Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Costume Construction

In costume contruction these oast few months, i have been finishing off my skirt and working on my bodice.
Thr bodice will match my skirt for the theme We Will Rock You,
Nearly all of my Bodice will be made out of the material denim.
I have laid my paper pattern onto my denim and cut round the shape of the paper pattern. I then repeated this with each of the other seven patters. So I should have ended up with eight pieces of denim.
Once I had cut all of the denim pieces out, I then pinned each of them together in the way that mu corset will be made oncee sewed. Once they had been pinned together and I had made sure that they were all in the right order, I then lightly hand tacked each piece of denim were I had put the pins in, as I was tacking I slowly and carefully took the pins out. The reason why I had to tack was because when I went to sew on the sewing machine, it would be a guideline for where I would sew as well as keeping it in place when
sewing on the machine. This saves plenty of time and using the machine will be easier.
Once I had sewed my corset together I will then add a rim around the top and the bottom of my corset which will make it look better and be more secure.
Once I had done that I will get some elastic which I will add to the back of my bodice to make it more secure and flexible.   
 
I am looking forward to seeing how my costume will look when its finished.