http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/ Fantasy & Sci-F Costuming Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:26 GMT Mari http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6031 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6031 New Costume Walkabouts for the 2013 Summer Season! Below are my current walkabouts scheduled for June-August. Come walk with us at some of the best San Diego Thu, 16 May 2013 03:10:59 GMT Cat Devereaux http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6030 ... The advantage of doing it w/ fishing wire. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:22:36 GMT Daniel Sanders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6029 Or squished and popped on purpose, sadly. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thu, 16 May 2013 00:55:28 GMT judymitch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6028 If you're going to wear it at crowded cons.. make sure to consider the potential for balloons getting squished & popped by accident.      -Judy Sent from my Thu, 16 May 2013 00:10:41 GMT Sheree Cobernus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6027 Since I'll be wearing this at a large crowded convention the piano/weed eater/fishing line plus balloons ideas may work best. It would keep the skirt flexible Tue, 14 May 2013 23:28:08 GMT Nightwing Whitehead http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6026 Yes!  Weedeater line is almost as fantastic as guitar string (I don't think it is quite as bouncy) and comes in realllllllly long lengths. Nightwing Whitehead Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:47 GMT Sarah Strong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6025 yeah, wire! or some kind of pannier/hoop skirt with poofy tulle that would lift up the skirt... You can make a hoop skirt that's like a skeleton of a Tue, 14 May 2013 21:35:13 GMT judymitch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6024 If you edgr it with milinery wire,  snd sometimes one down the  middle, ypu can shape them and give them some floaty lift.      -Judy Sent from my U.S. Tue, 14 May 2013 21:13:32 GMT TA Shalazar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6023 Weed eater refill would work fine, BUT it might be a bit heavy with fine fabric. Fishing line might be better. Certainly cheaper than buying in a fabric Tue, 14 May 2013 21:11:55 GMT Daniel Sanders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6022 Thanks for the replies Jonatha, Carol and Aurora. It definitely cleared things up for me. I am fairly decent at dyeing or tinting silks, cottons and wools, but Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:50 GMT slc_fire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6021 oooo I like the balloon idea. I just had a laughing fit though - imagined how far I would jump if one of those popped! LOL   I wonder if weedeater line would Tue, 14 May 2013 20:21:39 GMT Sarah Strong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6020 I was wondering if you could put balloons under the skirt to hold it up... they would have to be clear I suppose, and maybe inside some fluffy tulle or Tue, 14 May 2013 20:05:05 GMT slc_fire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6019 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6019 Thanks! I have a Sam Ash music store less than a 1/4 mile from work! They're used to me popping in with odd prop item requests! LOL "What are you building Tue, 14 May 2013 19:37:16 GMT Nightwing Whitehead http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6018 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6018 I would probably do it with several large petal shapes, in sheer chiffon, overlapping one another.  My favorite hoop/stiffening/etc for something like this is Tue, 14 May 2013 19:07:29 GMT slc_fire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/message/6017 Hi everyone!   I want to create a costume that looks like I'm under water. What can I use to hold my skirt up to look like it's floating? I haven't made the