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Human Hall, Part 8
Here we feature costumes from our folks who have recreated some of the
Humans from Middle-earth.
Work here represents recreations at all skill levels.
Picture hyperlinks will open to more details about the costumes.
Nancy's Outfits
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Nancy - Quebec, Canada
Eowyn's Green Gown
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Nancy's Black Refugee Outfit
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Nancy's Black Travel Coat
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Eowyn's Shield Maiden Outfit
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Shieldmaiden of Rohan
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Rachel - Texas, USA
This gown was made following the bliaut & corsage pattern on page 79
of Katherine Strand Holkeboer's Patterns for Theatrical Costumes as an
example of what the final product would look like with as little
alterations as possible. Construction details can be found at
http://www26.brinkster.com/leiacost/shieldmaiden/ (inactive web link)
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White Tree of Gondor T-Shirt
Karlie S. - Northern Ontario, Canada http://dropsofoblivion.blogspot.com
Needed:
| Plain cotton t-shirt |
| White Tree pattern from ACS Faramir page |
| White Acrylic Paint |
| Mix-in Fabric Medium (found with the paints) |
| Iron |
| Wax Paper |
| Paint Brush |
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What I have here is not exactly a
costume, but it is LOTR inspired. I painted a white tree of Gondor on a
black t-shirt. When I saw the beautiful leafed-white-tree pattern on
Faramir's breastplate in ROTK, I knew I had to have it on something. I
decided to put it on a t-shirt. First I found a plain black t-shirt,
this one is from Garage clothing. It's actually very difficult to find
plain, bright-coloured, fitted women's cotton t-shirts. I then printed
out the pattern from ACS's page on Faramir, and traced it onto wax
paper. Using an exacto knife, I cut out the tree, then ironed it onto
the shirt. Although it stuck a little, I would recommend using a Mylar
stencil or something of the sort with a spray glue, particularly if you
can find one that is supposed to wash out. I then mixed white acrylic
paint with textile medium from Folk Art, in the ratio listed on the
bottle, and painted my shirt. Although I tried to do thin layers so it
wouldn't crack, as you can see in the picture it did anyway!
After letting the shirt dry for 24 hours I ironed it from the back,
and washed it. The paint has stood up through many washings, although as
I pointed out it cracked.
Another good way to do this would be to buy inkjet iron-on transfers
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Shieldmaiden on a Budget
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Carissa - Texas, USA This is an Eowyn costume I
made for a Halloween costume party, but also for a future ROTK EE party
I am going to have. I was limited in both time and money, so I used a
pattern with a few modifications. The costume cost was no more than $100
and took a few weekends to create. Check out my website for more info on
construction and to see how it turned out!
Website:
www.geocities.com/cnetsch/eowyncostume.html
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Dernhelm
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Morwyn - Illinois, USA
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Shieldmaiden Dress
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Yvette - USA Pattern: I was helped out on the
corset construction by Katherine's step-by-step on this site. I
altered it at bit, adding the embroidered pieces, and rounding the
curve about one inch lower in the front... I drafted the neckline of
the vest myself, using a commercial pattern as a basis for the
armholes and sideseams... I used to same one Katherine mentions, but I
don't remember the number... I was also helped by Maggie's tips,
especially with regards to the pintucking in the chemise, and the fact
that the underdress seems to be originally made of separates: The
chemise has an underskirt, and I layered a second skirt on top of
that... So that I can eventually alternate the white skirt with the
brown camp skirt that I haven't made yet... The sleeves are two parts,
based upon a sketch I found in the yahoo LOTR Costume group, but
unfortunately cannot find again. Sorry. I do not know who submitted
it... I wish I could thak her...
The Fabric: The vest and corset are made of dark brown
velvet I found here in town... and embroidered and quilted with Yenmet
light gold thread. The chemise was made of silk from silk
connections, the same paisley jaquard Katherine used. I also
embroidered the neckline of the chemise with the same light gold
Yenmet thread, and I found a great braided trim from JoAnns to tie
back the sleeves.
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Eowyn Dress
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Sara This dress is the first
thing that I've made on my machine. This dress does not replicate any
one of Eowyn's costumes, but I did my best to incorporate styles and
elements of the Rohan costumes into one dress that would look good on
me. I used navy blue silk velvet along with navy china silk as the body
of the dress, as well as light silver blue dupioni silk as the lining,
both of which I purchased online at really great prices (in my opinion).
I altered a pattern for a pull-over dress w/ no princess seams or darts
(Simplicity 7964) by cutting out the pattern according to the directions
but splitting the back into two pieces for the purpose of a zipper and
wider skirts in the back. I changed the neckline a bit, but not much,
because it was already a v-neck pattern. The sleeves came off a
completely different pattern (McCalls 4490). I cut those out like the
package, but ended up making them much more fitted and shorter, with
less curve in the pattern. All of this I did in a mock-up with a lot of
trial and error. The mock-up didn't prepare me for the velvet, though.
Much of that I ended up sewing by hand first, then on the machine. I
embroidered the undersleeves in a pattern similar to that of Eowyn's
coronation gown, but with silver and gold thread and blue beads. I don't
have any goods pics yet, either, but the neckline is embroidered with
silver thread in the shapes of leaping horses. |
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pictures our our server... Contact us at
scrapbook@alleycatscratch.com
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