The theme for dressing Charlotte in this show was “more”, and her Ball Gown needed to be reflective of that. On the flip side, it also needed to be in line with the rest of the cast, and not obnoxious in a distasteful way. We began with this Prom dress: The dress was a strapless,…
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…
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…
So . . . .for some reason, I didn’t take the “before” pictures of this dress. I was really pushing to get dresses done the day I was working on this one, and I think I got distracted. So, apologies for that, but I think you will be able to get the idea. This Prom…
This next dress is another one I found on a Buy/Sell/Trade site. The Dad selling them told me that his daughter is 27, so I guess this dress is between 9-11 years old. It is a beige tulle halter top ball-gown style dress. It has a lot of very nice beading and sequins on the…
When this dress was donated my daughter and I immediately dubbed it the “Candyland Dress”. The large sequins and bright colors just make a person happy 🙂 The first thing we did, however, was very carefully cut the large sequins off. My daughter slit the sequins to the hole, and then removed them, being careful…
The dresses I have been working on previously have been for the chorus members who are in the opening of the ball (the “Gavotte”) and the middle (the “Ridicule”). This dress is for one of the dancers who will be dancing the “Cinderella Waltz” and the “Ten Minutes Ago Reprise”. I am dressing this…
If you’ve been following my ball gown creation endeavors, you know that most of the gowns I have made have been a combination of two or three different dresses. This project was a little different in that I only used one dress plus some additional fabric. The dress I found was a royal blue, very…
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