Rising New Moon Studios

So, in my previous post I mentioned that my fabric swatches got lost in the mail. I had originally ordered two colors of the same fabric.  White taffeta with White velvet flocking and Silver taffeta with White flocking... well, I never got those swatches... and when I contacted the company, they said they were out of the silver/white... I asked if there were going to get anymore of the silver/white, but they didn't answer... I also told them to go ahead and send me the white/white so I could at least see if that's what I wanted. By the way, the company is Big Z Fabrics or bigzfabric.com.    Well, today, I got the white/white... and here's some pictures. The first two are with flash... the last two without... and I photoed from different angles so you could see how it plays with the light. The fabric is nice, but kind of thin, so that's why there's a piece of paper behind it... otherwise it takes on a blue-gray tint from Gemmima.  I'll definitely have

So I've been hacking... I mean cutting on my wig for Prince Diamond... and it needs a little more work but it's starting to get there. This is really only my second wig that I've done... My first was my original wig for Uranus... but I didn't really like how that turned out and have since replaced that one. The key to wig cutting, I've learned, is cut little by little and try the wig on A WHOLE LOT.  Because even though I pin my wig to a male wig head, it still looks COMPLETELY different on me than it does on the mannequin.   But I worked on it just a little more since I took those pics and now I'm really liking it.   For those of you who are afraid to take on wigs... first off, read World of Wigcraft by Katie Bair .   It is AMAZING.  And once you get your mind to accept that there are very few mistakes that can't be fixed in wigcraft, you'll feel a lot more confident.   Say, for instance, that you cut the wig to short... is the wig ruined? 

I made a lot of costumes before I started this blog, so I really have nothing about the processes I went through other than a few pictures I took.  So I've decided that I'd like to revisit some of my pre-blog works and talk a little more in depth about them...  And I wanted to start with Sally the Ragdoll because I was really pleased with how this one turned out.   When I approached this costume, I knew immediately that I DIDN'T want to do this. It's the Sally Sack Dress!!!  If you've ever seen the movie, you'd know that Sally has curves.   See?  There's a waist and hips and even boobs.  The costume above doesn't flatter at all.  And even when I've seen other Sallys?... Sallies?...  Salllai?... that were hand made, a lot of girls make a straight shift or a straight a-line dress and those don't really flatter their bodies, either. So... first I needed to find a flattering dress pattern BAM!  Simplicity 5189.  Look at View D