New Technics found

With me now waiting to have the funds to make the other two witch dresses I decided to try some of the other new things I wanted to have ago at. One was to make a big frill for bottom of skirts that were made from netted material like Tulle, sheer etc.

As you can see with these two pictures to make the frill you can do it with either strimmer wire or fishing line and a circular tube to wrap your wire around.

Tape one end of your wire to the tube then wrap it around keeping the tension when you get to the end tape that also.

 Then heat up the wire so it goes to the size of the tube (don't heat it so it melts you just want it to mold) then leave it to cool


With your material make your hem and pin it in place then press it with an iron this should then make a crease that you are going to put your wire.

On your sewing machine you want the big zigzag setting and set it so it sews quite close together.

Then place your wire in that crease you made and place in the middle of the foot of your sewing machine and begin to sew it in place


Below is the tutorial I used and it explains what basically I just mentioned.

Left wing done

Another thing I have been doing is make wings for our panto in December called Cinderella. The wings are for fairy godmother so they have to be fairly big. To make them I use thin wire and twist it to make it thicker and stronger and silver duck-tape to cover the sharp ends and stick it all together this is one wing done I just have one more to make for the other side and then cover them in netted material.

(you might be noticing a pattern with this blog this time)