rk.purcell

Whats is the best/fastest way to put cones on ?

and any other tips for a fellow anishnabe kwe... Thanks

WocusWoman

Buy all your double fold bias tape. Lay it out, make tiny marks, on the inside, where you will place your jingles, about 1/2 to 3/4 inch apart. Decide what length of bias your jingles will be on, like mine were on 4 inch length. Cut out all the bias, so if you have 300 cones, you will need 300(4 inch) lengths of bias. Remember that each end will need to be knotted, so the jingle can be pushed down near it and crimped. Then you take each one of these by the top end, line it up on the inside of your length of double fold bias where you marked it and sew down, keep repeating this with all your jingles until you have the length you need for the front or back of your dress. After all jingles are tacked down, you let the top fold of that length cover the top side and then sew that down carefully so it looks finished nice. Once you have the correct amount of jingles attached and sewn together, place it on the dress and sew down.

NCheyGirl21

When I danced jingle and made my dresses. I bought double folded bias tape and sewed that on the dress in my design. Then I bought the single folded bias tape and I would cut that 4 inches long and then tie a knot all the end of it and then put it in the jingle and then I would crimp it down and sew it inside the double folded bias tape. The double folded bias tape had an inside and I put the single folded inside the double folded and it always turned out very nice for me.

Czechy

Wow, four-inch tabs are kinda long. I make my tabs 1" to 1.25" long.

Here's what I do which I believe produces a neat yet efficient process. Take the bias tape your cones will hang on. Thread on about 20-30 cones at one end. Take a cone and slide it down to the other end of your tape.
Tie the knot.
Crimp the cone.
Pull up on the tape to snug the knot.
Lay the cone down next to a ruler and snip the tape at the length you want.
Then tie a knot in the cut end of the tape and slide the next cone down and repeat the process. This method is quite fast and uses up every inch of tape with no waste.

For attaching the cones to the dress itself, I prefer evenness and neatness over speed. I first sew down onto the dress the top edges of each row of tape which will cover the tops of the tabs. I used to mark the inside of the tape for cone placement but sometimes those marks are hard to see so now I just place pins along the top border of the tape edge I have sewn down. At each pin, I insert a cone tab and sew down the lower border of the covering tape. That's it!

Singing Otter

I really like this idea. Definitely going to try it out. I ended up cutting my bias in 2.5 inch strips, knotting, threading, then crimping. Looked just as good but it took waaaaaaay longer than the method you described.

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Smeshigaud

That's how I did it. After I got the first one done I used that as my guide cone and just went from there. It was MUCH quicker and easy to do. Roobz is the one who told me how she does so I just copied her. LOL And my tabs are only an inch.

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rk.purcell

where is the best place to creat a part in the dress so when i sit down i am not sitting on my cones. How do most Kwe's go about that situation?

Czechy

There are a couple ways you can keep from sitting on your cones.

1) Wear leggings or biking shorts. This option is easy but considered borderline indecent but some. But a few dancers do use this method, simply hitching up the entire lower portion of their dress before sitting down. Some then cover their exposed legs with a shawl or blanket but yikes, in the summer that would be hot. Better yet is to....

2) Make your dress with an underskirt (either attached to your dress or separate). The underskirt can be plain or decorated but will usually not have jingles on it except perhaps right around the hem. To sit, you would pull up the overskirt and sit on this underskirt.

3) Make a cobbler-apron style of overdress where the front and back are flaps open at the sides so you can lift up the back one to sit down.

rk.purcell

Holy Wha... thanks for all the help, I greatly appreciate all of it. You all are kind and helpful. chi megwetch -Rhonda

rk.purcell

I know its recommended to use 1/2 inch double side bias tape for the border where you attach the tabs to, but what size bias tape do you actually use to hold the jingle to the 1/2 inch bias tape?

and... if i am using a sterdy satin and i plan on using 365 jingles, is it best to sew the satin in also with the kahki denim that i'm using for my backing? Should i be using more reinforcements? any suggestions?

rk.purcell

I've done applique before on regalia but i havent yet done it on a jingle dress till now. What is the best way to go about putting applique on a jingle dress so it tight and stays on?