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Sabrina ([personal profile] mala_14) wrote2015-06-02 05:37 pm

Res gestae (translation: things accomplished)

I put the skirt on the dressform so I can mark the hem and took pictures. And now I'm posting instead of marking the hem. :p This is my improved dress improver/ruffled bustle, the ruffled panel that gave me fits buttoned to my narrow 1910 petticoat, and the scaly Gala skirt.

For the painted scales, I used a scalloped stencil on the bottom edge of each scale row and used Lumiere paint (a mix of metallic silver and bright gold) well diluted with water and painted with a sponge in upward sweeping strokes. I'm not totally sold on them. I think they look cool when light is shining on them and you can see that they're all shiny, but they don't look so hot in low light. I guess it's fine for the Gala. I'll change the skirt to something less mermaid-y one day, if I can find a nice brocade.

[identity profile] jenthompson.livejournal.com 2015-06-02 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That looks amazing!!!

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2015-06-03 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! When I was initially trying to figure this one out I was all, "What would Jen do?" :)

[identity profile] starlightmasque.livejournal.com 2015-06-03 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW!! You did a beautiful job! I think it looks amazing!

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2015-06-03 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks Angela! I think I'll be more into it once everything is together.

[identity profile] wanda-victorian.livejournal.com 2015-06-04 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Your camera is great...nice pictures of the dresses. Mine suck. What camera do you have?

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2015-06-04 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
lol Thanks! It's a Panasonic DMC-LX5. Very easy to use, but I'm sure it has interesting capabilities that I have no idea what to do with.