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Any Ideas?, For those with an idea but no means of creating it
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post Aug 4 2006, 09:22 AM
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So, you have this wonderful project in mind, but you don't quite know HOW to do it exactly? Well, how about you post about it here and let others help you work out the details?


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Thanks for the tip, firephoenix; only problem is, my hand-eye coordination isn't quite good enough for me to crochet(i have a so-mild-it's-almost-completely-hidden case of cerebral palsy).--granfan
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Baby Mandrake Costume?

Recently I gave birth to my first child and I thought it would be so cute to make a Baby Mandrake costume for a book 7 release party. Does anyone have ideas to sew a Baby Mandrake costume?

I'd love to hear how others might construct a soft-sculpture flowerpot base (or if a terra cotta-colored baby-carrier cover might work). What would you do for the root-like body? I have a pretty clear picture in my head how to construct the leafy, greenery headpiece.

If there is a sewing pattern out there you think might lend itself well as a base pattern, please let me know. Or do you think it would be simpler to build a Baby Mandrake costume from scratch? These are the questions I'm pondering...

Any tips or suggestions on how to construct one would be most welcome.

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post Jun 2 2007, 08:41 AM
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The only thing I've seen concerning a mandrake are the following pictures. They originally come from the Madam Malkins Yahoo group (The album is called "Your creation/PJ")
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Mandrake sign

I've always thought that costume was ssssoooo original. Unfortunately, I don't think you can actually find a pattern for it. I tried a bit, but there really didn't seem to be anything online.

Then again, if you want to make things simple, you can just have some sort of t-shirt with a brownish base that could attach to her stroller, then have another piece cover all around the stroler in terra cotta fabric to create the pot.

As your child will probably still be very young, I think it's best not to go as complicated as the pictures above. Nothing in the face, for one thing. I'd also go for something you could remove if she starts sounding like a real mandrake out of her pot biggrin.gif

I wish you the best of luck making that costume... And make sure to post your progress here as you go along! I'd really like to see how things turn out!

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I'm not sure if I should post this here or in the Time-Turner thread.
I've had this idea in my head for weeks, but I can't figure out how to do it. I want to make a Time-Turner that will actually turn when I twist the knob. I tried the Bead-and-Wire Time-Turner because I liked the way it looked, but when I turn the knob, the smaller split ring goes out of place. Any suggestions?
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post Jul 14 2007, 02:21 PM
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What about that weird spellbook Harry's reading at the start of Prisoner of Azkaban Can anyone make that> or does anyone have any good pictures of it?
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post Jul 14 2007, 03:53 PM
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A lot of people have made their own Monster book of monsters. If you go to the Leaky Galleries, you can see some pictures of the one Astra made.


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Actualy i ment the book Harry was reading at the start of the prisoner of azkaban acording to the script it was called "Violetta stich's extreme incantations" another good idea would be Wands with actual cores someone used to sell wands that contained Bird feathers and cat whiskers and snakeskin that sort of thing
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I'm sorry... I'm not a big movie fan, and as I believe I've seen PoA only once in my life (at the theatre), I don't think I can be much help. I know for a fact there's no book with such a name mentionned in the books.

If you can find a picture of what you wish to reproduce in the Leaky Galleries though, I'm sure we'd be able to help you a lot more.

As for wands with cores, I've seen them too. All you have to do is make them in two parts (one handle and then a long stick). One part fits into the other, so you can put the core in, then stick the two bits together and voilà, you've got a wand with a core inside.


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QUOTE(Isdihara @ Jun 1 2007, 05:02 PM) [snapback]1236752[/snapback]

Baby Mandrake Costume?

Recently I gave birth to my first child and I thought it would be so cute to make a Baby Mandrake costume for a book 7 release party. Does anyone have ideas to sew a Baby Mandrake costume?

I'd love to hear how others might construct a soft-sculpture flowerpot base (or if a terra cotta-colored baby-carrier cover might work). What would you do for the root-like body? I have a pretty clear picture in my head how to construct the leafy, greenery headpiece.

If there is a sewing pattern out there you think might lend itself well as a base pattern, please let me know. Or do you think it would be simpler to build a Baby Mandrake costume from scratch? These are the questions I'm pondering...

Any tips or suggestions on how to construct one would be most welcome.

IsDihara


I'm sorry if this is too late!

I've had great success in creating costumes for my twins using a dyed, knit "pilot hat" (a sort of bonnet) from Hanna Anderson, then as they got older I used a toddler knit cap from Dharma. With the pilot cap they were bats (see the halloween costumes in Parents Magazine website) and I used fake fur for the ears. I also used a long sleeve t shirt and black pants but since your baby is so small you can use a blank white sleeper dyed brown with brown yarn "roots" sewn on. I can just picture your baby in a brown dyed sleeper and cap with silk foliage sewn on top of the cap! please send photos if you do make it.

I worship Dharma when it comes to clothing blanks for dying and costume. I do professional style dying which can be a little complicated with all the extra chemicals and time. I've had equally good success using Rit dyes; just use double or triple the amount of dye with enough water for 1 dye bath. But if you are getting into dying, it is worth the money to puchase synthropol (sp?) from Dharma for an even and clean dye job.
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Hiya--I am a long time visitor of LC but new to the forums. biggrin.gif I have Lupus so that means I get to be home schooled w00p! I looked at some craft guides (before they started working on the site) and wow--I never really had time to do crafts and being a guy there was nothing I really wanted to learn... Now looking at all of this I am amazed. My mother is going to help me learn to cross stitch--and I am planing on making my friend a few Slytherin items as well as buying her a wand from WB. Anyways enough about me...

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Dose anyone know of any Harry Potter craft swap sites? I found one a last night but now I can not find them--and I mean people sounded pretty nice on there--people tried there best with there craft and no matter what it turned out to look like the person who received it seemed always happy...

ALSO--Dose anyone know if it is possible to Cross stitch the DA logo made by WB?


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