Mirror Mirror costume.

I made this for a five year old. when we went to see the movie she was in love with it and asked if I would make it for her. the most challenging thing about making a costume for a five year old is it has to be one hundred percent machine washable. especially when I know her mother would throw it in the washer and dryer even if it wasn’t. so began the stressing about what to use. cotton obviously for the shirt. some sort of blend for the pants and vest. I used McCall’s pattern # 6530 with some obvious modifications for the shirt and pants. I made the pants legs much wider and changed up the sleeves a bit. the vest I drafted on my own. the leaves I used fabric I had left over from brides maids dresses I made last year. I cut them out then painted them, I didn’t do as many leaves on the vest as it had in the movie. a vest for a five year old is after all quite a bit smaller then one for an adult. I didn’t want to fight with tiny leaves they were already awfully small to work with. the other major change I made is that the vest Velcro's in the front as opposed to lacing. I figured lacing might be a bit complicated for a five year old. the Velcro is quick and easy. so she can put on the vest by herself, without frustrations. when I gave her the costume she was so excited, and wanted to play snow white for the rest of the day.

sisters wedding dress

Last year I made my sisters wedding dress. today is her first anniversary so I thought I would post about the dress. first off she wanted to make a dress inspired by our great grandmothers wedding dress from 1926. it was a simple enough design I told her I would do it for her. so began the journey of finding everything we needed for the dress. I also made the bridesmaids dresses, which were made from the same pattern. this is also the pattern I used to make my 1920’s dress for my decade project. I was quite happy with the way her dress turned out. and she loved it too which is always a good thing when working with a bride. oh and just something really neat my sister wore the neclace our great grandmother wore at her wedding. it was my sisters something old.
a few more pictures under cut. including one of my great grandmothers dress

1970's dress

1970’s dress at first I wasn’t sure I was going to use this dress, but I decided after some research to just use it. what I was having issue with is I used an invisible zipper and I was not sure if that was accurate. even if not everything is authentic I want my zipper to be. but then I was going through my patterns and found one from 1971 that called for an invisible zipper. so yea! I have another dress to add! this dress is probably as authentic as you can get. the fabric is vintage from the 1970’s. I used McCall’s pattern #4535 from 1975. I think it turned out cute. I love dresses from this time.

even the buttons are vintage I was going to use some different ones but then as I was going through my stash I found these and thought they were perfect, so I used them and they are much better then what I had originally chosen.