Clothes for Merry and Pippin

[ProgMatinee]

Awesomeness. You should charge people to do it for them.

 

[pixletwin]

PM me.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Frodo's vest. Color removed and then bleached.

Talk about luck. You got a great Yellow base color out of that recipe. Now all it needs is some golden yellow dye to bring it to full yellow and you should be good to go.

 

[pixletwin]

Yeah. I think I will dye it yellow anyway. Lasy butthead that I am.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Yeah. I think I will dye it yellow anyway. Lasy butthead that I am.

Yep, I think you should, to make it more vibrant. Repeat suggestion from the dye thread actually.

 

[lerath666]

I may sned you min pix. I don't trust myself when working with bleach

 

[Entropy]

Yeah. I think I will dye it yellow anyway. Lasy butthead that I am.

It looks very good as is, but I'm curious how it'd turn out with a quick dip in the yellow.

 

[pixletwin]

On another note my mother-in-law altered the Frodo jacket to be a Merry jacket and I gotta tell you, it looks great. I can't wait to get to the office tomorrow and take some pics for y'all.

I'll also take pics of the dyed yellow vest.

 

[Wor-Gar]

On another note my mother-in-law altered the Frodo jacket to be a Merry jacket and I gotta tell you, it looks great.

That's cheating! I don't have your mother-in-law!

 

[pixletwin]

You can if you want.

 

[pixletwin]

Ok the dyeing is finished. It made me a little bit nervous because the "Golden Yellow" was actually very "Orange" in appearance. I stirred it in the simmering dye for about 5 minutes and took it out. It looks like the color may have improved it. Things are always darker when wet so its hard to say. But it is now in the dryer and I will let you all know how it turns out.

Pics tomorrow.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Really looking forward to the pics!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Looking again at the chart you posted and comparing that to ref of Merry, I think the Golden Yellow will work perfect... it's the same dye I used for my Goldfinger's vest, so I know that color well. Should be fine, Pix.

 

[pixletwin]

Here is the finished vest with the newly altered jacket. She still needs to put the buttons back on though but other than that I think its perfect.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Looking great.

 

[King Darkness]

What did she alter?

 

[pixletwin]

The lapel. Merry's lapel is much longer than Frodos.

 

[King Darkness]

Oh, okay. Duh

Looks good Marc, I will have to see if my Mom can do mine.

 

[Entropy]

Here is the finished vest with the newly altered jacket. She still needs to put the buttons back on though but other than that I think its perfect.

The vest is def more vibrant, but perhaps a wee bit too much so. Looks awesome, though.

Thanks again for spearheading the dye job. I can't wait to see how the coat comes out. Is that next on the list?

 

[pixletwin]

Coat will be dyed tonight.

(remember the vest is a slightly darker hue than what you see in the pics)