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Fontange...sort of
Nov. 8th, 2016 05:22 pmI was so pleased the other day when I finished wiring my fontange and thought it was complete.
Nope. It wire is too heavy and pulls the whole thing down. I know it's supposed to tip forward quite a bit, but it's not supposed to lay flat on the top of my head so I need to figure out how to fix it.
The tutorial I followed didn't address this issue, and it used 16 gauge wire so my 19 gauge wire should be lighter weight than the tutorial! Either I need a hairstyle that is very solid in front of the headdress or I need to do something different. I think they're supposed to be made of wire so switching to reeds for stiffening sounds like the wrong answer. The only other alternative I can think of is to poke the wires out the bottom and bend them so that I can pin them under the cap.
Any suggestions?
Nope. It wire is too heavy and pulls the whole thing down. I know it's supposed to tip forward quite a bit, but it's not supposed to lay flat on the top of my head so I need to figure out how to fix it.
The tutorial I followed didn't address this issue, and it used 16 gauge wire so my 19 gauge wire should be lighter weight than the tutorial! Either I need a hairstyle that is very solid in front of the headdress or I need to do something different. I think they're supposed to be made of wire so switching to reeds for stiffening sounds like the wrong answer. The only other alternative I can think of is to poke the wires out the bottom and bend them so that I can pin them under the cap.
Any suggestions?
