I started my Orphan Dress series using a flowy summer top and a casual short sleeved man’s shirt. This made a dress in the size 8 range. For my next project I wanted to make something a big larger. I am guessing this would be more in the 12-14 range. Length is obviously a limiting factor…
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…
Directions on how to make a no-pattern adjustable size poet shirt.
A jabot is a ruffle or frill that is worn at the neckline and is typically made of lace. They can either be ruffles on either side of the shirt opening, or a separate piece. They are a quick way to add a period feel to an outfit. Our high school does some costume…
There’s nothing like a good cape. It swirls. It flows. It billows around with movement. It can be playful . . mysterious . . . evil . . . elegant. . . heroic. It can be a statement of wealth or an indication of poverty. Above all, though, it takes you to a…
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…
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