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The Show Must Go On / How would you go about getting this sort of effect?
« on: October 18, 2017, 12:22:10 PM »
Looking at the skirt - I assume it is a fishline hem?  Fabric cut shorter at the front than the back - and sharply gathered.  Organza, would you say?  What other fabrics could I use?

Thanking you in advance :)


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The Show Must Go On / Re: Another tutu question
« on: October 17, 2017, 22:03:18 PM »
Oooh - that's interesting!  Thanks!

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Making a unitard for a boy
« on: October 17, 2017, 22:02:29 PM »
Thank you, yellowfeather - just what I wanted to hear!

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The Show Must Go On / Making a unitard for a boy
« on: October 15, 2017, 12:33:47 PM »
I can't find a simple unitard pattern for a teenaged boy - does anyone have a boy dancer or make for boys?  Could I just make a girls pattern and alter the body shape?  Or do I need to add gussets and stuff cos of the boys extra - um - paraphanelia...

Edited to add - I know McCalls do a Cosplay one, but I think there would be copyright issues if I were to use it more than once to make for a customer...  So ideally I am either looking for advice on making an alteration of a girls unitard or signposting to a pdf pattern whose drafter is OK with small scale sewers using their designs... (eg Jalie,Mountain Ash etc.  but neither of those seem to have what I need...)

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Another tutu question
« on: October 15, 2017, 12:25:27 PM »
Sorry - I have been offline for a bit.  I eventually phoned them, and once I had discovered a phone number they actually answer I spoke to someone who said they had been out of stock and were now back in stock.  My net was posted the next day.

I wonder how long I would have waited if I had not spoken to that person though...

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Another tutu question
« on: September 11, 2017, 22:32:03 PM »
I am still waiting for my tutu net, and getting quite cross with Heathcoats inability to answer their phone, return my answer phone messages OR send me my net.

And in the meantime I have this, waiting for another 8 layers...


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The Show Must Go On / Re: Where are all the tutu makers?
« on: September 11, 2017, 22:27:55 PM »
Ooooh thanks Suzanne (it is Suzanne, isn't it?)

I will have an experiment and see how that goes...

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Back opening in stretch tutus
« on: September 05, 2017, 13:41:12 PM »
Oooooh, I see!  So they are effectively tiny tucks, rather than actual seams?

They are beautiful...

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Back opening in stretch tutus
« on: September 05, 2017, 10:12:52 AM »
Really stupid question here - how have you done the seams in the front lining?  They are really neat, almost like piping... :[

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Another tutu question
« on: September 05, 2017, 10:10:27 AM »
Right - and now you have explained, going back and reading the instructions for the 723rd time, I can see that is what it says.  I clearly got very confused.

Thank you for clarifying that for me!

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The Show Must Go On / Another tutu question
« on: September 04, 2017, 22:50:08 PM »
So, in an attempt to avoid the whole "how do I make my pleated layers stretchy" question, I am having a go at a structured, woven tutu, using a Tutus That Dance pattern.  It is going well so far - I am happy with the bodice, I have attached the top 2 layers of 27g pleated net, and I am just waiting for Heathcoats to send my order of 50g net for the next layers. (I ordered a week ago, and am getting a bit impatient)

Anyway - reading ahead in the instructions I am told to attach elastic stays AND stitch the bodice firmly to the basque.

I don't quite understand.  Doesn't the fact the bodice and basque are stitched together make the elastic stays completely useless?  the instructions say the stays hold the bodice in place, stop the two parts of the tutu from separating, and provide give when the dancer stretches.  But surely if the bodice is stitched on the it will stay in place, and won't have any give?

Am I missing something?  Anyone?

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Where are all the tutu makers?
« on: September 02, 2017, 20:55:51 PM »
Hmmm.  I wonder if it is how I am pleating it that is the problem... 

I use the tutu.com woman's double pleating method, but I make my pleats quite deep.  Then I use a 3 part zig-zag to sew the pleats in place, and then a stretch stitch to attach it to the tutu.

If I pull the layer having pleated and stitched it, but before attaching it to the tutu, there is very little stretch at that point, which is what makes me think it must be how I am pleating them...

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The Show Must Go On / Re: Where are all the tutu makers?
« on: August 30, 2017, 21:05:39 PM »
I made my tutu number 2 this week.

It is much better than tutu number one.  Except...  it is completely unwearable.

Basically - I decided to pleat the top layers instead of gathering them.  When I gathered and sewed them on the blue tutu there was enough stretch in the gathered layers to pull the tutu over the dancers hips.  But the pleated layers on the white tutu don't have any stretch at all.

I'm not quite sure what to do about it, to be honest...


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Current Projects / Re: Finally finished the Hornpipe Costume
« on: June 26, 2017, 21:47:03 PM »
Better now.

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Current Projects / Re: Finally finished the Hornpipe Costume
« on: June 23, 2017, 22:00:09 PM »
Yeah, I think I am going to unpick the hem and do a smaller single fold overlocked in place.  It bugs me too much.

It is going to it's dancer tomorrow morning, so I will get up early to restitch the hem.

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