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Published: 2008-10-28 01:52:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 27859; Favourites: 530; Downloads: 359
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I have film privileges!!
Okay, now that that is out of my system, here is a tutorial I did a few days ago, after reading a news article about the new film categories. I'm still working on my wedding stuff, and thought, "hey, there won't be another time I'm for sure working on a ruffle, so I should try to film what to do and make a tutorial."
And I did.
Please forgive a few things:
1. My voice. I hate how it sounds. 2. My nervous twitches in the second half. I know, I have a lot of them - if you know me, be amazed that I even had the guts to film this, because I hate being in front of people. If you've seen my panels at conventions, you'll notice that I'm like this all the time. 3. That it's so long. I don't know how to cut the size down, or cut out stuff. I just set up the camera (took a good 10 minutes to get the tripod set up right each time), and hit the button, and started talking. If you're really annoyed at the time, the first part is what you'll really need to know, the rest (last 10 minutes or so) is just stuff you can figure out yourself. 4. That I ramble. A lot. I didn't have a script - hell, I didn't have an idea of what I was going to do until just a minute or three before I actually hit the record button. 5. If something goes out of sync - I was looking at the preview thing in iMovie, and when in fullscreen mode, the second half is off of sync or something, but when I moved it back down to a smaller version, it was fine... I don't get it, and I'm so sorry if it looks like poo... I have never, ever done anything with film before, so I'm a total n00b!Random note:
I'm not going to walk you through everything step by step - this should be enough information to get you to make a ruffle for anything you might need; please don't ask to film how to make the fabric piece (it's a god-awful long rectangle, with finished edges) or the petticoat it's on - some day, I might, but right now, no time for that, I'm sorry.
My goal : to give you the techniques to do what you want to do, not hold your hand through it all
Anywho, I'm sorry again about my voice, editing, and whatnot. But, I hope you learn something from this, and if you use the tutorial, please let me know! I appreciate it every time someone shows me a piece one of my tutorials helped out with, I really, really do!
Do not repost, redistribute, or claim as your own! 2008 Samantha Lemieux - Taeliac Studio Cosplay - BeAnime.com
Made entirely on my Kodak camera + iMovie (my savior)
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ahah i do that all the time.
buti end up swearing more than sound effects. i am without a dress form currently.
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Wow your amazing thank you thank you thank you soooooo much, this'll reeeeaaaaly help! I shall forever be in your debt! I would really like to be your friend you seem so awesome, and your voice is cool! I bet your ruffles will kick other ruffles butts! XD
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Thank you so much for this tutorial I don't cosplay but I do try to sew once in a while and the 2 thread thing never seems to work for me either. I would love for you to do a video demo of your centered zipper tutorial. Zippers have ended my sewing career at present.
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No problem!! These things can easily be adopted to a lot of various sewing things, which is always cool
And, that is a fantastic idea!! I'll definitely keep it in mind ~ I just put in a zipper in a skirt, I wish I would have thought of doing it then XP Next time
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Amazing simply amazing and convient. I was just trying to figure this out!
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Hooray! I'm so happy to hear that
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showed this to ma because shes' helping me with the ruffle skirt I'm doing she knows what to do she's done it before thanks taeliac!
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Any time! I definitely hope it's useful for both of you
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lol I make sound effects for everything!
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I use sound effects for everything, too. It's really funny to hear. Sometimes I don't even think the sound matches what is really going on. XP
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(I don't know if you already got the message about the ruffle fabric length... or if it became and annotation...)
Basically what I said in the first message that I wrote was that you're amazing and that I'm confused about how much fabric to use to make the ruffles? is it the same size as the bottom of the skirt or do you have more fabric to be able to do the ruffles? I'm making sure that I have the right amount of fabric so that I don't end up with my skirt having ruffles on one side and none on the other (though I suppose I could just put two pieces of ruffles together... *sigh*
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I already responded to the other one, but I'm gonna flood your inbox in case someone else sees this with the same question
You will defintiely need more fabric for the ruffles than the hem of your skirt - usually, for "moderate" fullness, I like using 2.5x the hem of your skirt for the ruffle fabric. For very full ruffles, I like using about 4x the hem of your skirt (so, if your skirt hem is 40" around, you're going to want to use about 160" of fabric for your ruffles - you can cut them in strips and sew them together, so it's really not as much fabric as you'd think... for, say 6" wide ruffles, you would need about a yard to make the 160" of ruffles~)
Sew the strips of fabric together first, and then ruffle them all up (it's what I did in my example, there are about 8 strips of 45" wide fabric sewn together, end to end, that was then ruffled and sewn to the skirt~)
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O.O You are so amazing!
