I generally won’t reprise my designs but sometimes I can tweak the design just enough to create an echo of the original. Here is a version of my Sea Witch in a lighter palette and gold embellishment.
feathered net
The skirt had lots of different blues and greens and to help them blend I deeply feathered them all. Lpoks like I missed a few points. I usually go back in with small scissors to trim them up as I sew the layers on.
untacked skirt layers
I wanted to make the plate light but with a bit of interest so I included some tulle ellipses between the points.
putting the plate together
Once the appliques were sewn on it was time to add rhinestones.
sparkle arkle
I added one of the plate motifs to the bodice applique to draw the overall embellishment together.
bodice detail
The little ellipses of glitter tulle were quite lovely I think. I’m also rather fond of elongated points on this inverted scallop plate.
plate detail
And I think we have a very elegant Sea Princess.
I live in Coventry England and have made costumes and tutus for my daughter and grandaughter . I often look at your website and I am inspired by your beautiful work. I look forward to seeing your work. Regards Georgina Lamon.
Thanks Georgina, what a lovely thing to say. I’ve been very busy wit tutus and dance costumes this year and have backlog of costumes to write about. I hope to put a few more up soon.
What a beautiful work !
Here in France, I’ve just finished the masterpiece of my costumes for our next dance recital : a stretch tutu for the “Lilac fairy”. And I sincerely wanted to thank you for sharing your work with us. That is really helpful !
My pleasure! I will be making a Lilac Fairy in late July. Hopefully it won’t take too long to post pictures. I’m still catching up with my blogging.