Little mistake on my part : using a white hook and eye strip instead of a black one. You can use the zipper foot to sew as close to the bone as possible. You need to fit it with your stays on as it will change your body shape (more advices on that in that article). The trick I used is to create a temporary bone channel with pins to adjust the bone placement. The front of the dress is the real technical point. It needs to be tight with no “ripple” effect on the fabric. Like last time, I added boning at the back, to give it more structureĭespite having tested the pattern, some adjustments were needed. Instead of cutting it in two pieces, I attached both pattern pieces and cut it as a long unique bust piece. On the Marie Antoinette dress, I noticed straps were not fitting in the best way. You achieve that both by fitting the top and flaring the dress. The idea is to create a thin waist even if yours isn’t. This is where you will spend the most time as it needs to be super fitted to look nice. I cannot tell you how angry with myself I am. So here I am now, with a dress that’s so tight I can barely put it on unless I cut a rib or two to fit in. I only steam ironed it and it wasn’t enough. If you plan on wearing it more than once and to wash it between two wears (which you know, would be a good idea) you need to: You will use about 1 to 2 yard for the bust and the rest for the large skirt.īeware : this dress will be VERY fitted.
I mixed a 18c general shape with 16c(ish) sleeves and high collar. With this creation, I wanted to show the beauty of the fabric by adding as little decorations as possible while still being recognisable as the character. Even Tim Burton’s version wasn’t really to my taste. They are “too much” and generally worn with an ugly make up. It might be pretentious of me, but I generally find Queen of Hearts costume ugly. It felt easy enough so I could replicate the basic design, only adding a little twist.
Remember my 18c Marie Antoinette dress? Well there we go again, I used the same JP Ryan pattern as basis. Why would you settle on Alice when you can play bad girl in a red dress? I found the perfect deep, crimson red fabric to transform into a proper Queen of hearts.Īs usual, here comes the final result, we will see about the making process right after… Wanna know how I did it in only 10 days? People, let’s suit up for the occasion ! Playing the evil card Do you know any better feeling than putting on an evil queen’s skin? This year for Halloween, I decided to create an 18c inspired Queen of Hearts costume, including dress, corset, crown and high collar.
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