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therubberroom asked: I absolutely love your work and really enjoy reading your blog here but this isn't the place for me to gush over it. I recently got into latex clothing making but I am having a horrid time working with curved seams. Are there any tips you can offer to a new crafter that would make this process easier?

Sure!  Start here:
http://makinglatexclothing.com/2009/02/how-to-glue-straight-and-curved-seams-tutorial/

Some of the information (about glue especially) is different from how we do things.  There are regional differences between North American rubber crafters and European.

There are a lot of different ways to work on a curved seam, some people stretch the top part while the bottom layer is laying flat on the table.   I personally like to run the curved seams off the table with the seams running along my index fingers of each hand and slowly rolling them into each other with my hands in a reverse prayer position.  (see my next post for a video of this)

In the end, you’ll need to try a bunch of curved seams and discover which technique works best for you.

Short tips:

  • Mark your seam allowance with gel pen.  This helps keep your seam from varying in width.  I do dots every 1/2” or so.
  • Aim for a seam allowance mark at least an inch away from where you are currently sticking down your seam.  This will help steer your curve.
  • Remember that one layer will end up stretching as you make the seam.  This will ultimately shape the final part (with a concave or convex shape depending on if you stretch the top or bottom of the garment)
  • If you stretch one part as you make the curved seam, it’s seam length will increase… you may need to account for this in your pattern, or try to stretch both top and bottom equally. 
  • Take your time and work on latex when you are in a good mood.  If you are tired or frustrated it will show in your work.

There are workshops by Ego Assassin clothing… and they are also working on a series of video tutorials (coming out about one every 2 months).

Best of luck, and welcome to the latex crafting club!  It’s fun.

~Matt.


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A nice article about getting started in making latex by Mistress Calico: Visit her Blog for the full article
I started making latex clothing out of stubbornness. Surprise, right? I didn’t like its expensive, impractical and finicky reputation. In particular I took offense to the notion that it could only be made by skilled craftspeople working in top-secret European laboratories…
She is working with sheeting from mixed sources including www.sheetlatex.com (pictured: Metallic Mocha 0.45mm and Transparent Natural 0.45mm dress)

A nice article about getting started in making latex by Mistress Calico: Visit her Blog for the full article

I started making latex clothing out of stubbornness. Surprise, right? I didn’t like its expensive, impractical and finicky reputation. In particular I took offense to the notion that it could only be made by skilled craftspeople working in top-secret European laboratories…

She is working with sheeting from mixed sources including www.sheetlatex.com (pictured: Metallic Mocha 0.45mm and Transparent Natural 0.45mm dress)

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LASER UPDATE: Mini Project - Stars and Star-Trim

We have been playing with getting the settings just right for our new laser cutter in preparation for offering custom laser cutting services to anyone who wants to add amazing latex overlays to their work.

We now fully understand why so few laser cutting businesses will cut latex for designers…  The smoke is very stinky (we have a multi-thousand dollar filtration system in place to scrub the air to clean and breathable again) and the latex leaves a goopy residue on the sheeting and the laser bed when cut.  So there is set up, clean up, and equipment needs to cut latex properly.  Not every laser cutting house will be able to handle this, or want to do the work once they know how tricky it is.

That said, we’ve got it pretty much nailed down now.  We are just working on the details for setting pricing for custom work and developing some stock overlays for general sale.  We should have that online in the next week.

Wooo!

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Made my first items, all thanks to elasticaengineering.com!

Thanks so much! Because of what you do, this is now what I can do!

I have four more yards of latex on the way! Weeeee!

(Those are hearts.) :D

Note from Elastica Engineering: We’re always super happy to see people all proud of their projects in latex!  Great job on everything!

A great place to get started with making latex?  Our latex crafting kit!

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