I realized earlier this week that my friend’s birthday is this weekend. She throws the mother of all costume parties every year for it. This year the theme is Midsummer Night’s Dream. I can’t show up without a costume, so I’ve been racing around trying to decide what to be and how to make it happen. I didn’t want to be a fairy, because I suspect there will be quite a few of them running around the party. I finally decided to be a flower…a white one, since I have about 10 years of white fabric sitting around just waiting to have something done with it. I’ll be using as little of that fabric as possible, because it’s intended to make a white Italian dress eventually (I’ve had it since long before my engagement, but I’m suddenly thinking that we might have to have a celebratory party at an SCA event sometime near my wedding).
The plan for the flower costume is pretty simple. I purchased 8 yards of green tulle in two different shades. I gathered that into a four-layer skirt that hits just above my knees. I’ll make a simple under-neath layer to keep the tulle off my skin (I’m allergic to nylon and I don’t want hives!) and a make petals of the white fabric for over the tulle. Then a white bodice for on top et voila! We’ll see how the bodice turns out before I decide whether to make a chemise for under it or not. I’ll add some pictures of the skirt so far once I get home from work. I’ll probably be up late working on it tonight so that it will be done for tomorrow.