I just noticed that my mum has crochet thread in the house in like bulks! (she doesn't even crochet 
I'm new at the ruffles so I just want to make sure that I have the right amount so that when I do the skirt I don't end up with only half of it having ruffles and the other have being without it...
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Oh! Well, the length that you start with is completely up to you - for "moderate" ruffles, I've found that 2.5x the bottom hem of the skirt is really nice, but for really full one's, I like to do 4x the bottom hem (so, if the bottom of my skirt is 40" around, I would need 160" of ruffles, with a little bit more for seam allowance and "fluff room" if you mess up a bit, cuz I always do)
I'll try to do samples to show everyone what the various ruffle amounts look like (how full 2x is compared to 2.5x to 3x to 4x... that sort of thing) when I'm working on them next 
I sure hope that essay makes sense
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A fantastic first film tutorial ^o^ yours is the first I have seen and it has deffinately proved VERY useful for some cosplays I am thinking of making for Alcon ^^ I send you some pics when I do get around to making them ^o^
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That would be awesome, and I'm so happy to hear you think it is good!
I'm working on another one for pleats in skirts and hakama and whatnot, I just haven't had a chance to (and the last hakama I was making didn't have the tacked down pleats
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You have no idea how many hero points you have just earned yourself. I have been treading on eggshells with my sewing endevours but this has shed so much light upon me. I will be sure to show you, as I am sure your tutorials will be a huge beacon to me in the future. You are so kind to devote any of your time to helping us poor schmucks. <3
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My mom was really nice and showed me this tecnic to "gather" because with my Princess Sakura skirt, I has a could of yards to gather so of course normal theard broke ever single time. But doing this version is so much nicer. I loved your video.
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omg wow this is ganna help me make my petticoat for underneath my Loli dress xDDD
i wias searching for a simple way to make the petticoat and you win!! xDDD
thank u so much =]
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Genious ! I am so gonna use this technique to make tiered skirts !!
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Hm... I just always make one row of basting an just pull that. It's worked for me so far! But I may try this. I'm just not sure my zigzag is that wide. (I'm using a machine circa about 1965)
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Hrm... I think it might be - my friend has a machine like that that she sews on, and was able to do this, but I'm not positive. I don't know what it is, but every time I try to do ruffles like that, I wind up snapping the threads, but it might be that I'm just too impatient to do it well
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my god this is awesome i was looking for help with ruffling for a new skirt i'm making ( yes i cannot use the two stitch line either >.>
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Hooray!! I'm so happy to hear that
The skirt was actually a petticoat for my wedding dress - I haven't taken good pictures of it yet, though, in layers, but you can kind of see it here [link]
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well it will be a while till i can give you a picture but when i have one i shall give you a link. wow that was the finished product? darn that looks really good..
well mush dash
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This is a kickass tutorial! MAKE MORE!!!! Take advantage of your privileges.
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Ohgosh, this is SO helpful. I am veryveryvery happy to have discovered this. You, madam, are a DEMIGODDESS. You're very funny and helpful, and you described this so well. I've only used a sewing machine once in my entire life so far (yay home ec class) but I understood what you meant and I had a very easy time following along with what you saying. It definitely stayed in my head, and here's to hoping it WILL stay there. (If not, I've bookmarked and fav'd this, so we're good anyway. >>;; ) You did a really fantastic job with this, once again. Thank you sooo much for this mthod. It's gonna help SO much. x33~
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And, I have to say, I friggin' love your icon
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Hee! <333 I'm glad you like it! ESheep was probably one of the greatest desktop thingers I have ever found, and after a friend or two started freaking out about their sheep attacking their AIM, I had to do it. xDDD It's really nothing special, though. <333 Yours is adorable and so cute, I just wanna hug iiitt~~ But I'd probably break it. >__>; Which is a no-no.
Gosh, I am so brainless. I'm so sorry. xD;
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Ha! I remember sewing in home ec, and I hated it with a passion 
I'm so happy to hear, too, that it stuck with you and was easy to follow - I'm always so paranoid I'm gonna ramble like nothing else (quite like what I think I'm doing now, come to think of it...)
