Seryn , Kellys and Serenity's corset, Tshirt and costume talky thread

So, okay, didn't mail out the fabric Saturday, I just didn't have time. But, I am going to mail it out today.

Right now, in point of fact!

Seryn, if you keep volunteering to make eveyrone corsets, you'll be able to quit your job and make corsets for a living!

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Monday, July 17, 2006 9:53 AM

oh! i wish! but sadly no. It a keep helen sane while working crap jobs for money thing.

plus, i'm a total sucker for punishment.

Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
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Monday, July 17, 2006 9:56 AM

ah well, if it helps, I mailed out the fabric today. They said a week, so look for it next Monday!

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Monday, July 17, 2006 11:33 AM

a pretty package for me! a fun package to look forward to! yey, havn't had one of those for a while.

Shiny!

Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:33 AM

Well, a pretty envelope!

If I had had more time to think about it, I would have sent you a package with some nummy treats, but I was a bit rushed.

Isn't getting mail great! I (finally) got a package last night from my mother I'd been waiting over 2 months for.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:28 PM

2 months?!? yikes.

ah, yes, yummy stuff. i tried looking for fruit rollups on ebay, and several places sell them cheap, but want $9 for p&p.

oh well.

Well, i got all the bons i'll need, laid out on your bits. ithink i'll have enoough, but i'm going to order a few from that vena cava place anyway, could do with more ridgids, in the mean time, i can start sewing bits.

need to di up my machine, its burried under piles of pattern paper.

Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 2:39 AM

we will load you up with fruit roll ups before you head back to England, don't you worry!

My poor sewing machine usually lives on a top shelf in my closet, but lately, it's been living on a card table.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:01 AM

Morning!
So...two months left. Oy. Anyone else freaking out yet? I've got a lot left to build (thankfully, no corsets...but I will have to modify one)...
As for machines, I have two going at the moment; one for leather, the other for cloth. All I need is a roll-y chair so I can go between them easier!

I am looking forward to seeing all the pretty costumes!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:08 AM

I have a rolly chair in my office here and I roll all over the place. It's fantastic and I'm convinced it's a good workout for my legs because I do have nice thigh muscles.

I've also mastered the roll back towards bookshelf, spin, grab what I need off the shelf, roll back to desk. It's tricky, but looks really cool if done right.

Really random, I know.

Not freaking out about costumes, yet, Tristan, more freaking out about Jayne hats. I have LOTS to knit.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:18 AM

Rolly chairs and I do not have the best of history together. I would always manage to find the one piece of something on the floor, catch a wheel, and fall flat on my back...much to the amusement of those around me. Since then, I have stuck to wheel-less chairs when I am working on costumes.

Ah, Serenity, almost forgot about all the knitting...if it helps, I can wait until after D*C for mine.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:11 AM

lol. Sorry, but the mental picture is FUNNY!

And don't worry about your hat. It's not the ones I have existing orders for that I'm concerned about. It's about seeing how many I can make before D*C to sell.

I sat for over an hour in a Drs office this morning. Brought my knitting with me. Nearly finished off another hat!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:15 AM

The mental picture is probably funnier than what really happened...so, let's stick with the mental images, ok?

Less embarassment that way.

Depending on time, I may make an extra Browncoat to bring...but I have no idea about selling it. Is a booth required, or registration as a seller...? If you have any ideas, could you point me in the right direction?

A knit hat in an hour? Whoa.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:21 AM

Well, no, it takes me about 2 hrs to knit a Jayne hat, non-stop, but I made very good progress. I was hindered by this adorable little 2 yr old that came up to me and said "What's that?" and then proceeded to talk to me about EVERYTHING for the next 1/2hr. He kept going behind my chair, which was in a good hiding corner, and then popping his head out from one side and I'd say "boo!" and then he's dissolve into giggles. I thought about teaching him to say "Cunning orange hat" but his "Gamma" was standing guard so I dared not.

Yes, the mental picture is very cartoonish and funny. Nothing to be ashamed of. If it makes you feel better, I bent over to pick up a ball to throw to the dog the other day and somehow twisted my ankle and fell down. In front of JadeHand. It was very embarrasing. Wish I could say it's the first time that happened, but I think I have weak ankles because I fall like that a lot.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:27 AM

Don't think of it as falling down...look at it as an exercise in "going to ground"...practicing your ninja skills. See, no one would expect you to disappear into tall grass. Just tell them you are honing your arts!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:38 AM

That's wonderful! I'm going to remember that.

When I was little, I used to fall down the stairs. A LOT. It got so I am VERY good at it. I have Mad Falling Down the Stairs Skills. I can fall down a complete flight of concrete stairs without so much as a bruise.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:46 AM

Very impressive! See, I'd just end up in the hospital if I tried that. That's why I stick to swinging swords and other various weapons about. Oh, and the sewing. I have received a fair number of injuries from that pasttime, as well. Never learn...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:55 AM

Tristan, go here:

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:01 AM

Oooooh! Shiny!
I know this has probably been mentioned, but what type of cloth is that? It almost looks like a velvet or velveteen... Oh, and the grommets look good!
Thank you for sharing!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:04 AM

It's this fake suedey stuff. Looks and feels kinda like suede. I fell in love with it and convinced Mai to let me buy it for her.

