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Posted by Olwyn Mary on October 8, 2007, 3:51 pm
Karlisa wrote:
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> I am making my sons' costumes for Halloween, and they will be dressed as
> Daniel Boone and Davy Crocket. I am making them jackets and pants out of
> faux suede cloth, and have altered the patterns to have a yoke in the front
> and back of the jackets. I plan on adding fringe at the yoke seam
> allowances, as well as in the side seams of the pants' legs. The problem
> I'm encountering is using the faux suede cloth to make the fringe
> emblishments. It just looks completely flat and doesn't really stand out
> against the fabric. It's hard to distinguish it as *being* fringe, as the
> cut lines tend to close back up when laying flat. Any ideas on how I can
> give the fringe a little dimension or movement? I am trying to avoid buying
> fringe-by-the-yard, as it costs $2.95 a yard and isn't a very good color
> match, but I also don't want these costumes to look "cartoony" by using
> flat fringe from the self-fabric. I'm also lining the jackets so that they
> can wear them longer and I'm knitting them "coonskin" caps out of Fun Fur
> from a pattern I found on the internet.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated!
>
> lisa
>
Have you tried tugging on the fringe to kinda stretch it out a bit?
That might work.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> will be dressed as Daniel Boone and Davy Crocket. I am
> making them jackets and pants out of faux suede cloth,
> and have altered the patterns to have a yoke in the front
> and back of the jackets. I plan on adding fringe at the
> yoke seam allowances, as well as in the side seams of the
> pants' legs. The problem I'm encountering is using the
> faux suede cloth to make the fringe emblishments. It
> just looks completely flat and doesn't really stand out
> against the fabric.