now that Halloween approaches! This year's theme is Alice in Wonderland and anything inspired by it. After lots of thought and general fiddling (I'm not a fan of Alice, never a good place to start), I think I'm going as an interpretation of chapters 1 and 2 :) - all the good bits, the White Rabbit in his rabbit hole, Eat Me/Drink Me, an oversized pocketwatch etc.
I always make my own costumes and they have to have a vintage theme so this year I decided to pintuck the waist of my skirt to give it the volume I need as it's a low skirt which sits on my hips. I fit 4.5m of fabric onto a 36" waistband... lots of pins, lots of pinpricks and lots and lots of fun! I had planned to machine stitch the tucks down but liked them so much that in the end I handstitched each tuck. I'm pleased with the overall result.
I've gone for a "gothic" Alice, taking my inspiration from an advertisement for a art show of work inspired by AIW and Violet's dress from A Series of Unfortunate Events. A pair of black and white stripe tights, Cher-esque wig, beaded necklace (an hour and a half of threading 635 beads!), black net petticoat, 5" White Rabbit and a navy blue Victorian jacket. All I need to do is decorate the skirt and dress my White Rabbit in a waistcoat etc. I found some beautiful black, dotty patterned voile at my local fabric shop, so I'm thinking of appliqueing shapes onto the skirt.
And one day this blog will go back to being about dollhouses!
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