I’ve been adding more ribbon to the skirt so as to make it balance more with the extreme business of the appliqued hanging panels. ANd this is what the inside looks like. So why did I hand sew? I didn’t want to have to take the hanging panels off as they are just perfectly sewn…
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Hannibal bodice and wig
Test fit, the zip is pretty rigid but I do need boning. I may top stitch the seam allowances first then put in boning cases and trim. I will indeed do lacing up the back as I am loving this front zip business! I had an invisible zip in my first version but this chunky…
More Elissa hemming
So ribbon on ribbon over applique under ribbon on ribbon. Next and maybe possibly last thing to do on them is to add more loopy braid which is all over the other elements. I would be tmpted to sew rows and rows of ribbon over the shot green taffeta to be closer to the Aussie…
Last post was some time ago…
So this is going to be weird- I did have a big break before doing the jewels and pinning to the skirt. Now I will need to press the pleats again before sewing. Possibly will machine the pleats at the upper most row of ribbons. And then I still need to work out how far…
Elissa hem fringe:
Had to be hand sewn, both the shape (open lattice) and the shine (gold thread shreds as it is) made machining just all terribad. Now I need to take a big break, like for a day, and then the gems go on and I start pinning it to the top of the pleated hem and…
Elissa/slave girl bodice progress
Just laid over the bodice but the front two jewelled pieces are done- sans backing and fastening. And to show just how much work there is in these I have omly barely started the back piece. Organza appliques, couched cord and galloon, applied Saree pieces. I still have to finish the couching then bead (both…
Elissa with the Aussie trim
So now this piece is finished: It just got put on our mini tree, and yep it’s like a tree ornament!
Elissa chest piece, zomg!
Actually finished, those are sewn down. I don’t know why the photo rotated 180 but hey 😉 I started this particular piece in 2006 and the original costume in 99 so this is most definitely a personal labour of love. And I have a few beads from the first costume too 🙂
Wow, I have been away a long time…..
Or at least it feels like it. I am still rehabilitating my body after the last six months of inactivity due to the sinus infection. I am not sure if I have cleared it but I am able to sit up, look at a monitor for more than five minutes. Except today. Today I am…
Elissa gown photos
Elissa gown from 2003 (first five photos) to 2009 (next three photos) to 2013 (last photo). The bodice is the same. The skirt drapery is part of a saree I totally cut up and spent hours making appliques from each and every paisley shape. All those trails of sequins were also pulled apart for extra…