In search of the ELUSIVE Pirates: OST Waistcoat Fabric(s) for D-I-Yers

[sparrowed]

I started this thread for people who actually want to try to locate the On Stranger Tides Jack Sparrow (and/or the Angelica paisley) waistcoat fabric, for fabrication of their own OST vests/waistcoats/corsets, (or pillows, sofa covers, ...whatever.)
There's a thread on another popular forum which is also searching, but that thread seems to get sidetracked frequently from the task at hand which is trying to locate these elusive fabrics. I hope this thread doesn't have the same problem. *crosses fingers*

Brief history...
Last summer Jack vest fabric was located at FabricGuru, but in red (clay).

No information was available, and mysteriously all that fabric was bought in a matter of days. Since then, there have been a few people making the new vests and selling them but those people will not sell just the fabric...hence this thread.

So shall we begin? Click here

EDIT: As far as the Angelica paisley...Nothing has been found whatsoever except for some "close enoughs"

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

Sparrowed for those economy costumers, we should also post "close second" finds.

But darn if it all, there "seems" to be two vests, the vest in the top pic that looks like satin with gold thread...we'll call this "evil jack"

Large: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5370885985_717fecdf29_b.jpg

and the second one with Penelope which looks like his older material with a "shudder" darker thread. "good jack"

Large: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5388870954_7cc98f61d6_b.jpg

 

[SithsPadawan]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

apparently a friend of mine has this in Black
she said that she will look for the blue cause apparently she has seen it in the Fabric district of LA
but she said she wouldn't tell me where to get it annoyingly

 

[sparrowed]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

Sounds good, Mojo. :thumbsup

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

Connor do you have a swatch of the "good stuff"

 

[sparrowed]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

apparently a friend of mine has this in Black
she said that she will look for the blue cause apparently she has seen it in the Fabric district of LA
but she said she wouldn't tell me where to get it annoyingly

Wwwwwhhhhhaaaaat??

 

[Risu]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

apparently a friend of mine has this in Black
she said that she will look for the blue cause apparently she has seen it in the Fabric district of LA
but she said she wouldn't tell me where to get it annoyingly

That's not a friend, just to let you know.

 

[paplooo]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

No .. mojo, is the same waistcoat.. just really dirty.. weathered
that happened when you put grey spray on silk...

 

[paplooo]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

also let me clrear something:
All the costumes heroes, stand-in-photo doubles, stunts etc etc.. are made exact the same .. they call "hero 1..or 2 - 3 etc etc" just cos the main character is using it., most of the time , or close ups..so they put more emphasis on the details..
for example i saw 3 "jacks" on the set..1 day... JD.. and 2 more.. and the costume was exact the same.

 

[Shylaah]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

You probably should put Jack Sparrow in the title, as there is also Angelica's vest fabric being searched for........

Dragging this over here from my post in another thread to save some typing time.

I bought a yard of the stuff on a just because I didn't want to later have 'didn't buy' remorse, and so I'd have it to take around on searching expeditions. So if there is anything about it or any questions about it that you think I might be able to tell you or answer from having it here to look at and examine, please ask.

For those who didn't save the info, or anyone just now joining the hunt,
here is the only information Fabric guru had on the stuff.

Code: 151431.2
Product: High End Embroidered Silk Drapery or Light Duty Upholstery Fabric in Clay
Storage Loc.: E14
Unit Price:$14.99

Everyone calls it red, but Clay is the color it was listed as.

Shylaah

I have taken the fabric around to some high end stores here in the Houston area. Have been told by their "resident experts" that the base fabric is silk dupioni.

Silk dupioni is woven with two colors of fibers and that gives it that every changing sheen. It needs to be dry cleaned to perserve that, washing it will certainly dumb down the shimmerness of it. This particular Clay color has dark orange terra cotta colored lenthwise threads and medium gold (not metalic) crosswise threads.

A lot of inquires have been made using the picture from fabricguru, and many are being replied to that this is a brocade fabric. It is not. The designs on brocade are woven in via extra weft thread that are raised and lowered differently from the regular weft threads to create a design IN the weave.

This fabric from fabricguru is definitely embroidered, no doubt about it. And it is completely reversible, looks EXACTLY the same on both sides. It does not have a wrong side.

