really cheap gauze, like the kind you cover the turkey with for basting... possible or just going to gum up the machine?
we did the kid's birthday last Saturday, so time to get going on the Halloween Haunt. i have lovely white organza curtains with appliqued black bats for the dining room, but want tattered gauze teadyes (ok, RIT dye in brown,moss & tan blotches) for the great room. i made some for the kitchen last year & safety pinned them to the rod. works, but i'd rather have a rod pocket sewn in, or tie tabs. i also have to redo Miss Haversham (a styrofoam head & masses of gauze with a wire frame that hangs from a tree...). glow in the dark spray paint just doesn't hold up :p
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any other haunt suggestions (sewing related or not) happily accepted.lee
Well, just samdwich the gauze between some tissue paper before sewing. Should cure the problems. I made some great RIP 'headstones' from the cardboard thingies which fabric comes wrapped around. Considering that they are disposable, they've held up for over 10 years.Did the 'RIP' lettering with drippy black paint, then added some red paint to simulate blood. Nice gory touch, almost free (if you don't count all the yardage). Seriously, you can beg them from fabric shops. The kids lucked into some mannekin hands, a little mound of fresh dirt, and we planted them in front of the RIP boards, which I set in the ground with stakes. BTW, horseshoe stakes are great for anchoring items. One year, we just got up on the roof and threw sheets off at the little beggars. The screams were wonderfully satisfying, and we had a lot of chocolate left over because of fleeing trick-or-treaters.(Modern kids just don't get the real meaning of All-Hallow's Eve). I think my personal best, though, came after I made long black hooded capes for my girls. I borrowed a cape, pulled the hood over my face, and sat on a bench placed just slightly in front and off to the side of an enticingly large bowl of candy. I sat still, not moving until they thought they were safely past me, thoinking I was some sort of inanimate special effect. All I did was raise my head, or a hand, and they screamed like banshees. Even the adults were freaked out. I kept my face hidden the whole time--I think that is more frightening than anything. I had to eat a lot of chocolate that year, too. See how many sacrifices I make? Darn it, I kept forgetting to order dry ice for a truly eerie effect. Must add that to the to-do list... For Christmas, I got some heavy rolled bolts, cut them in half, painted them red to simulate candles; (used waterproof enamel paint), made 'flames' from shimmery gold lame to simulate candle flames, and tucked the 'flames' inside the open top of the tube. Horseshoe stakes again anchored the huge candles beside my front door. I'm big on recycling :) Cea
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oh good. i was wondering if that would work. i also found some 10+ year old dissolving stabilizer when cleaning out the garage. might that work?
if you buy enough fabric they'll wrap it on the bolts around here. they don't want to give up thier silly cardborad bolts otherwise (even though they throw them out). that's ok though. i save stray chunks of styrofoam. any flat piece over an inch thick goes in my graveyard bin.
oh, those would be handy. we have 2 complete skeletons (Mr. Bones & Mortimer), a plastic child size skeleton (Junior Bones), & a broken skeleton that sort of glows in the dark... plus Miss Haversham.
hmmm. there's an idea...
you are indeed put upon :)
i have both a fog machine & a fogging cauldron (best used outdoors as it soaks everything around it!). dry ice is a far better effect IME though.
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