Whoosh

[cupcake_goth]

I was about to whine a bit about my energy suddenly leaving me, but then I realized that so far I have:

- Made that poll post asking about the black-on-black striped skirt.

- Written a bunch of notes and story snippets for the fiction project I'm working on.

- Transcribed all of my hand-written notes for the fiction project into a Word doc.

- Done 4 loads of laundry.

- Made a batch of sausage rolls.

- Chatted with queeniex and her boy while he sculpted the prototype head for her new doll.

Huh. I guess I Did Stuff today. That might be where my energy went.

In other news, why do I suddenly want a cage petticoat type thing to layer over other skirts? Either an actual boned one (like this one from Azdaja (clicky-link!)), or one that is a "cage" over skirt that is made from strips of ribbon or twill tape. However, I am too lazy (and possibly too math-challenged) to make one of the "cage" over skirts on my own. (Even tho' there's kind of a tutorial over here on EGL.) Can I find a pre-made one anywhere on Teh Interwebs? No, I cannot, and am somewhat vexed about it.

I *should* try to motivate myself to either do more writing, or to work on the final bits I need to do to the "cranky" bloomers I'm going to be selling at Mourning Market next Sunday, but I suspect my motivation is napping. Maybe I'll just spend the rest of the evening flopped on the couch with the cats.

Comments

[bork.livejournal.com]

How did you like your event last night?

[tiatsuchi.livejournal.com]

I adore over-skirt bone cages. :D It'd be awesome if you made one. I've seen people make them by welding or soldering strips of metal together, and they looked amazing. I bet you could commission an egl person to make one, if you can't find a premade one.

[missmorte.livejournal.com]

You are the ultimate temptress with all your posting of links to pretty things!

[sillycecelia.livejournal.com]

Oh! The coveting!
(is also unemployed)

How about these two , there cheeper and can be used for more things

[jaborwhalky.livejournal.com]

Skirt stuff
http://www.fanplusfriend.com/servlet/the-1407/Vintage-Gothic-Pocket-Hoops/Detail
I want this one
http://www.fanplusfriend.com/servlet/the-1687/Gothic-Punk-Half-Birdcage/Detail

Re: How about these two , there cheeper and can be used for more things

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

::smacks forehead::

F+F! Why didn't I think of them? I quite like the second one.

[morseren.livejournal.com]

Yay, I am so excited to hear you are writing more fiction. As a long time fan I was so happy to see your work in Steampunk Tales:)

Keep it up, your work is so much fun to read. I do so hope you have a fiction book published in your near future!

Rebecca

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

You want one so you can look like the mascot girl in Cirque du Soleil's "Alegria" show. I saw her and immediately thought of you!

[theosakakoneko.livejournal.com]

The overskirt ribbon option is actually quite easy - you can do it! I've made a couple myself out of vinyl which is pretty fun, but more work as you have to make the strips (and I don't like unfinished edges, so that was a bit of a pain. But they are very fun to wear. The math is not so complicated. Though it gets a bit tedious with the measuring tape.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of math-avoidant, so the idea of making one out of ribbon on my own is intimidating. But I may look again at the tutorial posted on EGL and take a stab at it.

[theosakakoneko.livejournal.com]

If you give up and want a vinyl one (as opposed to the ones on F+F), I do make them. *hehe* Just throwing that out there! XD But I tend to charge more than F+F, so probably not the desired route. >< heheh
If you decide to make one, I haven't seen the particular tutorial you're referring to, but I might be able to offer advice at some point in the process if you get stuck!

[blutsauger.livejournal.com]

These cage thingies are called crinolines, so maybe if you google that you'll be more successful?

The first F+F skirt looks very much like a reduced pannier. Interesting.

[blutsauger.livejournal.com]

Hm, I just had a look myself and I really doubt that buying a pre-made one is the right choice for you. All you need would be some spring steel (or lighter materials like plastic etc.) and good strong ribbons (and maybe some rivets, but that's too much work, if you ask me, you'd have to punch holes into the steel first). You could even cut strips from the striped bedcloth which you used to make that lovely skirt.

[botgrrrl.livejournal.com]

Sausage rolls. I love sausage rolls. So many happy childhood memories.

I've tried making them at home, but my results have been poor. Can you share any tips?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Er, puff pastry and sausage meat? I dust the sausage with a bit of flour before I roll it in the puff pastry. Then I use an egg wash on top of the pastry, and make sure to cut slits in the top of each roll.

[valdary.livejournal.com]

They look as though they would be fairly simple to make from rigiline. Full circle would be too big but if you have a flared skirt pattern the right fullness you could easy measure hoop widths and spacings from it. Even spacings down the length, then measure the pattern piece for width of hoop, so if you have pattern piece for half the back of skirt just multiply width by 4 at the point in length you want hoop to be at.Does that make sense or am I gibbering?

[valdary.livejournal.com]

Rigiline for the hoops and ribbon for the spacers of course

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I do have a flared skirt pattern that is my standard pattern. I just need to get over my ridiculous fear of measuring things and math.

Your instructions mostly made sense, and I suspect that any confusion about them is on my math-avoidant part. :)

[redglasses.livejournal.com]

Now I want to do a mathematically inspired cage skirt, maybe a fibonacci whorl. Twill tape, you say....

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. I bow to your mathy skills. But yes, twill tape or grosgrain ribbon. Twill tape is heavier and would hang better.

[valdary.livejournal.com]

take the pattern piece for the back (which is half back because it either lies to fold or to seam) Trace shape onto bit of lining paper or plain wallpaper so you don't spoil original pattern. Decide how far apart you want your hoops and draw lines across your new pattern that distance apart. Measure the first line, multiply by 4 and cut piece of rigiline to length, repeat with next line, and then next til you have a piece of rigiline for each line, join into hoops & space apart with ribbon at distances marked on your pattern