Rachel - Michigan, USA
Arwen's
Dream Gown
This dress took me about 3 days to make. I was going to
use a pattern but then someone from the Yahoo! group suggested that I just
go for it and so I did. I had my friends help me make the
Duct Tape Dress Form. Then I cut
my fabric in half and played with the fabric until I got it to drape the
right way and fit the right way. I personally think it turned out great.
The fabric that I used for the underdress was from the
casa collection at JoAnn's in a lovely shade of sage green. For the
overdress I used a sheer lavender fabric from the American fabric collection
thing also at JoAnn's.
I used lavender ribbon and some beads to do the lacing on
the sides. I used some darker sage green ribbon to wrap around where I
stitched the front and back together so that it looked nicer.
My friend made the circlet for me with some craft wire and
beads that I had purchased earlier. The picture isn't very good quality but
the center bead has grapes with leaves on it and there are other leaf and
teardrop beads scattered over the whole thing.
