Hi folks,
Has anyone here ever made Professor McGonagall's outfit from Goblet of
Fire, the Yule Ball scene? Forever ago I saw some pics from an
exhibition where someone had photographed the over-gown, but I can't
now find them. I'm trying to put together resources to recreate the
ensemble as clo
I can't address most of your questions - I haven't seen the movie enough to
be able to fast-forward directly to that scene.
However, I maybe can offer a suggestion to the fabulous sleeve caps. There
is a Simplicity pattern for a dreadful costume cape. Unfortunately it's out
of print. It's really c
I actually had my nose 2" from that dress at the travel exhibit (Boston Museum
of Science). No photos, of course, but I remember... pine-ish color (maybe
overshot with something else?), with some kind of smocking -- it seemed almost
random (but wasn't).
Not much help, I know...
Dede
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http://public.fotki.com/Kait/other_costuming/professor_mcgonagal-1/profmyuleball_cropped.html#media
here is a series of photographs detailing the reconstruction of a copy of
the yule gown. I don't think they got the color just right, but there is at
least one fairly detailed photo of the actual
These pictures should help. I found a site by a costumer who made one
for herself, but I can't locate it again! I'll try later.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Minerva_McGonagall%27s_dress_robes
http://weheartit.com/entry/12025930
No, wait, I did find it; here it is!
http://public.fotki.c
Good attempt. Color and the sleeves were not quite on the mark but still
good. The under gown's sleeve on the movie outfit appears to be a tight
cothardie sleeve with lots of buttons running up the sleeve.
De
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http://public.fotki.com/Kait/other_costuming/professor_mcgona
very interesting the color variation: the fotki picture looks relatively
moss-green, while the weheartit picture is very emerald-jewel-tone. It's the
same picture with two different color-balances. I prefer the toned-down color,
myself.
ALL the colors are differently balanced: the weheart
How about this -
Good large picture, especially fabric and sleeve cuff -
http://www.cinematicwallpaper.com/movie-pictures/Harry_Potter_7_wallpaper/Harry_Potter7_mcgonagall
Best wishes
Viv
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IMO, the fotki (movie) picture is the closest to how the gown looks in the
movie. The wehartit is too blue/emerald and the wikia photo has been
brightened to an extreme degree to show the texture of the fabric.
unless a person is dyeing their own fabric for this project, you are limited
to wh
Thanks so much to everyone who responded! I never cease to be amazed
by the way colours show on computers, depending on how the image has
been manipulated, what the background in the shot looks like, etc.
The links are all wonderful; I think I'll be spending a lot of time on
those sites. :) And
Be sure to let us see the result.
Ann Wass
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From: Sharon Henderson
To: h-costume
Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:37 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble
Thanks so much to everyone who responded! I never cease to be amazed
I think the fokti example is done quite well, the only quibble I would have
is that the original fabric is clearly a densely textured fabric (someone
mentioned the original designer said it was like a snake's skin) and the
fabric used in the reproduction is not a textured fabric.
This same prob
This isn't the Yule gown but the color is similar.
De
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How about this -
Good large picture, especially fabric and sleeve cuff -
http://www.cinematicwallpaper.com/movie-pictures/Harry_Potter_7_wallpaper/Ha
rry_Potter7_mcgonagall
Best wishes
Viv
And it looks like the same pattern.
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Hi Lynn,
Unfortunately, the URL below (for pattern 3076) now re-directs to what you were
probably referring to as the "dreadful costume cape", pattern 2529. Do you
have any idea where one might find even an image of the real 3076?
thanks in any case,
chimene
On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Lyn
Hi chimene,
I don't quite know how #3076 got involved in the link, but Simplicity 2529
is indeed the cape with the pointy bits on the shoulder that I wrote about.
If you hold your cursor over the shoulder area it will zoom in and you can
see the points. I don't eve know if there is a pattern 3076.
Your right it does, shoulder points and twin tail collar. Difference is the
whole gown is simple brocade, nothing fancy like the pintucking on the Yule
gown.
De
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And it looks like the same pattern.
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This isn't the Yule gown but the color is simi
Hi everyone,
You are all the most amazing costume sleuths I have ever known! The
links and colour info are just wonderful, and all these details! Wow!
I promise I will post pics of the result. I may try making the black
gown too--watching Minerva lead the defense of Hogwarts was just
stupendou
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble
Hi everyone,
You are all the most amazing costume sleuths I have ever known! The links and
colour info are just wonderful, and all these details! Wow!
I promise I will post pics of the result. I may try
Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble
Hi everyone,
You are all the most amazing costume sleuths I have ever known! The links
and colour info are just wonderful, and all these details! Wow!
I promise I will post pics of the result. I may try making the black gown
too--watching Minerva
well, that's a relief, actually, because the only thing I could find at
"simplicity 3076" was some 1930?'s vintage women's slips! thanks!!
about the 2529 pattern being out of print? I just called my local Joanne's and
indeed, that pattern isn't in the drawer and isn't in the current book, BUT!
On Sep 16, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Kathryn Pinner wrote:
> At one time, Joann's carried a white silk that was pin-tucked like that and
> silk takes dye.
>
>
If you try this, buy 1/8 of a yard first and do a test dye. It's possible,
even probable, that the pin tucks are sewn in polyester thread t
Good point, that, and probably the one thing I forget (then have a
d'oh! moment afterwards!) just about every time I dye something. I'll
give it a shot, see what happens, and continue searching for the
perfect colour even if not tucked. A dye experiment does sound like
fun, that's for sure.
Noth
pattern arrived today. looks like the principle is basically building in an
up-turn with shaped parts of a yoke, from which various front and back panels
depend in the center, and the "sleeve" panels of the cape are attached to the
"points".
So, as long as you can pull up the web-page, and the
I bought the discontinued Simplicity 2529 both for the Yule outfit and
just to have it, because though I would "probably" never use it "as
is" you never know, just as you said, when some interesting chance
might arise! :)
Now to have fun with muslin, trying to get that peak into the top of a
slee
I also noted a BUNCH of interlining mentioned, it probably will be stiff as a
board by the time all layers are in place. which it would need to be, to deal
with the gathered-on "sleeve-ish"es.
On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Sharon Henderson wrote:
> I bought the discontinued Simplicity 2529 bo
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