5

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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 12:31:55 GMT -5

1. Dressform made with a t-shirt and duct tape; also trussed up in my corset.
2. Adjust cutting on pattern. Make my own pieces, for instance, straight sleeves to replace puffy ones. I'm not advanced enough to drape and create my own pattern yet.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen

cosmoblue Global Moderator Hostess "Go by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white." Posts: 1,119	Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 12:39:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 12:39:55 GMT -5 I am going to have to get someone to duct tape me
	Cosmo "It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.

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Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 12:59:12 GMT -5

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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 12:59:12 GMT -5

My husband found the task quite entertaining. It is the ugliest thing in the world, I'm going to have to make a cotton overlay for it, it looks like a big grey lump. But it works. The only issue is that the bust doesn't have the 'give' that a real one does when you apply your corset to it. If you want to be very specific, you *could* make a form while wearing your stay, so you have a permanent regency shape to work on. I'm thinking I should have done that.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen

cosmoblue Global Moderator Hostess "Go by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white." Posts: 1,119	Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 13:57:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 13:57:15 GMT -5 I was thinking about doing that with the stays on. It would be great to be able to drape on a form with the correct shape for gathering and pleating and tucking.
	Cosmo "It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.

Mme de Beaufort Administrator Founder RSA, ORS "You have no compassion for my poor nerves" Posts: 1,563	Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 20:46:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 20:46:08 GMT -5 You are extremely ambitious. Cording, from-scratch sewing, you must be one heck of a seamstress
	Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen

cosmoblue Global Moderator Hostess "Go by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white." Posts: 1,119	Costume Creation Method Oct 19, 2007 21:02:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 21:02:53 GMT -5 I am only a mediocre seamstress, but I am a decent patternmaker. I just really like a challenge every now and then.
	Cosmo "It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.

Post by cosmoblue on Oct 18, 2007 21:14:02 GMT -5

Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 12:31:55 GMT -5

Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 12:39:55 GMT -5

Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 12:59:12 GMT -5

Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 13:57:15 GMT -5

Post by Mme de Beaufort on Oct 19, 2007 20:46:08 GMT -5

Post by cosmoblue on Oct 19, 2007 21:02:53 GMT -5