game of thrones costume

game of thrones is another tv serise what i watch that i think the costume are just amazing and some of the detail that they have put in to the costume i think that is why i like to watch it and the thrill of the show

 

here are just some of the  costume on display in a museum and you can just see some of the detail in the costume and sometimes they are only on the screen for a brief minuet 

now just look at the detail that has go in to this on the shoulder piece of one of the charters costume which they have machine embroidered on to the sleeve and them just go ove it with hand embroidery to give it the finishing touch that it needed. 

walking dead

when i comes to the walking dead i love watching it but i also love all of the age and distressing that they have put in to the costume all the blood, mud and bullet hole.for cut and construction we had to go thought age and distressing as a class and it is harder then it look when i come to making it look realisticand making sure that you put the stains in the right place and making sure that the bullet hole are the same.
there are different way in been able to do different things her are just a couple of thing what i have found.

Distressing is making an outfit look old and there is may different ways to distress different fabric and in different ways like Leather the tools that are used to distress leather are sandpaper, acetone and alcohol  the alcohol takes the shine of the leather and the acetone help dry out the leather and you will get different result depending on how the dyeing proses of the leather has been done.

Fabric there are many different way to make fabric distressed by putting it on a hot wash or a hot dryer this will damage the fibbers making the fabric look used then using sandpaper and wire brushes will rough up the fabric. Using paint and dryers can also make the fabric look like it had been worn and it is stained

Black fabric is different in the way that you that you distressing it you have to mix some bleach in a I container of water and the fabric in there watch it carefully until you see the shade you are after

needles and threads

Needles and threads

1.       Needles – need to think about the properties of the needle and what you are using it for

2.       Sharps needle- the bigger the number the finer the needle size 2,3 and 4- medium to heavy fabrics, size 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 is for a light medium fabric, size 11 and 12 suitable for fine fabrics or creating small delicate stitches, size 16,17 and 18 carpet needles strong and sharp.

3.       Tapestry/cross stitch – these large eye needles with a blunt end,

4.       Quilting- the short length needles allows you to stitch quicker go from 1 to a 12 by is know 11

5.       Milliners/straws- there needles are now more commonly used for pleating, fancy decorative stitching. Similar to sharps needles but are longer sizes from 1 to 10

6.       Leather/glovers- triangulated pointing to enable them to pass thought materials without causing unnecessary abrasion, when using leather and suede and soft plastics

7.       Darners- long and sharp with elongated eyes as their name suggested these needles are use for darning or mending size 14 to 18

8.       Embroidery\ crewel needles – longer eyes than stranded sharps needle make the more suitable for threading stranded cotton

9.       Beading- made from finest steel wire enabling their use beads, sequins and pearls, made from a different diameter of wire.

10.   Curved needles- upholstery where a straight needle would struggle to function easily.

11.   Bodkins- generally used for threading cord or elastic though a fabric casing

Machine needles

·         Type of need it will tell you on the front of the case and the sizes on them such as 70/10,80/12, 90/14 left if the slash is European size the number on the right is the American size

·         Smaller size needle that pierces your fabric easily

·         A needle too small can shred the thread and continually brake

·         Size 9\70 suitable for light fabrics, silk and taffeta size 11/80 suitable for medium fabrics, cotton, lineing and satin size 14\90 medium to heavy fabrics heavy calico size 16\100 heavy fabrics denim, Leather

·         Change needle after 8 to 10 hours of use. Always change the needle before using expensive fabrics

Threads

·         Is your fabric woven or knitted, lightweight or heavyweight polyester thread will work best, you want the thread to be weaker than the fabric?

·         Try and stay away from cheap thread you get what you pay for

·         You can use thread the same colour it is recommend to get one shade darker for it to blend in easier, for you could use a different colour for decoration

·         Cheack the top or the bottom of a spool for the thread fibler content- is it polyester, cotton or all purpose

·         Check the thread strength or thinness the higher the number the finer the thread fine size 60, medium size 50 and heavy is size 20

·         Polyester thread- is an all-purpose thread size 50 medium small amount of give. Most polyester thread has max or silicone finish to help them slip through the fabric with minimum of friction. The finish of this thread however can appear waxy or shine. Manmade they cannot handle the same level of heat as the cotton thread so keep that in mind when pressing.

