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Maggie - USAMaggie's Requiem Gown
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underdress is made out of a thin blue satin; actually, in certain lighting,
it looks violet. The underdress is floor length and is without a train. It
is not too form fitting, so I can slip it on over my head without having to
add a zipper. I hand beaded the sleeves using the pattern from Alley Cat
Scratch (thank you ACS!!). The trim for the neckline and the sleeves is
also handmade: First I bought plain silver trim (about 1.5 inches wide),
then I purchased a thinner silver trim that was slightly decorated. I sewed
the thinner trim onto the middle of the wide trim; next I sewed onto the
middle of the trim a strip of sequins sewn onto embroidery (I got it in the
trim section of the fabric store). Then I sewed strips of plain sequins
onto the top and bottom of the trim. The lower sleeves are made out of
organza, a sheer and shimmery type of fabric. I used a yard of 45" fabric
for each sleeve. All I did for each sleeve was gather the top of it and sew
it to the upper sleeve between the lining and the beaded satin. The overdress, or jumper, is made out of navy blue crushed velvet. There are not darts and is fitted at the sides and the back seam. There is not a zipper on the overdress, but it is a stretchy velvet and it can slip over my head. The jumper is very long (probably longer than the actual dress is :)); with the train, the dress is about seven feet long. The trim for the this part of the dress is a smaller version of the underdress trim. I took the thinner, decorated silver trim and the sequin and embroidery trim and sewed them together.  The
cape is made out of the same blue satin that I used for the underdress. I
started out with the cloak pattern Simplicity 5794, view B. I did alter
this pattern by adding a train to the back; the cloak is about eight feet
long altogether! It's huge!The crown that I'm wearing is one that I got in the bridal section of the fabric store; I know she's not wearing a crown in this scene, but I just thought that it matched the costume. The lantern that I'm holding is just one that I found on sale that I thought looked like the one she's carrying in The Two Towers when she's leaving Rivendell.
This page was last updated 11/21/09
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