Project Runway ~ the Under the Big Top Challenge ~ Game 13 ~ WINNERS POSTED!

Added a picture of the latest progress. Now that the stilts are made I can start on the outfit!

 

have most of my materials. working on the patterns. did the tape over the torso to get a pattern for the corset top. have to drape a pattern for the jacket. working on the hat.

 

I have a pattern for the leotard I was planning to make all ready, and I sewed one up in a different (easier to work with) fabric, but I think I'm going to change my design and make the top separate so that it has a tighter fit. I have the materials all set though, so I'm happy about that!

 

I have all my supplies now...just waiting for the time to start pulling it all together design-wise. I have a basic idea of what I want to do...but sewing for a doll this small, I'm just not quite certain what will work and what won't. This is one I'm going to have to design on the fly...it will be a big learning curve.

 

lol...well I always have a concept in my head and then it ends up getting changed for one reason or another, I'll probably be cutting it close again this time since I have a performance I'm working on that is on Aug 25, so trying to get bits of times here and there, maybe if I get my costume for myself finished this weekend I can start on my dolls.

 

I've updated my post with (terrible) photos of my (disappointing) attempt at bootmaking.

 

Got my fabrics in hand, got some super rough designs sketched out. Working on the patterns right now (my weakest design skill, so it will probably take me a while XD)

 

GAH!! i cant wait to see the finished products!!!! i love it all so much allready.
xoxo and much luck to everyone.

 

nah not so terrible, its always great to try new things you might not have done before, that is what this game is all about unleashing the creativity.

lol...that is al I'm saying.

 

It seems I'm dropping D: I've got my pattern cut out, and some parts sewn already, but it seems that with school starting next week and my church trying to get in activities before the summer ends, I won't have any time to work.

I'm so disappointed :< I hope I can participate not next time, but maybe after that. Good luck to everyone.

 

Well, I've finally cleared my slate of all the swap gifts that needed to get done before I could begin this challenge...they were all shipped out this morning, so that's real progress. This week I'm free to jump into this project with both feet! Teenie-tiny sewing, here I come!!!

 

Yeah...trust me, I'm fully expecting that!

 

I have made up my bodysuit and am working on the details!! currently it is just nude!! got un-inspired as soon as I completed the suit, my idea was just not working. Then I found the perfect thing just got to deal with life stuff first this week and next week will be the super crafty week!

 

I'm slowly progressing... slowly being a key word.
Angel kat, I also realized my idea won't work after I started on it LOL then I thought of another idea, but then realized I threw out some pieces I wanted to use. Geez, just when I convinced myself that purging is good for the house (and my mental state) this happens. hahaha
Now I'm kind of stuck and thinking of another idea >.<

 

Ah, I have my personal black hole that randomly picks up or deposits an item. Totally unpredictable as to when it will strike, but usually when I don't need it around!

 

I think I am always afraid of being on that 'horders' show (looking at my obsessive nature to "keep" things) LOL I try to remove clutter and once in a while regret throwing out stuff... this is one of the times.
I am not sure what to do. I wanted something sturdy and I had these left over blinds (just regular aluminum blinds) that would be perfect thickness, but now not sure what could be used for substitute. Any thoughts?

 

Foam sheeting?

I'm in the group who lost a bit they where going to use... I put it someplace safe from my husbands cleaning spree... and now I can't find it at all..

 

"I have a big, fat cat and an oversized Chihuahua. They work as a tag team. The cat knocks things off the tables and Yoda comes along and chews them up!"

ahaha! great visual... and Yoda d'aw.. love the name!

concerning my costume... haven't started it yet.

 

LOL maybe they will feature us in the same episode?? I only have a fish, but even that is too much >.<

wyldangel, "the husband" is the "problem" in my house too hahaha I hide stuff in closets and suitcases so he won't throw it out

elfmoon, I was trying to do a 'fan' like skirt with parts fabric, parts blinds pieces (I am talking about the generic white blinds you can get at WalMart). I hope I am making sense, I am not so artistic to draw it out.
OK, so I crappily drew up my idea in Paint (don't mind the torso-like-thing). It is not exactly how I imagined the skirt, but you get the idea of the dangly pieces - some would be fabric, some would be the blinds pieces connected with fabric:

 

Oh that's a good idea!! I'll check that out tomorrow at the dollar store I wanted the stiffness of it to help keep the fabric up, so that's why I am hung up on it hahaha

wow, that's a lot of big fish! I can barely manage one

 

Anyone got a good way to soften stiff tulle? It's the peice I had to replace and just not working like I want it to.

