[Noisebridge-discuss] decorating oddly-shaped spandex?

Wed Apr 21 18:09:53 UTC 2010

Interesting, but I think perhaps too limited for my grandiose,
over-reaching, world-dominating aims. How about embroidery? Could one use a
stretchy thread to machine embroider a spandex garment? Do we have a sewing
machine pre-programmed for sigils to summon eldritch horrors, or are they
all pretty much restricted to button-holes? I'm visualizing a pattern of
runes around my face which I'll claim are mystical, healing, and/or
protective but are really selected purely to look cool and mysterious.

Some crude measurements suggest that the spandex section wrapping around my
face stretches by around 15-18% when donned; the wrapper around my neck by
10-12%. Is that embroidable without having the stitched runes tear holes
under tension? The spandex is pretty thin, but I can't offhand think of a
way of measuring it - it's way thicker than even the heaviest denier tights,
but not as thick as normal cotton clothing.

And yes, these things are reasonably inexpensive, so I can destroy them
without added heartburn.

m.

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:

> Fortuitously this was just on the front page of Instructables:
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Screenprinting-Easy-Detailed-Inexpensive/
>
> This is the simplest of all the silk-screen processes I've ever read
> about.  I haven't done any myself though so can't personally guarantee
> results.  I'd totally be up for messing around with screen printing at
> NB over the course of a couple days, though; I've been meaning to try
> this for ages.
>
> I can expand a bit on the notion Sean touched on about stretchiness.
> There is a range of material available to decorate fabrics.  At one end
> are inks or dyes which will sink into the fiber and dye it, and be
> completely stretchy with the fabric.  At the other end are paints, or
> colored glues, that sit on top of the fabric and won't stretch
> significantly, but will be visible on dark or black fabric even if they
> are much lighter.  The former seems better for your purposes but you may
> want to consider starting with a white garment and dying the background
> black around whatever design you end up with.
>
> Rachel
>
> Mikolaj Habryn wrote:
> > The stretching pattern is largely predictable, though -
> > http://www.makemeheal.com/mmh/product.do?id=10064 is an example of the
> kind
> > of thing I have in mind. My foremost random idea involves printing a
> > subcutaneous musculature design that would sit in about the right place.
> >
> > Also, what happened to all those kawaii flu masks that were everywhere a
> few
> > years ago? Combining a nicely printed one of those with the above would
> be
> > great, although at that point a ninja theme might be less disturbing than
> > pure anatomy.
> >
> > m.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I think a print is could hose you bad...just trying to plan for the
> >> stretching and pulling will be a nightmare...even before the washing.
> Think
> >> tattoo on some 90 year old boobs.
> >>
> >> Why not try something that sits on top of the fabric but has its own
> >> backing - stickers/patches (maybe?) To do pinstripes, maybe consider
> that
> >> weird puffy paint shit (i.e.
> >>
> http://www.ssww.com/item/color-splash-puffy-paint-PT3378/?cm_mmc=Data%20Feeds-_-Froogle-_-CMB-_-PT3378&cid=900&aid=FRG
> ).
> >> You'll be able to apply it like makeup after your face thingy is already
> >> stretched out to avoid all the problems with trying to make your
> pinstripes
> >> straight when the garmet is in non-spandex mode. Is the spandex thingy
> >> expendable? Like, could you buy another if one got toasted? This is the
> big
> >> problem you could hit with stitching...after several tense to relax
> >> movements (*snicker*), the garment could get shredded.
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> >> ...whose underwear is always in non-spandex mode
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm keen on a some kind of digital print process that will survive
> washing
> >>> and on a stretch fabric. Does such a thing exist?
> >>>
> >>> m.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Well, silkscreen seems the most obvious thing.  Of course, it's not
> great
> >>>> for a one-off.  (Why doesn't Noisebridge have a logo silkscreen yet?)
>  You
> >>>> could probably do something interesting and artistic with fabric
> paints like
> >>>> these:
> >>>> http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2518921-AA.shtml
> >>>>
> >>>> Christie
> >>>> _______
> >>>> "We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small
> shell
> >>>> scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17
> >>>>
> >>>> The outer bounds is only the beginning.
> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm going to be wearing a "facial garment" that looks somewhat like
> this
> >>>>> -
> >>>>>
> https://id217.chi.us.securedata.net/fstubbs.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=11_12-
> >>>>> for a number of months. While they do apparently come in black, I
> can't help
> >>>>> but feel that being able to print onto them would be brilliant. Are
> there
> >>>>> processes that work onto such things?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm imagining everything from basic pin-stripe patterns through to
> >>>>> anatomically accurate windows into musculature layout, or shapelock
> horns
> >>>>> attached, mohawks, pinhead rigs, you name it. What are the easy
> places to
> >>>>> start, given that I know thing (I say, *nothing*) about crafty
> things?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> m.
> >>>>>
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