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• New Costume

  Monday, Nov 2, 2009 5:49PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  After my last post (a month ago... ) asking for Halloween ideas, I started pulling apart an old costume made in college, trying to make something else out of it, something that can be either a Cat, Mouse, etc according to the headdress....
  
  So... I dug an old piece out from the back of my wardrobe, took it apart (completely... now it's down to the skeleton holding up the back of the dress, and a bunch of fabric.....Oh! As for why do I have to take it apart?  I needed fabric, and it's not like I'd ever wear this dress again)
  
  THEN! My sewing machine broke down!!!!!  Before I even started anything!!!!
  
  I tried fixing it myself, took it apart, and it more than changing oil, or having a thread stuck in the bobbin.... Can't fix it (hey, I really like taking things apart!!!)
  Could have take it back to the store and have them fix it, but last month I was kinda busy, and it's a really old machine (bought before I was born!)......
  
  O well, I'll just hand stitch the whole thing!!! LOL!! (the previous piece was all hand stitched also, but that's because the instructor would let us use a machine for the first project....)
  And here's what I got:
  
  Before
  
  After
  
  (In case you're wondering about the lighting, one is taken before the party, one after..... LOL, when I suddenly remember I never took a picture of my back )
  
  Basically, I ended up using only the bottom half of the original dress to make this tube.
  + some lace + ribbon + dark fabric I found somewhere in the stack of fabric at home.....
  it's alright for a 100% handstitch and last minute costume piece I guess...
  (Yes, it is last minute, even tho I destroyed the original piece weeks ago, sewing didn't start until recently, and I only got to spend my limited free time on it, I'm happy it didn't fell apart in the party~ LOL)
  
  It's neither cat or mouse, ended up being a Lolita with the hat~
  
  I couldn't find any nice mouse ears (all mickey mouse style....)
  I DID brought my cat set with me, but voting taken place 30 minutes before the party was 2 for hats and 1 for ears, so hat it is, and I was a Lolita for this year's Halloween
  (Ears ended up with Elena)
  
  More pics later