I had identified two main sources for the problem with keeping the dress where it was supposed to be: the fabric’s tendency to relax, and lack of a support structure. The first thing I did was add a stay-tape, something I first ran into in corsetry: inch-wide twill tape, in this case fitted snugly right under the […]
Read MoreJust recently I bumped into a huge weakness of the mock-up: you do not wear them all day. If you sew garments, at some point or another you will come across the advice to always make a mock-up. Also called a muslin, calico, or toile, it’s a test version of the garment that lets you fine tune […]
Read MoreThere is something just a little bit insane about cosplay¹. We—the fans—look at something that usually exists only in a 2D world and decide “I am going to replicate that. In my spare time. On a budget. And I am going to make it awesome.” Crazy, right? Add to that the fact that many of us—probably most […]
Read MoreI’ve come across numerous tutorials describing how to transfer toner images to polymer clay using only water or rubbing alcohol. It’s probably the most frequently cited technique I’ve found, even more common than the liquid clay technique. So of course I’ve tried it—and I must be missing something. The first thing I learned—which I’ve only […]
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