AB Corset Patterns

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k5103ttkylbydmc/AABvnGHhQarqaDtoyv1oAKWba/CORSETS?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Things in my Tabs

 Things I want to do eventually but don't have the desire to make now, or the materials, or they are materials that I don't have the time to use at the moment.

How to make a petticoat: https://ateliernostalgia.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/cotton-knee-length-petticoat-pattern/

How to do a full bust adjustment: https://inthefolds.com/q-a-series/2022/how-to-full-bust-adjustment / https://www.seamwork.com/articles/four-essential-full-bust-adjustments

Queen of Roses overlay fabric (AL IRIS, 15 yd): https://zelouffabrics.com/collections/chiffon/products/1-iridescent-chiffon-946?variant=43648518488294

Queen of Roses underlay fabric (white-101, 15 yd, to be dyed): https://fabricwholesaledirect.com/products/cotton-voile-fabric?variant=39460331913331

Weaving Chart for Receipt Tape tablet weaving: https://twistedthreads.org/pattern/CFE8jdoSqdjALPXvG/weaving

Skirt Hikes

Festival Paint

Resin Pouring Notes

 A place to keep what I've learned in my few weeks tinkering with resin.

1. Stats - Pixiss Resin:
1. 1:1 mix by volume or by weight
2. 30 minute working time
3. 24 hour curing time
• Cures faster if you use more hardener
4. 1 oz mixed is 26g
2. Stats - Let's Resin x Daniel Cooper Resin:
1. 1:1 mix by volume
2. 30 minute working time - gets HELLA THICC after that
3. 24 hour curing time
4. Don't start it too warm or it gets hot and drastically shortens the working time
3. Stats - Amazing Clear Cast Plus
1. 1:1 mix by volume
2. 30-40 minute working time
1. If it thickens before you're done it can be thinned again with alcohol.
3. 24-48 hour cure time
1. Does seem to take longer to harden up or even get tacky
4. Smelly!
5. De-bubbles itself remarkably well!
4. Stats - Let's Resin (standard)
1. 1:1 mix by volume
2. 30+ minute working time
3. 16-24 hour de-mold time
4. Low odor
5. Dice:
1. Using this dice mold
1. 40g or 2 oz resin to fill - there will be extra
2. New Mold received 10/4/23 - shop says Texas but item shipped from LA
1. 40g or 2 oz resin to fill - there will be extra
2. Easier to see into the mold and easier to remove cured dice
3. Dice are bigger than #1
3. Do not cure in the vacuum chamber - your dice will turn to foam
4. Overfill the mold!!!
6. Coasters (set of 4 round with holder):
1. 10 ounces of resin to fill coaster molds and holder
2. Backing in mica-colored black resin works better than black alcohol ink, but takes a lot of mica.
7. Bubbles:
1. Warm resin and hardener before mixing and keep mixture warm while working
2. Alcohol and alcohol ink help thin the mixture and pop bubbles but too much will change your resin formula
3. Vacuum the resin before pouring
4. Make sure the mold is dry - water leaves "bubble" voids
8. Additives:
1. Mica powder hides bubbles
2. Glow-in-the-dark powder sinks rather than suspends
3. Color-shift mica powder can be permashifted by:
1. Adding alcohol ink
1. Add black to make it darker
2. Add a color that matches one of the shifts to encourage it toward that color
2. Adding a solid colored mica powder
1. If it is a green/blue shift, adding green will sway the whole thing green
2. If it is a green/blue shift, adding blue will sway the whole thing blue
4. Let resin cure some before attempting to back with alcohol ink or it will sink in
9. Mold-Making - Alumilite Amazing Mold Rubber
1. How much do I need?
1. Pour water into your mold container, then pour into a measuring glass to determine volume. Then calculate based on the 2oz:1scoop ratio in the instructions
2. Mix EXTREMELY well
3. Let cure longer than the instructions say - Mine took 36 hours to fully cure. Should be a firm squishy, not "this feels like there might be liquid inside" squishy.
10. Daniel Cooper Petri Effect
1. Tim Holtz Snow Cap white alcohol ink is too heavy. Dilute with isopropyl alcohol.
1. 1:1.5 ink to alcohol still too heavy
2. 1:2 too light? Maybe?
3. Attempt 4 should be 1:1.75 (20 drops white ink to 35 drops alcohol) - Still too heavy - blobs sink to bottom of mold/top of piece. Returning to 1:2.
2. Using the Daniel Cooper resin from Let's Resin, stirring stage is at about 30 minutes for my environment.
3. Using the Amazing Clear Cast Plus resin the stirring stage is at about 45 minutes.
11. Starry Alcohol Ink
1. Daniel Cooper recommends Marabu Rainbow alcohol ink, but it is hard to find here. In his video #30 he claims that mixing a rainbow shift mica powder with alcohol will accomplish the same effect. Seems to work for me!

Scoot Boots!

 Maybe these: https://www.cyclegear.com/gear/sedici-tourisma-wp-womens-boots?sku_id=1806127

Resin Pouring Vacuum Chamber?

 Got a dice mold, don't want bubbly dice. How to achieve?

Vacuum chamber.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a00gb0n_po

Edit 9/7/23 - Yeah, so the vac chamber works really well, but you have to vacuum the resin BEFORE you pour it into the mold, not pour it in and then vac the mold...

