Naomi's Examples
Western Australia
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Ring Wraith in 6 Hours
The
Ring wraith costume was created out of the three cheapest black fabrics I
could find - black lawn, black cheesecloth (the crinkly kind), and black
voile. All 100% cotton. I used a total of 24 metres, but since the widest
fabric was 112cm, (46") and the narrowest 90cm (36") it isn't as much as it
sounds... I modified the basic cape pattern from Simplicity 9887, View B, to
fit the fabric, and removed the yoke seams. The under robe was cut out of
the opaque lawn. The sleeves were doubled, with a lawn under sleeve, and
then a larger and longer over sleeve of cheesecloth. Both were sewn to the
shoulder at the same time, but then I stitched the hems together with a wavy
line of zig-zag, frayed the edges slightly, and then tucked and folded the
extra length in several places and tacked it in place. The front was
fastened with a sewn in tie of black cord.
The over robe was of voile, and I only stitched about 8" of each side
seam below the armpits, and to about the same height in the CB seam. To this
robe, which was sleeveless, I added a hood cut from the same black cotton as
the robe. The hood was then lined with a large piece of buckram, cut
slightly smaller, and stitched down the CB. The front bottom corners were
cut away to give a tapered look, and this was lined with a piece of the
voile, treated exactly the same way, and both layers of fabric sewn on
around the rim of the hood. Once inserted into the over hood, I tucked the
excess fabric under the front of the buckram and voile and tacked it in
place. I then stitched the over robe to the under robe along the entire back
neck seam between shoulder seams. It was necessary to fold the base of the
hood backwards a little, about 1 1/2", at the CB neck, to get the shape
right. It was tacked there to hold it.
Finally,
I cut a scarf from the remaining cheesecloth, of a long triangular shape, as
the fabric was not wide enough for a square. This was draped over the hood
and tacked in place on the front centre of the hood and at the back of the
neck. I frayed the bottom edges of the robe a bit by cutting them and then
rubbed powdered clay into the hems. Voila! Didn't use armour, but cheated
with monster gloves, covered his face with a mesh hood, and that was that.
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