Now that I’m done with the last party I need to get started on the next one. There is a Mad Hatter Tea Party in the middle of June at my church. I’m going to be making a full Victorian costume for it…including the ridiculously big hat with feathers on it! I’m abysmal at drawing and costume sketches are far beyond my skill. I can see it in my head, but I can’t put it down on paper…so I’m just going to link you to the general ideas that I’m going for. This is the bodice I’m going to make and here is the skirt. I picked up some green and blue plaid for $1/yd at Joann’s (picture below) to trim the bodice and for the overskirt…I can’t remember the special Victorian name for these skirts, but there is one. I got solid green cotton also at Joann’s (on sale for $2 off/yd, making it $1.99…I’m proud of my bargains) to make the underskirt and for the primary fabric on the bodice. I haven’t decided exactly what to do for the hat yet, I’ll pick up some buckram next payday to get started on it. The first step, though, is the corset. More on that soon. 
Here’s the fabric with a quarter on it, so you can see the scale of the plaid.
