Astrokid248
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Exactly what is says on the tin. 3 dresses, inspired by Tolkien's elves as interpreted on the screen by Peter Jackson and WETA, specifically the elves of Rivendell, that will be worn at this year's Texas Renaissance Festival. I'm having to take a massive break from Link and those props because the house isn't clean and it's too flipping hot to access the attic to do something about it, so I'm falling back on plan B and doing my OCs. We went through a lot of design iterations for these, with all the concept art drawn by my friend Decipio.
First up: Decipio's dress. Most of the work on this one was done by my mom, as she's attempting to teach me how to sew. I did the shoulder stitching, a lot of pattern cutting, and hand-sewed the hem. Decipio also helped with pattern cutting and pinning the dress to herself, and then it was back to Dallas for her (she's making chainmail belts for herself and my mom though.) The original design looked like this:
which got redesigned to this:
After hitting Joann's for fabric, the second color was scrapped and the first color was switched to an accent. The body of the dress became grey velvet, and the interior, collar and embroidery became pale blue.
We started with a basic Simplicity elf costume pattern and modified it from there to make it fit and figure out the neckline. To make the shoulders stand out, we found a stitch that would create a kind of stippled effect, and repeated that stitch across the entire shoulder panel. This was my first time using the machine, and so a few of the lines at the beginning are a bit wavy.
The shoulder attached to the sleeve and the seam was embroidered with a floral pattern. Another pattern was embroidered along the edge of the sleeve itself, and a leafy pattern was embroidered in grey along the edge of the blue lining.
I didn't get anymore progress pics, but here's what the final dress looks like on the hanger:
It'll look better when hanging on my friend. It's not loose, but it's not tight either, and the velvet is stretchy so it has no zipper or lacing. It's simple, but I think the embroidery makes it look a lot fancier up close. Next up is my dress, featuring more of my handiwork and gussets for archery! Oh, have a derpy cat.
First up: Decipio's dress. Most of the work on this one was done by my mom, as she's attempting to teach me how to sew. I did the shoulder stitching, a lot of pattern cutting, and hand-sewed the hem. Decipio also helped with pattern cutting and pinning the dress to herself, and then it was back to Dallas for her (she's making chainmail belts for herself and my mom though.) The original design looked like this:
which got redesigned to this:
After hitting Joann's for fabric, the second color was scrapped and the first color was switched to an accent. The body of the dress became grey velvet, and the interior, collar and embroidery became pale blue.
We started with a basic Simplicity elf costume pattern and modified it from there to make it fit and figure out the neckline. To make the shoulders stand out, we found a stitch that would create a kind of stippled effect, and repeated that stitch across the entire shoulder panel. This was my first time using the machine, and so a few of the lines at the beginning are a bit wavy.
The shoulder attached to the sleeve and the seam was embroidered with a floral pattern. Another pattern was embroidered along the edge of the sleeve itself, and a leafy pattern was embroidered in grey along the edge of the blue lining.
I didn't get anymore progress pics, but here's what the final dress looks like on the hanger:
It'll look better when hanging on my friend. It's not loose, but it's not tight either, and the velvet is stretchy so it has no zipper or lacing. It's simple, but I think the embroidery makes it look a lot fancier up close. Next up is my dress, featuring more of my handiwork and gussets for archery! Oh, have a derpy cat.
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