Tape Corsets and Wooden Skirts

So finally after twelve weeks of work I have finished my Final Major Project on my Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. 

I've been left with that wierd feeling when a project finishes and you suddenly have more time on your hands and nothing to fill it. A kind of disorientation that you only get when you've walked away from a completed exhibiton or out of the stage door for the final time on the last night of the show. 

Post Party Blues

So of late not much sewing has been done. I mean, I made the costumes for the party. Here's the waistcoat for Beast and the little gem that was on the front of Belle's dress, but except from that, there has been no sewing done. Unfortunately no photos of us in costume were taken, so I can't show you how pretty he looked!

The other project I have going on is the Ringleader Jacket. I really really doubt that the it will be done by Shambala, which is in two weeks, so the question is whether to start the jacket and not take it to the festival, or take it bare and then start it afterwards...

Toni

A Costume Party

So after a week at the beach, I'm home.

Unfortunately the bikini didn't get finished and as we were by the sea it wasn't really warm enough to wear the skirt...so the photos will come later, hopefully it will stay warm!

Back to the sewing list. I have a party on Saturday, and I need a costume. Me and a friend are going as Disney's Beauty and the Beast and I'm pretty much making both of them. However we are hoping to find a blue jacket for Beast (we are going for the ballroom outfits as it is the most iconic...) as I don't have time to sew a jacket! For Beast I have already made a waistcoat and I intend to stick to the original design as much as I can.

For Belle I am intending to keep to the yellow, and I have a jewel for the centre front, but to get the beautiful ball gown I would have to spend a fortune on fabric, and I'm skint. Soo, my plan is to have the skirt just above the knee and wear stockings, but keep the fullness of the fabric.

My answer? Ruffles of course! I have a lot of work to do...

Toni