Category Archives: Kaylee Shindig Dress
2016 recap
All the cool kids are doing it, so here’s what I made this year: January through April I spent all my time on my Jordan Con costume contest entry, my magnum opus, the floofiest froof of a dress to ever exist, … Continue reading
Costume College recap
A quick post to recap the rest of what I wore to Costume College. Lots of other bloggers have posted pictures of it, so I’m not posting any (also, as usual, I never actually took out my camera to take … Continue reading
Kaylee Shindig Dress
I finished this outfit at 6pm the night before my flight! (This is an improvement over last year, when I finished at midnight the night before). I am so thrilled with how this turned out. This is one of the … Continue reading
Last catchup post
In the last weekend before the Con, I needed to make a sleeve pattern, and make fringe and tassels. Here was my first attempt to go from the small Victorian sleeve to a big puffy sleeve, using this tutorial: I … Continue reading
Quick catch-up
I leave for Jordan Con in 5 days, and my dress still doesn’t have sleeves or trim. So, I’m too busy sewing to actually to a proper post (the 2 weeks of travelling in March did not help). So here … Continue reading
I like big skirts and I cannot lie.
My petticoat is big. Really big. And honestly, those photo angles don’t get across the scale. I’m on the right track then! Compare to: The most annoying part is that it takes me an hour to get all the hoop … Continue reading
Starting the bodice
For the bodice, I started with Truly Victorian 490. I had already altered this pattern to fit for my First Lady dress, so I was starting with a fitted base. I then Franken-patterned the heck out of it to make … Continue reading
On Sergers
Let’s talk about all the good and bad things of this morning: The bad: By my calculations, the 9 rows of ruffles on my petticoat is something like 30 yards of ruffles. The good: Firefly is a space western, meaning … Continue reading
Kaylee Shindig Fabric
Alas for my wallet, this dress needed all new fabric. Here’s what I got: For the petticoat, cotton organdy from Renaissance Fabrics. When you first get this stuff, it literally feels like paper. I washed it which removed some of … Continue reading
Kaylee Shindig Dress
So with the start of 2016, I’m getting started on my big project for the year! I am making Kaylee’s floofy pink dress from the TV show Firefly, episode Shindig. It will first be worn for the costume contest at … Continue reading
Avant Garbe 