Well, it's not anything fantastic, but I do hope it'll look good.

And I do admit the grommets look much better in black.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:07 AM

It really looks good! Can't wait to see it IRL!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:19 AM

Thanks!

We'll all be gawking over each other's costumes at D*C, it'll be funny.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:31 AM

Yes, much gawking will be had!
Less than two months now...something like 43 or 44 days!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:12 AM

SIMONWHO

But two months till Serenity 3.

And they still haven't announced the party themes yet.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:22 AM

I wish they would so I can figure out what I'm gonna wear.

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Saturday, July 22, 2006 11:39 AM

I found a wonderful site selling saree's at reasonable prices (i.e, cheap enough fo me to afford) I reckon whatever the theme we turn up in them (there was a blue and silver one would go gorgeous with your colouring.

but anyway.

costume progress - i have a hat! the darn thing was sat on my wardrobe the entire time. it fell on the floor yesterday, and i picked it up, and a small lightbulb went ping above my head. it was just a basic dome crowned wide brimmed felt hat - so i unpicked the white decorative stitching and pinned the sides up and boy I am such a jammy git - it cost me 50p from a charity shop.

So now the corsets are trundling along (serenity, i hope you are as tiny as your corset looks! i checked the measurements over and over again, its itty-bitty)
I have a pattern for a quick shirt, and another for a waist coat, i have to find some trews somewhere, and the boots i found cheap just need altering a bit. but what i really really want is one of those belts that go accross the chest (Will and Elizabeth both have them in POTC2) and i cant find them anywhere. Well, i cant find a belt long enough to adapt. hell, being to big and tall i can't find a belt.

Any ideas?

actually, what i'd really really love is boot tops with the turn down bits, Captain jack, and a leather hat, but beggars can't be choosers, so i focused on the chest belt thing, thinking it would be easy.

Ha.

Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
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Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:33 PM

JADEHAND

JH-you didn't sign out of my computer!

-Serenity

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Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:44 PM

(Now let's try this again, as ME this time.)

ooh, what's the website? I want a saree!!!

I'm sure you measured right, but I'm really not itty bitty. Maybe it just looks tiny cuz it's a corset and it's supposed to squish you up?

As Tristan about the belt that goes across the chest. He might know where to get one. In fact, I think I saw some on one of the pirate costume websites, I just don't remember where.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:46 PM

STINKINGROSE

Try the term "baldric" if you're doing a search. There might be other names, but I'm pretty sure this will get you somewhere.
You may want to hit the SCA (society for creative anachronisms) website and try a couple of their links for research and sources.
Or not!
It could save you a lot of weeding though.

Speaking of corsets squishing you "up", be prepared for clevage you did not know you had and wear it proudly m'dear. Also: breathe from your birthin' place, you can't expand your chest so you need to let everything go with gravity. Soft stomach. Try lying on your back on the floor and placing a book on your bellybutton, then make the book go up and down while you inhale and exhale. That's the spot you're aiming for. If you try to do the chest breathing that everyone is used to you will quickly hyperventilate and pass out.
That book trick I got from a vocal coach trying to teach me how to breathe while singing.
I never knew it would come in so very handy. You use it in yoga too!

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Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:48 PM

I've been singing for years. I know how to breathe properly.

And, this isn't my first corset, either, so I'm prepared for the clevage.
Unfortunately, I always have more than I know what to do with.

But, thank you for "Baldric". The word escaped me, though it usually is part of my vocabulary.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:55 PM

CITIZEN

Quote:
Originally posted by stinkingrose:
Try the term "baldric" if you're doing a search. There might be other names, but I'm pretty sure this will get you somewhere.
You may want to hit the SCA (society for creative anachronisms) website and try a couple of their links for research and sources.
Or not!
It could save you a lot of weeding though.

Speaking of corsets squishing you "up", be prepared for clevage you did not know you had and wear it proudly m'dear. Also: breathe from your birthin' place, you can't expand your chest so you need to let everything go with gravity. Soft stomach. Try lying on your back on the floor and placing a book on your bellybutton, then make the book go up and down while you inhale and exhale. That's the spot you're aiming for. If you try to do the chest breathing that everyone is used to you will quickly hyperventilate and pass out.
That book trick I got from a vocal coach trying to teach me how to breathe while singing.
I never knew it would come in so very handy. You use it in yoga too!

This is a breathing technique called reverse breathing often used in Kung Fu and Chi Gung, I'm willing to teach classes...

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:10 PM

STINKINGROSE

Oh goody!! You'll be fine then!
Sorry, I have no idea who you are or what you know and I tend to presume the wearing of functional corsetry and abdominal breathing to be rather esoteric to most. If it came up in everyday conversation on a regular basis I would not have tried to help.
Sodding off now.

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Monday, July 24, 2006 2:16 AM