 

Tried the fabric softener... it helped a little...

 

hmm, I know how to stiffen it LOL
Not sure if it would melt in the drier, but I thought it might soften a little if it tumbled a bit in all the heat...

 

Guys I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to drop out. I've got too much RL stuff going on at the moment to devote time to this project. But good luck to everyone still in the running and I can't wait to see all of your finished outfits! ^.^

 

Unfortunately, I'm also going to have to drop out. Life has gotten in the way, and illness (my own and my partner's) combined with work obligations and some legal problems have been taking up my time, and are going to be doing so for the foreseeable future. Best of luck to everyone! I do still hope to finish this outfit, I just know that I'm not going to be able to do so in time for the end of the challenge. Perhaps when I get the free time to complete it, I will post some photos in the chat thread.

 

drying tulle in the dryer will soften it, however it takes many many times for it to become super soft and supple

 

I feel like Dori from Finding Nemo..... "Just keep sewing, just keep sewing, just keep sewing sewing sewing...what do we do, we sew sew sew. (feel like been sewing snaps on forever and a day)

 

I HATE sewing snaps. I was doing them while watching "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" this morning, and not even watching Jeremy Renner for two hours could stop me from whining about having to sew them on. My costume design has four sets of snaps on it, unfortunately, though one of the was a hook for this version because I made the strap too short for a snap to reach.

 

I dread sewing snaps on. T-T My boy's spats have them going up the sides. Needed to stop a couple times just to keep from going bananas, lol. But after I finished one spat, it's so worth the work. I loves how it turned out.

i hadn't thought about using thin velcro. (storing that info away for future sanity)

 

Hmm, so my idea wasn't that far fetched... maybe there is hope for me and sewing after all

OMG, I love that movie!! You made me laugh out loud and now I'm off to watch the movie

There is such a thing? I didn't even know!
I use tiny snaps but often sew too much thread on it so it keeps snapping open hahaha

 

I updated my design post with progress photos! I finally finished the leotard that's been sitting here for weeks staring at me, and I even put the skirt on it! {here}

Next up is thigh-high stockings. I have more of the green lace from the skirt that I could use, but my mom thinks I should use this off-white really fine tulle I have so that it contrasts with the skirt. But that wouldn't be easily seen by crowds at a circus since she's a tightrope walker. Opinions?

 

woo hoo. I am done. We had the photoshoot today. The father of my friend at work resizes the pictures for me and makes the composite pictures for the details (I am a total photography know-nothing) so I just need to get them back from him and I will be all set. Normally, I am working until the last minute of the extension day but today was the last minute for me because my photographer is going on vacation.

 

I've finished the jodhpurs, one spat, holster, fire-sticks, one gauntlet...still have the shirt, the other spat, some armor, a second gauntlet, and goggles to go. I am really hoping to get this finished this weekend and posted just in case the hurricane decides to head to our area and take away the power. We got our community awareness call this morning and hurricane info. papers on our doors this afternoon.

 

Really like that pattern! Can't wait t see the rest. As for the stockings, I think that green would be really nice, but if you feel up for a challenge, why not do half and half? Do white stockings but the top in green, or something like that? But yeah, I think green would be cool

elfmoon, I'll keep an eye on it. Sounds easier than snaps LOL

 

I'm happy with where I am right now with this project. The outfit is completed and I'm currently working on accessories. Sewing for something this incredibly tiny has been a real challenge...but it was self-induced because I really wanted to see how much detail I could actually accomplish in something this size.

 

sewing together parts of the details, not super happy right now, may scrap the new plan and continue with the old plan.... really wanted to stay away from red and black combo

 

Once again I do believe I'll need an extension.

 

I'm sorry, I really hate asking for this; I usually can plan things so this doesn't happen.
i'm going to have to ask for the extension too. Somehow I lost a whole week to other unexpected disasters. I'm fine on finishing the costume but totally forgot to leave time for the background display. And that is very necessary! For some reason I didn't connect that the contest ended right before Labor Day. Somehow I thought that Labor Day was a week later, and that with my birthday coming up I'm really cramped for spare time.

 

elfmoon, please put me on the extension list as well (I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking of the extension hahaha). I should be done on time, but I won't be able to take good photos without daylight (I get home around 7ish, and the gets too dark in the house).

I also have a lot of family and friends born in September must be all that Christmas cheer