So . . . . this is Part 2, the second try to make a Ball gown out of the top of this dress. In the last post I had detached the bodice from the skirt (and used the skirt for the other project). I had also added some black lace in the process. I…
We have sent out the call for donations for the show, and I have had a number of dresses donated which is really awesome. I want to make a point of using them if at all possible. Some may be disguised beyond recognition, which is OK too. If I have contact information for the…
The Prince is giving a Ball, and EVERYONE is invited . . . therefore, EVERYONE needs something to wear! We were fortunate to be able to inexpensively rent the majority of the costumes for the guys at the ball. That still leaves about 40 girls to dress. My plan is to upcycle old Prom and…
It feels like it has been WAY too long since my last post . . . largely because that means that no costume sewing has been happening in my life, which means no “me” time :(. I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for my current time-sink…
Sleeping Beauty is one of the classic “Princess” characters. I have had her dress on my “list” for awhile, and several years ago (years!!! gulp) I had a really fun Prom dress with a multi-color tulle skirt in shades of pinks, purples and blues that would have made a pretty fabulous “Fairy-fight” costume. However, it…
Every costume starts somewhere . . .either with a picture, a vision in your head, or an inspiration. This post is about a costume that started with an inspiration. I was browsing a thrift store one day and found this set of four awesome valances: They were a little faded here and there, but overall,…
Rapunzel is a relatively “new” Princess on the scene. While I imagined Rapunzel as being defined by her long hair . . . I was quickly corrected by my (much) younger and more “in touch” daughter, lol. Rapunzel, as presented in the popular animated movie “Tangled”, wears a purple and pink dress. She DOES have…
A “little blue dress” is to Fairy tales what a “little black dress” is to cocktail parties . . . it is highly favored by Belle, Little Red Riding Hood, Dorothy, Alice, Cinderella and even Jasmine & Ariel wear variations on the theme. So, for a generic dress-with-no-specific purpose, choosing blue seemed like a good…
This was a project that went TOTALLY astray, lol. If you’ve been following along you know I’ve been making “Fairytale”/Cinderella dresses. In the last post I had a red skirt that was a combination of two skirts–one ruched and one not–and I wanted to try to do a variation on that using a different ruched…
Wait? Was there a Red Dress #1 post? Well, sort of. It melded in with Gray Dress #2. So . . . there was this really fun red skirt: and this leftover top: Which just seemed like something pretty easy to finish (a quick row of stitching across the bottom) and now it was time…
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