Some more late photos!
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mlsdesignsThis time, of my new bustle ball gown. These photos are so bad I wasn't going to bother posting them, and meant to get dressed again to take new photos, but that hasn't happened, and it's New Year's Eve, if I don't post these now I'll probably never get around to it!
So, at long last,
I used the underskirt from a dress I made at University for my Final Major piece. Clare wore the dress when we first started dressing up, but it was too long and heavy for her, so I altered the skirt, taking off one of the frills and shortening it. Now though, the polonaise is a bit too small for her, so she doesn't wear it any more, so I took off the remaining frill and re-did the waistband to fit me.
The skirt is too short for me as is though, so I added a pleated frill of biscuit taffeta (polly, unfortunately, but I only had a week to get it done and had to use the stash as far as possible) trimmed with a beaded fringe, all the way around the hem, lengthening it by 3-5 inches.
The front is a piece of antique lace trimmed with straw work leaves and dangling bobbles. It was the perfect length and width to use at the front of a skirt, so I gently tacked it in place, tucking the excess away at the top, instead of cutting up such a lovely piece of lace.
You can almost see the beaded fringe at the top of the pleats here! The sides of the skirt have swags of yellow cotton velvet, also trimmed with the beaded fringe, and they're held back by a band of the biscuit coloured taffeta, also trimmed with the fringe.
The back is a long width of mystery fabric, (I think it's cotton warp threads with metallic gold weft) pleated into the very centre of the back, and looped up by the band that connects the velvet swags. You can almost see it here, and I'm right in the back ground of the next shot!
The bodice is made from the yellow cotton velvet with a plastron of scraps of the ribbed silk that I kept after making the original dress 7 years ago! I knew there was a reason I'd kept them for so long (plus, it was £39 a metre, there was no way I was throwing away the scraps left from cutting those long skirt gores!) It's trimmed with a rouche of the mystery fabric around the neck, with a pleated strip of the biscuit coloured satin below, trimmed with the same beaded fringe. The back peplum part of the bodice is also trimmed with the fringe, but of course, I don't have a shot of that, not even a fuzzy cropped version!
Oh dear, those photos are so awful :( And the ones of the blue plaid bustle outfit from the demo are almost as bad, I'm posting them next, hopefully before the end of the year, I've a few hours left anyway :)
So, at long last,
I used the underskirt from a dress I made at University for my Final Major piece. Clare wore the dress when we first started dressing up, but it was too long and heavy for her, so I altered the skirt, taking off one of the frills and shortening it. Now though, the polonaise is a bit too small for her, so she doesn't wear it any more, so I took off the remaining frill and re-did the waistband to fit me.
The skirt is too short for me as is though, so I added a pleated frill of biscuit taffeta (polly, unfortunately, but I only had a week to get it done and had to use the stash as far as possible) trimmed with a beaded fringe, all the way around the hem, lengthening it by 3-5 inches.
The front is a piece of antique lace trimmed with straw work leaves and dangling bobbles. It was the perfect length and width to use at the front of a skirt, so I gently tacked it in place, tucking the excess away at the top, instead of cutting up such a lovely piece of lace.
You can almost see the beaded fringe at the top of the pleats here! The sides of the skirt have swags of yellow cotton velvet, also trimmed with the beaded fringe, and they're held back by a band of the biscuit coloured taffeta, also trimmed with the fringe.
The back is a long width of mystery fabric, (I think it's cotton warp threads with metallic gold weft) pleated into the very centre of the back, and looped up by the band that connects the velvet swags. You can almost see it here, and I'm right in the back ground of the next shot!
The bodice is made from the yellow cotton velvet with a plastron of scraps of the ribbed silk that I kept after making the original dress 7 years ago! I knew there was a reason I'd kept them for so long (plus, it was £39 a metre, there was no way I was throwing away the scraps left from cutting those long skirt gores!) It's trimmed with a rouche of the mystery fabric around the neck, with a pleated strip of the biscuit coloured satin below, trimmed with the same beaded fringe. The back peplum part of the bodice is also trimmed with the fringe, but of course, I don't have a shot of that, not even a fuzzy cropped version!
Oh dear, those photos are so awful :( And the ones of the blue plaid bustle outfit from the demo are almost as bad, I'm posting them next, hopefully before the end of the year, I've a few hours left anyway :)
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Date: 2011-12-31 10:42 pm (UTC)I really struggled with finding fabrics to go together nicely, I'm so glad they worked!
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