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I never would have pegged you as a home-ec hater! That's such a surprise! xDD But if that's the case, there is hope for me yet! (I totally think I just spouted about fifteen flowers from different places. xDDD) I've gotta admit, though, you really are right about doing things at your own pace and on your own time. I didn't like sewing much, but I tried making my own costume before, and it was a lot more interesting than just making a drawstring bag... xDD
But I'm very glad my comment meant something. <333 Neeeever be afraid about rambling (which you totally didn't do then and aren't doin' now; I should know xDDDD!). You said it just as it needed to be said, and you made it fun and full of smiles, which everyone loves. It's... reeeeally not fun to just hear someone in monotone going "Now, Mistah Wazowski, make sure you keep it like this, and gradually do things in this specific ordah with..." That puts people to sleep like nooothin' else, and you made that SO much fun and SO lively, and I giggled several times and told people to be quiet so I could totally focus on it. It was fantastic, really and truly. xDDD
...And now I feel so honored, I think I'm about this close to fainting. I'm such a novice. xDD; It would be absolutely fantastically perfect if I could get your opinion on future sewing projects (especially since I plan to make, like, two cosplays this upcoming... sometime this year
Aaand I hope I didn't kill you with this totally silly and badly-worded comment. xx;
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Hehe, you'd be surprised - I hated sewing (my mother tried to teach me repeatedly growing up) until I was like... 17 or so? 
Oooh! What cosplays are you wanting to do? I'll definitely help where I can - a lot of it is just getting to do it, but if I can help even a bit, I would love to
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I don't even have any words I can say that'll totally sum up how that first paragraph bitty made me feel. I'm not a hopeless cause yet! Yay! xD; (That sounds so bad, though, so just to clarify, I'm not trying to say that if you don't figure out something right away, it makes that person lame. xX; It's just reeeeally nice to have a hobby or two, methinks.)
It really is great to hear all this, though! I always thought other crafts like sewing or accessorizing (for things like headdresses that aren't exactly... cloth and thread) were to be done by-the-book for the best results and because they weren't flat on paper, they were an entirely different thing that had to be approached like some evilly grumpy lion-dragon-kitty-bunny thing. (Best imagery evur, I say. EVUR. xDDD) But hearing this, it gives me so much hope... xD;
As for the cosplays themselves, my main focus is on the LuckyStar winter uniform ( maybe Tsukasa's hairbow, too, if I can't figure out how to get the same look from just a regular cloth ribbon) and Rena Ryugu's white dress (and hat; darn them people for not makin' the HAT, which will kill me on its own) from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. ...I know; so clichΓ© and commonplace. I must sound so lame. xD; I made a cosplay before, as... I think I mentioned, but it was more of a patch-up, then, so I could get used to things first. Our sewing machine was down, then, too, so it was total handstitching... xD; It turned out okay, except for the few twitches you have to look closer to see, but I'd love to be within like... maybe eighty miles of the awesomeness you've achieved. xD;
In relation to what you said, though, I have to agree. It's hard for me to admit, being such a lame stickler for accuracy as I am (which probably has almost nothing to do with this >~~>;; ), that it just doesn't look right if you don't tweak it some. Like super giant bows and some things like color or texture (like the really shiny squeaky-leather stuff). That'll probably be my biggest problem. The compensation bit. Because I'm too stubborn to admit that something has to change, even if I don't know what I'm doing. xDDD;
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and THIS is why I've never dealt with more than four yards at a time
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Yeah, but I would only trust myself with that much fabric in a place that's not my house >.>
btw, I'm almost done making a kimono using your tutorial
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Ooh! Very cool - I wanna see a picture when you're done
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WIP pictures are already up in my gallery, but sure ^_^
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This video is so great! I'm definitely using this method on my next ruffly cosplays. =3 Thank you so much!
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Its a great tutorial!! Congrats on getting 3rd in the contest!!
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*Twitch* My god, I was looking through DA for some tutorials on crafts and doo-da's. since I'm very much into that.
And it's like a struck a gold mine, not a drawing- not photos. BUT AN ACTUAL VIDEO. An actual, interesting, comical, educating on the life of a ruffle video.
Thank you man. Thank you. >: Make more.
I am honestly dead scared to even TRY to "make something" more- or less, edit something. Sooo, I hope I will soon. Thanks again. ;D I'm so adding you. <3
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Hehe, oh awesome! Well, I'm very happy that it works, and I'll definitely be making more - I'm hoping to get to film a few more today or tomorrow or ... soon
I wouldn't be scared to try to make something - if you fail, the hardest thing is throwing it out and starting over XP
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oh don't put yourself down so much.Thankyou soo much for making the video.It is a lot of help compaired to directions from a book.I'm going to make ruffels all Christmas break.
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Hehe, you definitely should - I can't think of a more amusing way of spending Christmas break myself
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Very helpful! Thanks so much for sharing that technique with us!
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