I actually got the costume finished and delivered on Wednesday, but between working on that and getting ready for Halloween and having a cold, I am late posting. The top was completed with a kind of fancy metallic wired ribbon--I don't know what it's called. I didn't get a picture yet, but the princess herself is coming over later, so I will try to get a good pic. I wasn't quite sure how to get the effect I wanted in the skirt/fishtail, so I cheated and found a used copy of the Ariel* costume on Ebay. I did use the front of that pattern to draft the back of the skirt, but I wanted a low point in the front and I wanted it to be all one piece with only one seam up the back. I found a heavy-ish piece of peach-colored cotton damask in the stash and made a muslin from that. Got a quick fitting and used it to cut out the spangly stuff (officially called "dot confetti" I believe). Basted spangly stuff to the damask which is now the underlining.
Notice my fancy new hip ruler! "Fairgate fashion form by Stamp, Inc." If you plan on drafting or even altering patterns, get one--it helps grade one curve into another. This is part of my problem with the craze for quilting: Jo-ann's had a zillion quilting rulers, templates, cutting mats, etc. but when I asked for a hip rule or curved rule, the manager said "Oh, we don't carry those anymore!" I had to order it online from a place in L.A. (check Amazon) I have a set of small French curves, but wanted something bigger. Buy one!
Notice interfacing added to hip area: trying to get it to look more like a fish body and less like a little girl in a skimpy skirt! The skirt is at least half the fullness of the Ariel* pattern, which IMHO is too poufy. I finished the skirt by making a simple elastic waistband, and gathering a doubled piece of the aqua sparkly organza into a big ruffle and the blue-green tissue lame into the under ruffle.
Front of skirt
Back of skirt with "fin"
More pictures later!
*Disney Princess, Ariel, etc. are registered trademarks.
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