Fluttershy's petticoat and petit bustle

I got around drafting and making Fluttershy's petticoat to a point where I need to try it on the cosplayer and make necessary arrangements for it to fit nicely. Since I have no plans to giving this cosplay away, I also need to make sure that it also fits me.

I used a pattern I found in Period Costume for Stage and Screen: 1800-1909 by Jean Hunnisett. I got a few copies out of it because my copy is from the library, so I cannot make markings on it. I had to insert more room for the waist as the pattern was designed for someone very tall and built like a stick.

I used the same book for the petit bustle. I'm doing everything in the wrong order, because I haven't made her corset yet, but I plan on drafting that this evening and trying to piece it together tomorrow. Then I can finish the petticoat.

Petticoat without bustle on the left and petticoat with bustle on the right. The bustle is small and  about and inch thick, but it gives the petticoat such a nice lift. If you look carefully, you can see how much fabric I had to insert into the side seam to make it fit. Material for the petticoat is cotton.

Late Week 4: Completion of the Shamaness shirt

For some reason I could not update anything onto blogger during the weekend. So I have to update this now.^^

I finished knitting the Shamaness shirt. And I found a nice fabric for the Assassin's Creed undershirts, but with that came a problem: It was available only in light pink and dove grey, not white. I have to ask the staff do they know if there's similar fabric in the store or should I try bleaching (which I'm not even trying until necessary). Well, I won't be able to buy any fabric until the 4th of February so I'm still looking.

Here's the piccies of the finished Shamaness shirt:

Sorry if some of the images are a little blurry, the camera battery was dying out and it was very hard to focus it. The result is very warm and cosy shirt that I've been wearing at work. What I learned from my own body and knitting in this project was that next time I have to do the upper part (waist upwards) a size smaller than the hips. Why? I'm rather pear shaped, this shirt is good around the hips, but there's extra around the bust.

Onto next project!

Skirt quickie

Yesterday I finally made something for myself. For a while now I've done sewing for others only, so now was the time to enjoy doing something for me. I was inspired by the Papel Picado Skirt at Festive Attyre. This was my first try at something like this, so I decided on an easy design. The skirt itself is based on an old skirt I have. The material is suede.

Front of finished skirt.

Simple hem pattern

Skirt behind.

Waistband and buttons.