*SNAP* ahhh crap!! (Posted 1 Week Ago)

OK, so this weekend hasn't been overly forward going,
although i did change the fabric I'm using made a completely new skirt,
the new fabric it a bit less see-through and floats beautifully,
i made it like a rock and roll skirt but much longer and kept the front sheer with most of the pleats at the sides,
i added some lace edging at the bottom for a little detail, and kept some back for the detail on some pleats I'll be adding in the top layer of lace at the back

apart from that I've still not decided how I'll be making the gloves, or what I'll be making them out of,
and I'm still pondering on what to do with my headpiece after i accidentally snapped it in half, i still have the old one but am not really keen on it so i may just see if i can bind it back together with wire,

i have made some templates for other bits and have drawn a few pattern ideas but its getting increasingly difficult to work on a dress i have to wear at the same time, I'm thinking i may have to sweet talk my sister into being my mannequin whilst i pin it,

blah blah blah blah blah (Posted 2 Weeks Ago)

ok, in the last few days i've done all the lettuce edging on the middle layer, kinda fixed the tiara ant attempted to make the bottom layer of the skirt

the skirt section i made was a bit too small to go over the crinoline i bought so i need to open the back seam and hide another section in to make it fit properley, i'm hoping that the layers i have will be long enough to hide my errors, tonite i'm hoping to add a section to the dress and add the rose detailing to the front, anything more than that will be a bonus

Update 17/11/08 (Posted 3 Weeks Ago)

OK so because i am a giant lamer i haven't updated this in ages so here goes,

The dress is 3/4 of the way done,
I've made half the skirt and just need to add the detailing to the top,

as my corset making skills are crap at the moment i was originally going to use an old red corset that i had lying around but once i started to work with it i could clearly see it wasn't going to work...

so i decided not to use the red Corset as a base because i didn't think it would give me the sheer shape i was looking for, and after about 4 months i found a seamless moulded Basque that i could use to give me the effect I've been trying to achieve,

because the Basque was white i first covered it in a stretch cream fabric (kudos to my mum for finding it and letting me steal it)
and then i overlaid a pale gold lace to give me the patterned bodice and slightly rouched it between the cups and on the sides to give it a bit more depth,

the middle section (with all the lacy flouncy bits ) was a real swine... i couldn't find anything suitable that would give me a decent lettuce edge, i tried everything from t-shirt fabric to crinkle chiffon and everything in between,

in the end i found an Alexander Mcqueen dress in TK maxx (£300 ticket price)that had the perfect fabric that i was after, it was a couple of layers of really flouncy stretch mesh that looked beautiful, not wanting to dramatically increase my budget i tried as much as i could to find the same fabric anywhere and everywhere.... and failed
i went back into TK to look at the fabric some more and found it semi-distroyed and badly stained on the top half but the lacey section was ok so i convinced the manager to sell it to me as scrap fabric FOR A TENNER!!!

so with my fantastic fabric in hand i made a seperate layer of lacey frills to go between the boddice and skirt

i need to add lace/lettuce edging to the middle layer, depending on what i decide to do...
add lace edge detail to the back and add the weird droppy down bits that look like loin cloths
add rose detail to front of dress
make gloves
finish/remake tiara