More things to do

Tomorrow I'm planning on doing some serious sewing since I still have so much left to do on Alice's dress. My dad used the camera today so I have no idea where it is, so I'll post picture of what I'm talking about later on as well as some updates on the props and dress. Since I hit my 30,000 word mark in my novel I'm going to take some some time to work on the dress tomorrow and try my hardest to get it done in the next few days.

That means I need to...

~Fix the sleeves

Add elastic to the upper and lowers parts so they do not fall down. They are by far too big. There is a small hole on one of them and today I got some accordion lace to sew on to them so the hole isn't seen.

~Dye the lace

There weren't any good red laces or trim. They were either too pinkish or too dark so I decided to get some  red Rit dye and white lace that I thought was very unique. I have a thing for lace so I was super excited when my mom came up with the idea after finding the hole.

~Sew on the lace

 ~Start on hemming

Hemming is serious. You will see the line of thread on the bottom so it must be straight and neat. You have to fold once, then twice to give it a nice edge. Or so how I was taught. I find this super hard and way too tricky. If you are doing a small hem it can be super hard. Luckily since its the bottom I can do it a little bigger since the ruffles will around the hem.

~Start measuring for the ruffles

Haven't decided if I am going to do the ruffles piece by piece on each panel or by one huge piece. Since I have lace for the sleeves I will have more material so I can make bigger and longer ruffles. I found a great tutorial for ruffles which you can read here.

~Sew on the ruffles

The last part of the dress. I'll be finished with it 100% when I finish this. I will need to make a matching choker but that'll be easy.



Today we got duct tape (for the bending parts on the scythe top.), Lace, dye, and more Model Magic. So we have plenty to do in the next few days. Although I'm really excited about this con I'm also so worried and stressed I've been dragging my feet. Hopefully tomorrow I can catch up a bit.