Toward the end, as I was running short of time, sleeve puffs became one of my favored “quick fix” additions to Prom dresses. Some of the dresses also were really just fine as-is, and didn’t need major overhauls. As community members saw some “sneak peak” posts on social media and heard about what we we…
Cinderella = Glass Slippers. There isn’t a whole lot you can do to avoid them. The question is . . what exactly does a glass slipper LOOK like? And where do you get one? And how important are they? The easiest answer is to google glass slippers, and you come up with a couple of…
What would YOU wear to cover your ball gown when going to the ball? Well, a voluminous, flowy cape of course! Knowing it would take a TON of fabric to make a floor length cape to cover a ball gown, and having a real dislike of doing more work than I need to . .…
The Ball in “Cinderella” begins as a masked affair. The Prince is wearing a white mask, and Gabrielle a pink mask. Sebastian and Madame plot for them to meet based on the color of the masks. I needed around 40 masks for the Gavotte dancers and the wallflowers. I wanted ones that had fairly large…
One of the last dresses I had donated was a lovely lemon yellow Prom dress. The dress had a very thin halter top strap. The bodice was covered with a layer of mesh tulle embroidered with sequins and beads. The top layer of tulle had some beading and sequins. The dress had a side zip.…
I am almost getting to the end of the Cinderella Waltz dancers. I put these eight girls in pastels and tried to make their dresses fairly homogeneous. This next dress wasn’t my first choice, but I was running out of time and options. I began with this older Prom dress: The lack of a…
My second dress for the wedding was amazingly quick and easy. I began with a pale tan sheath-style dress, with an almost-corset look top. I took a pair of lace curtains and stitched them together. I measured the skirt length, and folded the top edge of the curtains over at that length. I ran a…
The musical of “Cinderella” (Broadway version) ends with a grand wedding. The Broadway production has a wonderful finale full of pomp & circumstance, and the entire cast is dressed in their wedding finest. These costumes are in shades of whites & soft neutrals. Obviously, we have neither the funds, the time nor the logistics to…
I have been having a really fun time making ballgowns (it would be MORE fun if I weren’t quite so pressured for time lol). The intellectual and creative challenge of being given a dress and “told” to create something is rather addictive. I have likened it to non-sewers as similar to the Food Challenge shows…
This dress started with a marvelous find at a local thrift store. I wish I had taken a picture before I ever started, but I didn’t. This is the original dress . . minus one part. The dress is aqua and gold. The top is lace which is embellished with sequins and beads. It has…
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