We like Jewel-It glue by Aleene's - available at most craft stores. It's a white-type glue, non-toxic, and water-soluble until dry. It won't adhere to...
your best bet? Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion (it's a *really* good book with scale drawings and pattern pieces) Here is a scan of one of the (at least 3)...
Has anyone seen the net they sell at Joanns that has little teardrops on it? I think it is so cool and since I have a stock of net already, am wondering if I...
Hey there!! I keep answering your questions.... 8-P I'm doing some bridal alterations right now and occasionaly we have to glue those stones back onto veils. I...
Thanks, Loretta, but I'm thinking of a clear paint or glue that you can use a bead of to make the stone itself. Seems like it should be possible. Sylrog ... ...
I'm trying to make some simple Halloween costumes to sell on ebay to supplement my already too small income. I know they need to be simple because people...
... use a bead of to make the stone itself. Seems like it should be possible. You could always get into clear resin casting the little drops... but at that...
LOL ...I did that one year! Never again! I made 60 costumes the week before Halloween.... It was a nightmare... I think all togather I did about 150 in...
... using a Burda pattern and its sizes seem to be quite different than those of the big 3 American pattern companies How about Simplicity's sizing chart...
The problem is I already started making a skirt with a Burda pattern and want to make a top to go with it but the measurement for the chest that is supposed to...
Heat Set jewels are wonderful. I mail ordered them from Creative Crystal along with the heating tool. I first used them 4 years ago on a princess dress. I...
... pattern ... chest ... size ... than ... those ... Syrog, I have been trying to "design" and "size" little "heirloom" dresses and rompers for wee ones.......
I've made fifty girls dance costumes with tutus. I have all the bodices cut and sewed together--been working all summer on them--now I'm ready to cut and make...
... buy one of these hot knife tools that I hear everyone talking You may have what you need at home... If you've got a soldering iron with changeable tips...
... Epoxy. WalMart (and I'm sure, others, but that's where I saw these) has started carrying epoxy with the two parts packed in a single syringe-type...
I did, but that was back when e-bay was just starting, and not overly saturated with stuff like it is now. I thought about doing just a few this year but...
... I will vouch for that, since I work at an amusement park. If you have the right tip on the setting iron, you never actually contact the fabric so there's...
creative textile tool (hot knife) with 7 different attachements are on sale at Joann's this week. Walmarts has woodburning tools made by the same company in...
Do you know in what section of Joanns it is sold? I work there and have never seen it. Sylrog ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hey everyone, I am a costumer from Seattle looking for crash space while I am in Los Angeles for the FIDM exhibit. I was suppossed to stay with friends of my ...
I'm thinking of going w/ the Swarovski Nailheads, as opposed to the rhinestones -- would you agree w/ Cat that they provide lots of glitter? Thanks, guys!...
A lady would like my daughter to give her lessions in sewing. We will have to meet them half way and there is an oppertunity for a partnership in a design...
... rhinestones -- would you agree w/ Cat that they provide lots of glitter? Nothing provides shine like real crystal... However, if you mix the two ...
Help! Does anyone out there have advice for costuming a high school production of Beauty and the Beast? I have some sewing experiencem, and I've built...
Lacking anyone with that "Title", we approached the parent of a student who happened to work in a MAJOR costume / Opera rental house. Our University accepted...
