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Dress-
First of all, i did simplicity pattern
9891 dress view A with the huge sleeves and
drape. My measurements are 34-28-38 and i went
with a size 6. the measurements for that are
30.5-23-32.5. so you can see it fits pretty
largely, cuz the dress fits me |
perfectly. dont get
caught up in hip sizes at all, the skirt is full
enough to allow a ton of extra room. it says on
the pattern that there is 2 inches of extra room,
so go a couple sizes smaller and then theres the
5/8 in seam allowance which gives room for
mistakes. they also tell u to get a bit too much
fabric. i dont remember how much extra i had.
Making it was pretty simple
and straight foreward. I used a brocade and it
was easy to cut and sew, but it unravels very
easily. I used black chiffon for the drape and
sleeves, and this stuff is a total mess to work
with. its very slippery and evil. I suggest for
cutting out chiffon to pin it tightly to a
bulletin board and then tracing around the
pattern with chalk because otherwise it just
doesnt stay. there may be better ways to do this.
Be careful when you sew the back drapes in that
they meet in the center perfectly, otherwise it
looks a bit wierd. You sew clasps onto the 2
drape peices to hold them toghether over the
zipper, and i reccomend using at least 5 so that
there arent big gaps. Hemming it took
forever just because the skirt is so big. I used
a black ribbon as a belt. |
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Ears-
I used prosthetic Altered Ego small
pointed ears. They origionally covered the full
ear, but I cut the bottom off, and spirit gummed
it to my ear. |
Shoes-
I used some black boots that i found at
GoodWill.
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