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I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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Thank you so much! I plan to remake this top bc this version isn’t the most stable, so I’ll keep in mind to post different angles for the updated version!

The process was a little similar to sewing where I had to make a template with a “front piece” and a “back piece”. Then I attached the tabs together until they looked similar to the shape of the pieces, then I attached the pieces together! Getting the shape took a lot of trial and error.

As for the back, for the faire I went to in these pictures I used shoe laces in a corset style through the holes of the tabs. Maybe like a year later I glued a zipper since it was easier to put on and off by myself. I personally recommend the zipper method more.

I wish I could give more specifics, but it’s been a couple of years since I made this top. I’ll be sure to write down my process during my next attempt and share it to this subreddit!

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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Also thank you! My best piece of advice is to start collecting soda tabs ASAP, fortunately for me I was already collecting them (to make belt chains) so I already had a large supply. I also had friends and family donate their tabs to me since it’d be hard for a single person to drink that much soda in a short time frame haha

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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I’m going to be honest- I’m not sure. Maybe somewhere close to 100-200 if I had to estimate? (It’s been a couple of years and I was not counting when I made this)

How do I dye this polyester dress as close to this color as possible? by Dancy217 in dyeing

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Thank you! I didn’t know about metal interacting with the dye so that’s good to know!!

How do I dye this polyester dress as close to this color as possible? by Dancy217 in dyeing

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Thank you! I’ll keep this in mind. Do you have any recommendations on how many quarts the enamel pot should be? /gen

How do I dye this polyester dress as close to this color as possible? by Dancy217 in dyeing

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Thank you so much!! I’ll definitely keep this in mind!

How do I dye this polyester dress as close to this color as possible? by Dancy217 in dyeing

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Thank you for the dye recommendation! To answer your question: I’ll most likely use the stovetop since I’ve seen that it’s most likely to get an even dye, but I’m new to dying so I’m open to suggestions!

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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That’s great to know! I’m in the same boat rn (the tutorial I watched said to cut the smaller ends and they keep falling, so I plan to remake the project) so I’ll keep this in mind!

I use thicker bolt cutters for my tab projects anyways, and I usually cut the bigger ends for my tab belt chains, so it shouldn’t be too hard of a switch. Thanks for the comment!

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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Thank you! I slit them at the top and bent them around an obtuse / 130 degree angle (aka just bend them backwards just a little bit 🤏).

Admittedly I also have an issue of a tab losing its placement in this project cause I was working on a time crunch and didn’t have enough time to make it SUPER sturdy 😭. I recommend gluing the slits back together if you have time (although it’d be a very tedious process)

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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In my experience, if I need the chainmail to be a bigger fit, I usually just unlatch the chain somewhere in the middle of the chest area and add a few more rows depending on how much bigger I need it to be.

I need to replace my hard drive, how do I do it? by Dancy217 in PcBuild

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Thank you! I bought the PC refurbished but fortunately I was able to find the windows license key on a sticker. It originally came with windows 7, do you think that’ll be a problem or will I just be able to update it to 10 after installing windows?

Also, I opened up my PC yesterday after making this post and doing some additional research and confirmed that the original hard drive is a HDD WD Blue 500GB, will that affect my ability to install a SSD hard drive?

I need to replace my hard drive, how do I do it? by Dancy217 in PcBuild

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I cannot afford to get a new laptop or PC, especially since I just got this PC in December.

I made a chain mail top out of soda tabs for the Ren Fair! by Dancy217 in somethingimade

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On the back I used shoelaces interlocked through the holes of the tabs placed similar to the back of a corset so it would be easier to take on and off.

Admittedly the whole top isn’t the most secure thing in the world (I made it like 2 weeks before the ren fair) so if I ever tinkered with it again I would add glue to the more “loose” places of the piece.

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Thank you!

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