Magic in Real Life: Making Elsa’s Spirit Dress, Part 2

Welcome back to my 3-part series of posts dedicated to telling you all about the making of Elsa, my main sewing project of 2020! If you missed the last post, you might want to check it out here because it describes the analysis of Elsa's Fifth Spirit dress from Frozen 2 and the planning I …

Padmé Costume: Corset Part 1

*drum roll* And now... It's time... For the hardest part of the costume.... The CORSET! I had been dreading and excited for this part of the costume at the same time. 😛 It's so pretty, but, it's a corset. So it's a wee bit complicated. Also, it was my first corset, and I'm pleased to …

Padmé Costume: Blouse and Skirt Part 1

(Previous posts: Hairnets and Headband) This post is about how I researched the blouse and skirt, selected the fabric and embellished it. After I finished my hairnets and headband in spring of 2015, I decided I was ready to move on to the bigger stuff... the blouse and skirt. I read all about it on …