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Tutorial: Lame Trim
By taeliac
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EDIT: Was supposed to be lamé for the title, but apparently, the é was not acceptable... go figure. So, you're stuck with the title of "LAME trim".
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Okay, here is another one of those "hey, I'm doing this right now, I wonder if anyone is interested in this being a tutorial? I mind-as-well take pictures just in case it helps."
Working with lamé trim can be a pain, but not impossible. Just remember, the larger the size of the piece you're working with (i.e. trim versus a skirt), the more wrinkled it will get, and the easier it will be to screw it up.
I personally don't like lamé except under certain circumstances - I love it as trim, so long as it behaves. There are many other alternatives out there, though, so I suggest that if lamé is giving you a hard time, look around and see what else there is that is shiny
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I still think I get too wordy with tutorials, but ah well. You'll have to deal with it
Please forgive the horrible, horrible drawings, too. I can't help it - I only have a touch-pad to draw with at the moment, and there is so very little you can do with them...
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Okay, here is another one of those "hey, I'm doing this right now, I wonder if anyone is interested in this being a tutorial? I mind-as-well take pictures just in case it helps."
Working with lamé trim can be a pain, but not impossible. Just remember, the larger the size of the piece you're working with (i.e. trim versus a skirt), the more wrinkled it will get, and the easier it will be to screw it up.
I personally don't like lamé except under certain circumstances - I love it as trim, so long as it behaves. There are many other alternatives out there, though, so I suggest that if lamé is giving you a hard time, look around and see what else there is that is shiny

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I still think I get too wordy with tutorials, but ah well. You'll have to deal with it


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I agree with your friend - whenever I go shopping and need something shiny, I always pass right by the lame with a repulsed look on my face. But this makes it seem more reasonable!
Please keep up the "oh I just thought I'd take pics while I'm making this" tutorials! They are so helpful!
And I don't think they're too wordy - I think they're hilarious, actually!
p.s. I found you through ACParadise. I was thinking of suggesting a "tutorials" section for their forums, what do you think?
Please keep up the "oh I just thought I'd take pics while I'm making this" tutorials! They are so helpful!
And I don't think they're too wordy - I think they're hilarious, actually!

p.s. I found you through ACParadise. I was thinking of suggesting a "tutorials" section for their forums, what do you think?


I'll definitely keep up with those! I have a couple more on my hard drive now, and I'm hoping to get them up soon, too

Ah! I haven't been on the ACP forums for ... ever, it seems! It's just so hard to keep up with all of them (and, it seems cosplay forums tend to breed drama, so I avoid that when I can



I usually back my lamé with fusible interfacing so it's a little stiffer and easier to work with. It still frays like a bitch, though, so the serging the ends is a neat idea. I wish I had thought to do that on my Fire Emblem costumes sooner. Soooo many hours wasted folding moar to combat fraying edges.

Great tutorial (only just spotted it - too busy looking at other stuff I suppose) I don't think your tutorials are too wordy - but I think I'm guilty of being wordy myself 
In the UK and France there's a great alternative to lame (I don't know how to create the accent without digging out my ascii codes
) It's a fine jersey (so it has a slight stretch - too much though and you wreck the fabric) with an ultra shiny coating of something that's not disimilar to PVC (but it's very thin so the fabric drapes beautifully) It hates hot irons, doesn't like being laundered much and tumble drying is a definate no no. It's much easier to use than lame, doesn't wrinkle anything like as much and doesn't have threads that snap - oh and it's not scratchy either 
I've used it for some things - it has different properties and different applications but for shiny shiny trim it's fab!

In the UK and France there's a great alternative to lame (I don't know how to create the accent without digging out my ascii codes


I've used it for some things - it has different properties and different applications but for shiny shiny trim it's fab!

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