Fifth Week Breathe Review

Thursday, 26 April - Since last week we have officially decided what pieces we will be making for hand-in, so from now on I will be focusing on completing these two wigs:

Fig. 5

Fig. 6

 Today I made the wig bases - the measurements for fig. 5 are 54.5cm and fig. 6 are 59cm, so first I had to find a hat-form that had the most similar circumference.

Then I took the veriform fabric,

cut it in half, and stuck it in boiling hot water to soften it:

And moulded them to the bases:

I also helped Emma with one of her skirts that day by dyeing some netting orange. Here's the design:

My first attempt at dyeing, using 3 tsp Procion Rust Orange Dye for 40 mins with dip-dyed edges also in Procion cold water dyes didn't turn out so well,

The base skirt fabric

Original, natural netting

Dye Attempt 1

Before rinsing

Dip-dyeing the ends brown and green

Finished [Failed] Dye Attempt #1

So, I re-dyed the fabric with:

 4 tsp hot water Dylon Tangerine Dye for 20 mins, and got this result:

Successfully dyed net with sample of skirt fabric behind

 Then, I went in and fabric painted the net, like we did with the base costumes:

 And Emma pinned the net to her skirt:

front of skirt

back of skirt