Two years ago, Sharon helped me make a skirt for Dickens Fair. I wore it with a white blouse (boring!) I needed to make a bodice to go with it.Anya had a pattern that was the wrong size for her, so she gave it to me. I found that I did not have enough matching fabric to make the whole bodice, so with Sharon's advice, I decided to cut off the bottom of my skirt (gasp!) to make the sleeves for the bodice.
I found a bed ruffle at Savers that was the same gold color as the stripe in my skirt, and sewed it to the bottom. Then I found some old curtains at Savers with this really great tassel fringe on them.
I'm going to use the curtain fabric (sans fringe) to make a 50s dance dress (the pattern for which I won on ebay for 10 bucks.) I also got some old pink curtains which I am using to make a cartridge-pleated skirt (to go with the white blouse) for the Victorian Picnic that I hope will happen again this year.
It's beautiful! And, I love that you didn't even buy new material; you used used stuff from Savers!
ReplyDeleteThat is EXTREMELY cool! Honestly, I'm blown away! Have you considered getting into costume design?
ReplyDeleteI am proud of myself, but my efforts are embarrassingly pedestrian compared to tons of other costumers at Dickens. And after all the work that goes into making them, I could never actually give them up to someone else. Sort of why I also could never be a surrogate mother. That and all the throwing up.
ReplyDeletethat totally blows away the poodle skirt I made (well, cat skirt). I know what you mean about giving it away. Quilting,to me, islike sex. It's a nice thing to do for someone you love, but I couldn't do it for money.
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