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[taimatsu]

Dammit!

I went shopping again this afternoon, and managed to buy the cloth and beads I needed for roleplaying this weekend. However, the other day I noticed a very nice brown suede-look top with a lace-up front on a mannequin in a town-centre charity shop. "Aha!", I thought, "perfect for wearing over blouses for my Rat character!".

I went in today. They still had it, and it's a size 14, which is ok, and it was a good price, so I bought it. I've got it home and tried it on - and I love it! It's gorgeous! It's got a little fold-over collar, and long sleeves which widen towards the wrists, and it's soft and strokeable and lovely!

The problem is, if I'm going to use it for LRP I'm going to want to chop off the collar and probably the sleeves, so I can wear big puffy muslin shirts underneath. And I can't bring myself to do it! I can't! It's too nice!

So I am up one lovely everyday top, and minus one roleplay costume. This is a bit awkward, as I really need something else for the ratgirl that isn't also part of my tribal-healer outfit. Bah! Not sure what to do. :/

Comments

[natsukaze.livejournal.com]

Could you make a puffy sleeved and collared bolero to wear over your strokeable new shirt, so you don't have to chop off the sleeves?

[taimatsu]

Not when I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon, with a lecture in the morning, and my sewing-machine's the other side of town :) But it's a nice thought.

What I may do is try to attach the brown linen-look fabric I also picked up to the neckline as a sort of raggedy drape to disguise the collar.

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Why not just fold it the whole collar round onto the inside, and use dark thread to tack it into place for thew duration of the event?

Tip - this is a bit confusing but I'll try to explain:

If you lick your finger, quickly wind one end of your tacking thread round it a few times, then form a ring with (the other) finger and thumb below the thread, and firmly pull the resultant ring of thread off, you will find that with a simple tug of the long end of the thread, you will get a nice tangly, not-going-anywhere knot, that's big enough to not pull through fabric weave.

It's much quicker for starting off a tacking thread than stitching over-and-over, and doesn't yank on the fabric as much.

[taimatsu]

I have done this, although because it's stretchy and I have only light thread I have just tacked the collar point on each side, and it all works. :)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

The solution is simple - you must buy a second one and chop up that one!

[taimatsu]

If only the charity shop had had two, I would've!

[slappersire.livejournal.com]

*jealous*

I have all the material I need andfor my new Rat outfit it's all in s*ding Newcastle. Gah! Damn the removal men for not doing the dates I really wanted.

On the plus side this means I may well organise a sewing weekend for making Rat kit and Rat banners if you're inetrested. Probably the 4th/5th November.

[sidriss.livejournal.com]

Would I be invited too? I know I'll not get everything sewn onto my kit that I'd intended too, we're not going to another one until next year so I've technically got time, it's just nicer in a sewing circle!

Plus I haven't even started on the banners/pillow/random cover bits, lots of ideas no time or money!

As for rat costume overall look - I've just gone really scraggy and rough, I've got no particular look apart from furs and brown material really. And sewing random bits onto the kit like shells/nuts/tiny bits of chainmail - that type of thing :).

[taimatsu]

My costume is much more shaped than I thought it would be! I'm wearing my enormous brown baggy trousers, with a reddish skirt bunched up over the top, and the aforementioned lace-up top with a beige vest underneath, and possibly a brown neck-drape-thing and a bright red shiny sash. I then have a gorgeous russety piece of coating large enough to be a cloak-wrap-thing, and a big remnant of shaggy black fake fur, which I might attach on top.

Then there's the hair. The hair is a bit mad. It has ear-shaped floppy bun-things, and lots of beads. :)

[taimatsu]

Not sure about that date - it rings bells, I think I'm booked at a party - but in principle I'd love to do it :)

Having tried on all the Rat costume and done the makeup and hair, I have discovered a character concept and just have to stat it. I think I'm going for a youthful, insanely curious ratgirl, who loves TEH SHINY and comes across as a bit of a ditz, but is actually pretty smart and interested in complicated things like horology and making things go bang and noisy fireworks and pretty books and funny people and...

Does this tread on anyone's toes? Sound ok?

[sidriss.livejournal.com]

It sounds cool :), although I fear I may be hearing the immortal words *Bouncebouncebouncebounce* "Wouldn't it be great if..." ;).

My scout's going to be a tiny bit of a loner as she has to be the first in, but she'll *always* have time for the rest of the Tribe. As far as I know there's no toe treading going on with your concepts there :).

[taimatsu]

Well, I've spent three years playing a dogmatic, insular character who treated new stuff like toic waste. It'll be good to do exactly the opposite. I do worry I'm going to wind up playing the Rat version of Kiona, though :)

[kingnat.livejournal.com]

Oooo, I'm not making Rat stuff, but can I join you anyway?
I just need to get me a sewing machine from somewhere and I'll happily chat with people as I fail to make hero pants that don't fall apart!

[sidriss.livejournal.com]

Hey :D

You can be one of the Pets :D.

Anyone who isn't a rat but hangs around with them are considered the rats 'pets', we've already got two - although I don't think they quite realise it yet :D

[kingnat.livejournal.com]

You do realise that the Famori troopers might just take advantage of a bunch of people who collect sinew things right? :P