A super-quick post

[cupcake_goth]

Work is going well so far. Tonight, I try sleeping without the aid of medication! (Wish me luck and lots of sleep, please!)

Random Shopping Question: Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to find a skirt similar to the one in these photos? Because, ooh, the wanting and the coveting.


(I swear, I will make a post with actual content in the near future. But right now, I'm reading documents about How Stuff Is Done on this team, so I probably shouldn't distract myself with LJ postings. Why am I distracting myself with pictures from Viona Art? Um, good question. I'll get back to you on that ...)

Comments

[leenerella]

Aw, heck. We can make that skirt, can't we? I'm doing something similar to it for Burning Man in red and gold. It would just take a lot of fabric, but the chiffon at Display and Costume is only $2/yard, and would work fine!

Damn, I want my sewing machine back already. Too many ideas from the Boss Wench booth at the Ren Faire.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I've never made one quite like that, but you're right. I don't think it would be hugely hard (especially since there's plenty of room for error). Lots of material, some gathering & pleating, and maybe some tacking.

And by the way, I must eventually see pictures of that Burning Man costume.

[pvcdiva.livejournal.com]

I'd use something a bit stiffer than chiffon...but yeah, a gathering foot and a bit of time, over a cage crinny...I want one too!

Hell, I have both a ruffler and a gathering foot, so only laziness is stopping me....

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

There are probably more feet in my future.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

A ruffling machine and a couple of evenings to cut all the pieces out. radclife has a ruffling machine, I believe.

[leenerella]

There's a machine to do that? Oh man... I was going to do it the long way.

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

There are also ruffling feet for sewing machines. I picked one up at Joann for maybe $12, tho' if your machine uses some kind of special feet, it might be harder to find or cost more.

[leenerella]

I have a steel Pfaff from the 1970s - that thing is pretty heavy duty, so anything's possible. :)

[leenerella]

Oh look, Jilli! I found universal model Pfaff shirring feet readily available for under $10! Life is going to get very ...ruffly, soon.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I hope it works better than the ruffling foot/attachment thingamie I have for my (admittedly low-end, probably not-very-well built) White machine. I've played with it a bit, and it doesn't work very well on lace. I may set it back up this weekend and see if it takes to chiffon any better ...

(Someday, some fine day, I will convince my mother that since she doesn't use her very nice Elna machine, it should live at my house. Really. It could happen.)

[ladymoira.livejournal.com]

When ruffling with lace try pining it onto tissue paper and then stitch. When done just tear tissue paper off. Sometimes all a machine wants is a better surface to grip.

[pvcdiva.livejournal.com]

I have a spare Viking Ruffler #412 28 00-45 (http://sewingmachine221sale.bizland.com/store/page63.html) if it's of use to anyone - they sent me the wrong one by mistake and didn't ask for the incorrect one back. I was going to bung it up on eBAy as they cost nearly fifty quid, but as it didn't cost me anything, I'm happy to find it a loving home to a fello ruffly skirt fiend

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

If anyone has an overlock machine with differential feed you can ruffle super fast too! I cranked out ruffles for 2 shams in 15 minutes yesterday. :0 )

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Yay jobbal happiness! If you're up at 5 or 6, give me a Google shout. I've been waking up at those hours lately. :S

[durtro93.livejournal.com]

oh drool!
I want one too...

dammit, you and Alexia are trying to turn me into a girl again, aren't you?

[orthoepy.livejournal.com]

That skirt is two bolts of nylon net and three bolts of patience. :-)

Pretty, though!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Nylon net is scratchy. I'm hoping it's tulle at worst.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Excellent skirt.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

I have a skirt just like that except it's white and made of cotton. ;)

[rev-blacky.livejournal.com]

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