·         Cotton thread –  medium thickness size 50- wide range of colours the lack of give in cotton thread make it an unwise choice for knits or stretch fabrics, can take an incredible amount of heat from an iron

·         All-purpose thread medium weight size 50- suitable for all types of fabrics, it can be used on knits or woven fabrics of synthetic or natural fibres or blends, it is also a little bit Strachey

·         Silk thread – silk is a beautiful thread to work with for sewing and machine sewing, ideal for using when tailing as it can be moulded into shape with heat of an iron and because of it natural fibres it won’t snap easily due to excessive ironing, silk thread is very smooth so travels through even the lightest most delighted fabrics without leaving a mark as well as being very strong, great for basting because of it elasticity, silk can also be suitable for sewing any type of knit fabric

·         Cone thread- over locker thread – cotton, polyester, stretch, it is often too fibrous for use in conventional machine causing fluffing build up and snapping of the thread

·         Invisible thread- is now softer and lighter than former years, attaching multi-colour binding and bias tape, where selecting a convention thread, invisible nature the thread can be use with any colour fabrics, make sure that you change the tension it is available in both nylon and polyester you can get it is either the clear or a Smokey colour nylon is more pliable the polyester fibres holds up better to uv light and higher temperatures

·         Metallic thread – cotton or polyester core with an aluminium covering, remember to use a specialist metallic needles when working with it

·         Buttonhole twist- great for hand sewn button holes some buttonholes threads can also be used in the sewing machine, make sure that you select the correct one for your project.

·         Mercerised thread- simply mercerised cotton thread has been put through a series of processes causing the thread to swell became rounder and straighten out 

self profile

my name is Amy O'Connor and i am 19 years old and my birthday is December the 20th 1996
i love making costumes and walking my dalmation leo

charles James

chales james is just amazing costume designer i think that he was the one that got me in to making costume some of his designs are beautiful i thought that the butterfly dress is amazing and all the colours that he used and the contrast that he picks are beautiful



this is the beautiful butterfly dress which i just think is amazing and so detailed even thought is dosent have and bead work or embroidery



this is the way that he made this dress just because it was so big  to be able to stitch together and i still think that this is a beautiful dress

the huntsman

i went to go and see the huntsman earlier this week and some of the costumes that where in the film where just amazing i couldn't describe how breath taking they are so i am going to put some photo on and talk thought what i like about them

the white queen had quite alot of costume changes thought out the film the second photo i loved the jacket that she was wearing because the back of the jacket it had a long train with what looked like iceicals that where handing around the rim of the cloke which i thought was beautiful and just fit her character for the film 

 this was the gold queen i thought what the costumes that she wore in the film the first one that she wore was the second i also thought that this was amazing as well the throws that where over her shoulders where all made out of beads and all down the front of the dress to this full dress in nearlfullof beads. 

for the huntsmen they where in really all black thought out the fill so you could really see much detail but when she was wearing it i really like the costume that she wore with the feathers on the shoulders that where made out of leather because with them running around all the time i dont think that real feathers would be really effective.

 

and then with chris hemswearth costume nearly looked the some really there was only little things that where wrong with it 

toile jacket

this was my first attempt at doing a jacket so i didnt want to use my good fabric when doing so i just used anything i could get hold of really . but when doing this practis run just everything that could go wrong went wrong i stiched the sleeve on the wrong way and then i took it of and them stiched it inside out when when i finally got the sleeve in right i did the same to the other sleeve so fair to say that this wanted going well for me right at the start of doing it the more and more i stiched the more i stared to go right for me. but with tall the pannels been different colors it was easier for me to put together .

bin bag dress

when i was at collage we had a lesson where we had toy use what was in front of use to make something so i decided to make a dress out of bin blag i thought that it would of been simple but it wasent  the plastic didn't go the way that fabric would go so i had to wrip in to it and do many different things just to make it get the shape i also used black electricians tape to be able to stick it all together then when i was looking at it i thought that it would use a bit of detail and when i was looking thought the box to see what was in there i found some white lace and white pearl beads and then i was doing this that is when i relised that i wanted to go in to costume and start mking cloths and vintage dresses.

army badges

when doing my army jacket i wanted to put all of my family members army badges so at first a bought some iron on army patches and then i went and printed out all of the photos of the army patches and just them out al laid them on the top of the patches and then started to hand stiche them on the the patches which was quite difficult because the patches where soo thick it was hard to get the needle thought the thickness of the patchs

army jacket

when i was at collage for my final piece i made a little black dress and i also did an army jacket that represented my family and all the people who where in my family and what regnant they where in. first i just cut out the jack out of the fabric that i had chosen.after i cut the jacket out i attempted to stitch it together which did take me a couple of times.

this was just alittle bit of my jacket that was getting stiched together after i did this i then went on to stiched the sleevs and the other side of the collar on the jacket. 

this was the jacket once i neaten it put and then it was ready for the pockets, button and epaulets which was very difficult to put on the button you had to use a machine that only someone qualified to be able to use the bottan hole machine.after i did this this was my jacket near another finished all i did next was neaten up the insides and the out sides sleeves.