macgyver, version 2.0 ([info]moofoot) wrote,
@ 2009-06-24 08:29:00
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Current mood: confused
Entry tags:adventures in costume creation, d*c 09

...anyone with sewing expertise? or just...knowledge?
I have a pattern, for a coat.

The thing that is perplexing me, however, is the fact that I have boobs. Not the fact that I have boobs - but the coat is for a man's cut, and I need to adjust the chest a bit so that it's a little more tailored to my specifications that way it doesn't hang off me like a potato sack.

Should I cut and pin together a quick mock!coat out of some old fabric like a sheet or something, to see how how much of the middle needs to be taken in? Is there some way to figure it out without...fucking it up? The coat is already long enough, thanks to the fact that I'm so short - but again, I think that it'll need a bit of tweaking before it's ready to actually be cut from my 'real' fabric which I have yet to procure and sewn up.



(I took Project Art in Jr. High - not Sewing - so my crafting expertise lies in making model airplanes, not wearable clothing.)


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[info]bigfluffball
2009-06-24 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Yes, I think a mock!coat is the way to go. You can adjust it exactly before you need to cut the real fabric.

(also I demand piccies when you're done :) )

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[info]moofoot
2009-06-24 04:14 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I think that's going to be the best way to do it - even though I'm not sure as to how I'll need to adjust the pattern based on how the sheet needs to be adjusted. I'm still looking for the right material for both the coat itself and the lining, since I'm not about to half-ass it with whatever the hell the local fabric store has in their meager selection.

There shall be pictures. Also: There might possibly be pictures of the mock!coat as well. Because nothing says 'sexy' like wearing a redesigned bedsheet.

*drowns in tissue paper, as I have no idea how to read a pattern, and mom is still asleep*

Also-also: I'm kind of kicking myself for not ordering / digging for a good holster sooner. Most places take 10-12 weeks to craft & ship, and D*C is 10 weeks out from today. Bah.

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[info]cupenny
2009-06-24 05:04 pm UTC (link)
Hm. If the pattern size you're using has enough room across your chest that the coat fits- and you're just looking to make it a bit more fitted rather than 'sacky'- you can always put a pair of vertical darts in, one under each breast, to gather in some of the excess material. I did this with a really boxy denim coat I picked up at a thrift store. A couple darts in front, a couple in back if needed, may work- depending on the size of the coat? *waves hands*

It's hard to write up the directions when I'm used to just doing it.

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[info]moofoot
2009-06-24 05:23 pm UTC (link)
Bwah.

You do realize that I may randomly (not so much random, as I would need...you know, directions) flail/beg/plead/show up at your door with offerings along with fabric, don't you?

>.>

Aheh.

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[info]cupenny
2009-06-24 05:42 pm UTC (link)
...

I have Fri and Sun off?

(Next week's schedual is still up in the air since we don't know if we're going to be closed on the 4th or not.)

^_^

I have a sewing machine!

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[info]moofoot
2009-06-24 05:45 pm UTC (link)
*has a three day weekend!*

The question is, can I find the right fabric by this weekend. Hrm.

*is making a frock coat, and has no idea where to find appropriately frock-coaty fabrics (and the pattern package says: tweed, denim, jacquards, twill - but fuck if I know what that's supposed to mean?)*

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[info]cupenny
2009-06-24 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Those are tougher fabrics- denim is what most jeans are made of, for example. I've seen those types at JoAnnes- there's a larger one down in Whittier my sister and I usual go to- on Whittier blvd, near the eastern edge of town. (Alas, they've closed most of the stores closer to my house!)

For a frock coat, you're looking for something non-patterned, and probably in darker colors, I'm guessing?


(Also, running out of the house soon- but will bbl!)

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[info]moofoot
2009-06-24 06:08 pm UTC (link)
God bless the internet, I may have just saved myself some time and found a near-perfect replica of the duster I originally wanted instea of the frock coat.

I still need a vest, though. And a shirt. *also has a pattern for a vest, granted a man's vest and again, I do has breasts...*

I'm going to a wedding on Friday afternoon so that day is pretty much out (since I have to set up, etc.) but we'll see. *eyes my paycheck*

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[info]essayel
2009-06-24 09:06 pm UTC (link)
They call that mock coat thing a 'toile' and it works best if you can get a friend to pin it for you to get it to fit perfectly. Ideally it should be about the same weight of material as the material from which you're going to make the coat because then it will behave the same.

Good luck. I want to see piccies too.

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[info]moofoot
2009-06-25 03:56 am UTC (link)
If the coat has two layers (outer layer & lining) I'd have to make two toile mockups?

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[info]essayel
2009-06-25 05:21 am UTC (link)
No, one will do. The inner will be cut approximately the same as the outer, and in a much lighter slidier material of course.

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