Happy Belated Halloween

Hello

It has been far to long since I posted anything, but alas life and been busy and time has been short.

Here is a picture of the finished Sleeping Beauty dress for my niece and the Cinderella dress on my other niece

Lovely <3

I am starting a ½ scale reproduction in about 2 weeks so I will try to post pictures as I sew along.

The gown I am reproducing is an 1868 French Court dress worn by a Wealthy American Lady upon her introduction to Napoleon the 3rd's Court.

Here is a picture 

Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum

Isn't it Pretty ^_^

Hit a few bumps...

Progress on the dress has not been going very good... I have been working on it almost everyday, but a couple of problems have arose >.<

The main problem I am having is the decorative triangular hip points that don't want to sit properly when attached to the bodice. I have changed the pattern slightly and have re-cut it so hopefully it will work this time (and if it doesn't I have to buy more fabric).

I hope to have progress pictures up by the weekend, so until then have a wonderful week.

ps: Happy Leap Year ^_^

Princess Dress so far

I really didn't get much done this week(visited with family instead), but I thought I would

share what I did.

Because I am drafting the "Princess Pattern" I have been a little crazy about double checking all my measurements and so it is taking longer then usual.

As you can see it already looks like a familiar Princess ^_^

My plans are to finish up the dress tomorrow or monday and have it ALL ready for my niece when she comes to visit next weekend :)

More pictures to follow soon :D

Beauty and the Beast

I saw Beauty and the Beast live yesterday and is was absolutely AMAZING!!! The entire cast was fabulous, the illusions were awesome, and the costumes and set design were gorgeous. The whole show made me truly realize how much I miss the stage.

As much as I love to sew and design and create, the stage has always been the place where I want to be. The thrill of performing in front of a live audience is something you can't find anywhere else. You can't know what is feels like unless you have done it before, it is a wonderful, magical feeling.

That being said, I don't have any updates on my current costumes, but I have added another to the list. One of my nieces loves Sleeping Beauty and so as a Birthday gift to her I am going to sew the Pink Sleeping Beauty dress.

Pictures will follow soon.

Until then, have a magical week ✶*¨`*.✫*¨*.¸¸.✶*¨`*.✫*¨*.¸¸.✶*

Past Costumes

This costumes below are dresses that I made to feed my love on Most things D*sney ;)

Belle has always been my Favourite Princess and it was so much fun to finally wear a couple of her outfits. I hope eventually sew all her dresses from the movie.

The photographer for both of the shoots is a good friend of mine

Racheal Allen.

Blue Peasant Dress ^.^

The Gold BallGown

The Castle I used for the Photoshoot is Hatley Castle on Vancouver Island.

Cinderella's BallGown.

I made this for my niece for her 4th Birthday

Cinderella is her favourite Princess ^_-

This dress looks so much better when she is wearing it.

2 of my nieces, aren't they Adorable ^_^

(I didn't make the pumpkin costume but it really works with the story)