As you can tell, I’ve been re-watching Gone With The Wind again. Don’t ask where the medieval influences came in…I’m really not sure. I sat down and started making this with no plan, just an awareness that this striped seersucker was the only appropriately scaled fabric in my stash. I started with the chest piece and worked my way out from there, gradually deciding that the white and red stripes needed more contrast and texture. That’s where the maroon fuzzy fabric came in. It’s actually a light upholstery fabric which really doesn’t make it super well-suited to miniature applications but it’s what I had at the time so I went with it. I like the fringed epaulets I was able to work out of it. I also really like the matching stripes detail that you see echoed throughout the dress. I feel like if I had a dress like this I would feel pretty large and in charge in it. I think this girl is definitely royalty of some kind. I almost gave her wings but then decided against it…I think she is more grounded than that.
I’ve been wanting to do one of these for a long time. Essentially it’s a styrofoam ball stuck with sewing pins that have been threaded with beads and/or sequins. Sometimes ribbon or trim is also used. I find these when I’m thrift shopping all the time.
80′s dance party version.
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