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[sublimatedangel]

Whee new fish!

Did not find the loaches we were hunting for, so we brought home some new guppies. Hopefully the new four will hang out with the two we had left, and they'll be less cranky. After the tank acclimates, we still need a couple snail-eating loaches and a few more swordtails to fill it out. Ohhhh and I also got a new betta. He is a pretty little boy... youngish and you can really see the difference in size between him and my other two. He is lovely shades of sky blue and cobalt, mostly, with some lovely yellow as well. Usually I don't go as much for the garish multicolor, but he's just so pretty :) He's got the hospital tank all to himself for now... once I know he's staying healthy I'll put one of the other dividers into the tank on my desk, and he can see his roommates.

In other news, it's not hot anymore but it's still humid. It could be worse of course, but it still makes me feel sticky and yucky. Oh and...

SEWING GIRLS: Anyone know how to or have a pattern for making a bustle? Or a good link? For my autumn faerie piece, I'm really wanting to have the sheer overlay long enough for a train, but able to be bustled up into that lovely rumpleness when I want it out of the way. I think if I could just see a basic idea of how it's done, or a finished piece even, I could figure it out.

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[roisnoir.livejournal.com]

How soon do you need it?
There's a good one in Corsets and Crinolines, and I think there's one in Hunnisett.

I don't have access to a scanner, though.

[sublimatedangel]

Heh, before October? I just don't know how they work... like how you make it gather like that. Any chance you can explain? I know some of your sewing guru resources are still MIA from the move... but if you have one of the above handy, maybe you could take a pic with your digicam or I could come by sometime to take a glance at it? Right now I'm basically looking at pictures of bustled skirts and trying to imagine what the heck is going on behind the scenes.

[wingedcorset.livejournal.com]

you're thinking wedding dress bustle versus 1880's bustle, right?

http://www.rencentral.com/oct_nov_vol1/bustles.shtml

hmmm, i can see this in my head so perfectly, but the article doesn't really illustrate what I'm thinking...

play with pins? then sew in ribbons once you know how you want it to stay?

[sublimatedangel]

Oooh! That's a pretty good link... I'm beginning to understand how it works at least :)
I think the sheer fabric and waist style I'm going for indicate using a French bustle... I'll just have to play with making the folds look nice, and then decide what method of attachment will be least noticeable...

Thanks muchly for the help!

[katlyn.livejournal.com]

I'm planning on making my silver ballgown bustle like this: http://www.devotioncorsets.co.uk/bridal26.htm

It that what you're talking about?

The bustle/train will end up being a separate piece that will be tacked on or otherwise attached and removable (though I'm not sure I would ever want to). So far it's taken almost 20 yards (but I have 50!)

[sublimatedangel]

I do love that site... oh my, I can't *wait* to see your ballgown!

I'm not planning on anything near that size though... closer to this one: http://www.devotioncorsets.co.uk/bridal27.htm

(although I wasn't thinking I'd need quite as many poofs as they've got in that one, it's the general size I've got in mind)