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Post by Stargazer on Aug 1, 2018 14:37:59 GMT
Hi everyone, I'm planning to felt a half circle skirt that I would like to reach down to my ankles, Or to my legs and have a dyed linen skirt under going down to my ankles. How do I get the right size of my template/resist?
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Post by MTRuth on Aug 1, 2018 14:42:01 GMT
Do you have a skirt that you are patterning after? What wool are you using and what percentage shrinkage does it have? You need to know how much the wool will shrink before you know how much to increase your template.
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Post by Stargazer on Aug 1, 2018 15:05:11 GMT
Good reminder! I've only made a dress once, years ago, and it ended up way to large even with very good help of a teacher. I forgot I need to make a test first, hehe. It'll be made of merino and silk. Is it still called nunofelting when only half the skirt has silk fabric and wool, and the rest has wool blended with silk fibers?
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Post by Shepherdess on Aug 1, 2018 20:40:55 GMT
Also remember that wool shrinks in the direction you lay it. so if all your wool goes up and down the skirt will shrink up and down.
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Post by MTRuth on Aug 1, 2018 22:19:37 GMT
You'll need to make a sample of both the wool and silk fabric and the wool blended with silk fibers. They may shrink differently and you'll need to keep that in mind with layout. Generally merino has 30% shrinkage but the fabric and silk may change that. Here's a thread where we talked about shrinkage before: feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/1348/shrinkageAs Galina says in the thread that I gave in the link above, for 30% shrinkage, you multiply your finished diameter by 1.43.
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Post by Stargazer on Aug 2, 2018 19:35:57 GMT
30% is pretty accurate, so that's what I've used. My next question relates to the image below. when drawing the waistline on the template - should it be a straight line across the template, or a curved line (The smallest one) like I've done?
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Post by MTRuth on Aug 2, 2018 19:50:57 GMT
Curved in my opinion.
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Post by Stargazer on Aug 2, 2018 20:00:40 GMT
Alright, then I'll go for that. Thanks!
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Post by Pandagirl on Aug 2, 2018 23:36:25 GMT
I believe curved as well. How will you determine the drape with scenes? Or will it matter?
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Post by Stargazer on Aug 2, 2018 23:45:33 GMT
Not sure if I understood you correctly, but the two sections in the middle will be winter, and the two outer ones will be each their half of spring and autumn (that way it there won't be a strange line in the landscape or in the sky when flipped over to work on the other side), and summer will be the two sections in the middle on the backside. The thought is that the landscape and the sky of all seasons will be seen as one, I just fit the colors to the season. Between each season there will be a tree to make the transit from season to season easier. Or so is the thought...
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Post by Pandagirl on Aug 3, 2018 0:41:59 GMT
I probably didn’t explain myself well. But when you make a circular skirt and wear it there will be areas that naturally drape into a ruffle like pattern. Unless I’m mistaken and it’s meant to go straight out. I’ll wait to see how it turns out. I haven’t made a skirt in decades so I’m no expert. Good luck. I’m sure you’ve got this covered. :-)
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Post by wolgelukkig on Aug 3, 2018 8:48:14 GMT
I made a half circle skirt but if I would make it again I would make a circulair one with no shaping for the waist. Just felt a complete circle, no hole in the middle. When finished you cut out the part for the waist in the middle so it does not matter if it shrinks a bit too much or too little. Remember the wool gets wider when you weare it so keep it tight or put some elastic in the band. Also be careful to use a very thin lay out. My skirt is too thick to my opinion.
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Post by Stargazer on Aug 3, 2018 9:24:09 GMT
wolgelukkig - that's actually a very good idea with the waist! I'll remember it next time I make a one. This time around though I am obliged to have all the edges nicely felted, for reasons I'll tell you more about later. Regarding thin layout - I will do my best!
Regarding a thin layout - the challenge is to have the skirt drape nicely also after the motive is needle-felted on. I might need to force the ruffles in place as it dries on my mannequin? Maybe that is what you were thinking of, Panda? I deliberately chose to have ruffles and have the motive not visible all at once (though I suspect there won't be as many as I'd like..) instead of straight down. Since it's a floor-length skirt with a figurative motive on I image it could look like I randomly draped myself in a wall-hanging instead of it being intended as a skirt, hehe.
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Post by Pandagirl on Aug 3, 2018 15:41:42 GMT
wolgelukkig - that's actually a very good idea with the waist! I'll remember it next time I make a one. This time around though I am obliged to have all the edges nicely felted, for reasons I'll tell you more about later. Regarding thin layout - I will do my best! Regarding a thin layout - the challenge is to have the skirt drape nicely also after the motive is needle-felted on. I might need to force the ruffles in place as it dries on my mannequin? Maybe that is what you were thinking of, Panda? I deliberately chose to have ruffles and have the motive not visible all at once (though I suspect there won't be as many as I'd like..) instead of straight down. Since it's a floor-length skirt with a figurative motive on I image it could look like I randomly draped myself in a wall-hanging instead of it being intended as a skirt, hehe. Yes, Stargazer. If you have design lower on the skirt, it may not need as much forcing. I look forward to seeing it finished. I agree with Tracey it would make a great blog.
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Post by lindsay on Aug 3, 2018 20:10:13 GMT
I made a half circle skirt but if I would make it again I would make a circulair one with no shaping for the waist. Just felt a complete circle, no hole in the middle. When finished you cut out the part for the waist in the middle so it does not matter if it shrinks a bit too much or too little. Remember the wool gets wider when you weare it so keep it tight or put some elastic in the band. Also be careful to use a very thin lay out. My skirt is too thick to my opinion. I would still follow this advice about the waist. Cut it after you’ve done the majority of the felting. I find cut edges even in well fulled items are easy to felt neatly with a little soap and water but it’s more difficult to control a hole (they tend to expand). Not based on skirt-making experience but a fair amount of other felting.
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