Ursula 2.0

 My lovely husband put a bug in my brain. I put on my FINISHED blue mermaid 25-yard skirt to go to the fabric store and he said "Now you can do Ursula things!" I said "Wrong color" and then got slammed into a costume idea so freaking hard my head is still spinning.

So the base of it is:
- Another 25 yard skirt
- A sweetheart-neckline corset
- The seashell necklace from the first Ursula costume
- Silver and purple jewelry?

I haven't really thought of accessories yet, or the hair situation, but that'll come together eventually.

First the skirt, since I already have the fabric - 4.5 yards of bleached muslin, 118" wide.

I already know the math, etc. I need to figure out how I want to dye it.

Option 1: Dip-dye. Black on top, purple on bottom, to get the "black octopus skin + purple under-tentacle" thing. Could be easy, but I've never dip-dyed and it seems like work. It's too hot here to think about that much work right now.

Option 2: More Shibori! But not the one I used for the blue skirt. That was a pain in the butt. No, this time it would be Kumo Shibori, where a small object is wrapped up and then tied really tight. I'd want it all around the bottom with a few places where they kinda... mounded up? Toward the hips? Dye purple all over, tie, over-dye black.

Food for thought.

Moto Jacket

 I got a scooter! I'm taking a Motorcycle Course! I need a cool biker jacket!

Ok, so my idea of "cool biker jacket" and everyone else's might be a little different. I want mine in white with all the oil-slick metal trimmings and some hyper-shiny purple iridescent shoulder details for visibility.

Pattern: Gunnar Deathrage Midnight Moto - https://gunnardeatherage.com/shop-patterns/the-midnight-moto-jacketdigitalprint-at-home-sizes-32-46

Shoulder detail fabric - 1/3  yard: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1149409675/lavender-iridescent-chrome-reflective?click_key=5d9573b39822681aac8192c584f3a818d03400b9%3A1149409675&click_sum=09759c54&ref=user_profile&sts=1

Zipper pulls x7: These super-cute moon-and-star (Morrowind anyone?) ones, or these badass biker skull-and-snakes ones?

YKK Zipper x2 yards: https://tandyleather.com/products/10-nickel-plate-zipper-tape?variant=42916051583107&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=ASuE1wQ1nTes-rvM9SGdiYtf7rdHQAO8lLTrEOFvuQtVBkF0c597ExzQphM

Snaps for tabs & collar detail x8: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1418240688/20-sets-rainbow-caps-fashion-spring?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=iridescent+snaps&ref=sc_gallery-1-16&sts=1&plkey=71aecbac358ddc457e477c6d554f45a77ccaa485%3A1418240688

Dyneema Denim fabric in white for body of jacket - 3yd: https://www.therope-store.com/ripstop-by-the-roll-13-9-oz-moto-denim-with-dyneema-dded0089/

Rayon Challis for lining - 2yd: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1532314749/rayon-challis-100-rayon-garment-fabric?click_key=fd5409d27380551d993b6cccd21e131e27bacc9d%3A1532314749&click_sum=2a94da3b&ref=user_profile&frs=1

Reflective Piping for all external seams: https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Reflective-Piping-Fabric-20meters/dp/B077QX6BCV/ref=asc_df_B077QX6BCV/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241925305119&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6224368996019793576&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026567&hvtargid=pla-471220636295&psc=1

Back Armor: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/axial-ax1-back-protector

Shoulder armor: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/axial-ax2-shoulder-armor?sku_id=10164401

Elbow armor: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/axial-ax2-elbow-knee-armor?sku_id=10164402

So... How much does this cost? Well, in materials it breaks down to $251.31 if you parcel every little bit out and don't count shipping or assembly. But the zipper pulls, zipper, snaps, and shoulder detail fabric all come in a higher quantity than needed. Overall the supplies and shipping will be $347.69  with shipping and tax included.

A quick search for "dyneema motorcycle jacket" turns up prices from $189.99-$480.00.

Really, buying or making a motorcycle jacket comes out to about the same cost. Cool!

See chart for calculations here:

Item	Quantity	Cost Per	Total Cost
Pattern	1	10	$    10.00
Lining	2	9.95	$    19.90
Shoulder	0.33	22.95	$       7.57
Fabric	3	38	$  114.00
Zipper	1.77	5.663333	$    10.02
Zip Pulls	7	1.248	$       8.74
Snaps	8	0.2645	$       2.12
Piping	1	13.99	$    13.99
Back Armor	1	24.99	$    24.99
Shoulder Armor	1	19.99	$    19.99
Elbow Armor	1	19.99	$    19.99
Total			$  251.31
But I actually have to buy…			Shipping	Tax
Pattern	1	10	0	0	$    10.00
Lining	2	9.95	5.65	1.69	$    27.24
Shoulder	1	22.95	13.4	1.95	$    38.30
Fabric	3	38	0	8	$  122.00
Zipper	1	16.99	8	1.45	$    26.44
Zip Pulls	10	1.248	5.31	1.06	$    18.85
Snaps	20	0.2645	5.99	1.1	$    12.38
Piping	1	13.99	0	0	$    13.99
Back Armor	1	24.99	7.99	5.53	$    38.51
Shoulder Armor	1	19.99	0	0	$    19.99
Elbow Armor	1	19.99	0	0	$    19.99
Total					$  347.69

 

If the jacket is made with 10oz white bull denim and non-YKK zippers, it comes out to ~$165.98 with shipping and tax included.