From my burn test, it seems the dark redish brown threads making the design is also silk. It MIGHT have a bit of cotton in it, I thought I detected a bit of that paper smell, but it is definite 100% natural fiber, no synthetic in it--no melty plastic globs in the ash.

Here are some pics I took a couple of weeks ago, they were rushed and are not the greatest, but do get the point/s across....


This one shows that two different embroideries on it, the thin zigzag-ish pattern and the heavier one
http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580167/vest-fabric-1.jpg

This is showing both sides of the fabric, how it is completely reversible.

http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580137/vest-fabric2.jpg

This is an awful picture, but you can see the size and density of the threads......
http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580142/vest-fabric3.jpg

Another trying to show the size of the weave and embroidery threads....and not very successful....
http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580454/vest-fabric-4.jpg


these last two are pics I captured from fabricguru before they "ran out" of the stuff and took the pics away.
They are better than the ones I took except maybe for some details in my two close-ups???


Their close up
http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580132/vest-fabric-from-site.jpg

Their wide shot, shows measurements so you can kinda figure the pattern repeat.

http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/34580170/vest-fabric-from-site-pattern-repeat.jpg

When Sparrowed first posted the picture of the fabric and the link, I went and ordered a yard of it. When you order fabrics online, they usually send you a little over the exact yardage, so this piece is really about 40 inches.......and 1 yard is more than I'd ever need if I ever decided to strip and dye this puppy and go for making an OST vest......which I really have no desire to do......

SO......if anyone willing to help in the search wants a sample to have in hand to take with you to fabric stores and warehouses to show them what you are looking for, and take also a print out picture of it so they can see the whole pattern........and promise to SHARE the information if you find the fabric or anything at all about it..................then.............
If you'll send me an SASE, I'll send out little snippets till the 4 inch overage is gone. PM me for a mailing addy.

Okay, I gotta get off here. I have a VERY IMPORTANT after dinner date that I absolutely can't be late for!! :lol

Happy Huntin' Y'all..............

Shylaah

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

No .. mojo, is the same waistcoat.. just really dirty.. weathered
that happened when you put grey spray on silk...

there goes my back to the future cross over idea....

 

[aelynn000]

Re: In search of the ELUSIVE OST Vest Fabric for D-I-Yers

I think this music is more inspirational!

LET'S DO THIS THING!!!

edit: can this just be THE elusive OST vest fabric thread? for Jack AND Angelica....since they both seem to have elusive vest fabrics... but we know the paisley was discontinued... ERGH...

 

[sparrowed]

I think this music is more inspirational!

LET'S DO THIS THING!!!

edit: can this just be THE elusive OST vest fabric thread? for Jack AND Angelica....since they both seem to have elusive vest fabrics... but we know the paisley was discontinued... ERGH...

Here, here! *raises a tankard while doing the champs dance*
Most certainly, I don't see why that would be a problem...?
...However I will be posting the (Angelica) rendering (for printing) in the other thread.
BTW, Shylaah, did you get the fabric swatches I sent???

I also wanted to mention JAB...Cross them off the list. I got a reply back, and again NADA.

Jochen Treder, 02-11-11

Hello
thank you very much for your interest in our fabrics.
Unfortunately we do not carry this fabric.
Best Regards
JAB ANSTOETZ
Jochen Treder

 

[Risu]

Shylaah, you've got a PM coming your way, I might be able to help track the stuff down.

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

ok, so maybe the fabric from FG is not a brocade, but does that mean for certain that Jack's is not?

 

[aelynn000]

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shall we divide the list alphabetically and send out mass emails? LOL

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

Ill take U - Z

 

[aelynn000]

Ill take U - Z

Haha!

I fired off a few emails to some of the bigger suppliers that buy out closeouts... maybe in some dark little corner of their warehouse they will find what we need!

 

[Mojo_Turbo]

Im also always open to a road trip to the garment district...but its so hit n miss there

 

[aelynn000]

I only have 1 fabric store near me...2 but the other is run by a scary mean man and he STARES you down while you're in there.

I'm about 2 hrs from Toronto where I could lurk the fabric district but I'm too scared to drive in snowy conditions...maybe/hopefully before the movie, though!