Having convinced a friend to have a Halloween party, and being very into DIY costumes, I decided for Halloween 2014 I would be Snow White (at least my version).
I found two dresses of a navy blue, purple hue (see the two dresses below) and decided to mesh the two together and sew a completely new dress using only material from both and red ribbon.
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| Full skirt removed and replaced in dress below. |
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| Dress #2. Had the corset bodice for the Snow White dress. I removed flower bead decor that embellished the neck of the dress. |
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| Pinning the full skirt into the second dress. Photo is of both dress and skirt inside out. |
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| Dress with full skirt underneath and pieces of a sash to experiment with the concept of "capped sleeves". |
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| Sewing the sleeves. |
Sewing the sleeves for the dress was a feat in itself. I looked up a tutorial for how to sew puffy sleeves, and when I wasn't getting the results I wanted, I ended up taking the sash from one dress, sewed strips of red ribbon into the material, and pinned/gathered the sleeve into the dress. Once I got the desired effect, I hand sewed the sleeves in place.
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| Puffy sleeves in places and sewn. Finally. These things were a work in progress for a couple days. |
Next came the collar. Again, I viewed some tutorials online, but didn't have enough material (ripped from other dresses) to follow the patterns provided directly. Instead I took the bottom of a white dress and drapped it across the neckline of the Snow White dress, pinned it in place from the inside and hand stitched it in place.
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| Collar in place. Time to finish the rest of the gown. |
Once I had all the pieces in places, it took me a couple days and many hours to hand sew things in place (I'm handier with a needle and thread than I am with a sewing machine). :) Final touches: Ribbon to make the sleeves was added to the bust of the dress in gathered folds, a gold, glittery ribbon was added for a belt, and I (once again) hand sewed my bow onto a headband. Costume done.
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| Finished dress. Happy DIY Halloween! |
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