A honest-to-goodness sewing post, that hasn't happened for like forever. But yes, with only one construction picture. Basically, this was a churn-it-off-the-line-so-it's-ready-for-dress-rehearsal-project.
These are the two costumes I made for the girls. Each has a dress, apron, handkerchief, and lil white lacy pants.
And yes, they actually use these handkerchiefs in the play. The aprons have little pockets to store the handkerchiefs in so the girls won't loose them---very easy to do when you are eight or ten. (And when you are fourteen or fifteen---I did it in a play once. I went on and realized my handkerchief was backstage.)
I didn't use a pattern for the dresses, just the girls' measurements. I did loosely base the pattern for their lil pants on a pajama pants pattern. The aprons and handkerchiefs also were no-patterned, obviously. I've also used elastic for the lil pants and put invisible zippers up the backs of their dresses. Yeah, obviously I didn't do the historical research... hey, research can be saved for my term paper! =) You'll notice fitting issues on both girls; these were really slap-dash projects! But from the audience in a kiddie play, I don't think anyone will notice anything.
Roo is the one in the pink dress, obviously. Both girls have the same pattern of calico for their dresses, and the same ginham for their aprons, just in different colors. These are designed to complement eachother when on stage.
Roo's friend's lil pants turned out too short to be fashionable for the time period, garh. Actually her whole outfit turned out a bit short. Except for the apron. =P
Roo.
The dresses are a bit big because the girls need growing space. The brown calico dress like this I made for Roo doesn't fit, so I oversized this time. Or, at least tried to oversize. Over all it worked well enough.
These are the two costumes I made for the girls. Each has a dress, apron, handkerchief, and lil white lacy pants.
And yes, they actually use these handkerchiefs in the play. The aprons have little pockets to store the handkerchiefs in so the girls won't loose them---very easy to do when you are eight or ten. (And when you are fourteen or fifteen---I did it in a play once. I went on and realized my handkerchief was backstage.)
I didn't use a pattern for the dresses, just the girls' measurements. I did loosely base the pattern for their lil pants on a pajama pants pattern. The aprons and handkerchiefs also were no-patterned, obviously. I've also used elastic for the lil pants and put invisible zippers up the backs of their dresses. Yeah, obviously I didn't do the historical research... hey, research can be saved for my term paper! =) You'll notice fitting issues on both girls; these were really slap-dash projects! But from the audience in a kiddie play, I don't think anyone will notice anything.
Roo is the one in the pink dress, obviously. Both girls have the same pattern of calico for their dresses, and the same ginham for their aprons, just in different colors. These are designed to complement eachother when on stage.
Roo's friend's lil pants turned out too short to be fashionable for the time period, garh. Actually her whole outfit turned out a bit short. Except for the apron. =P
Roo.
The dresses are a bit big because the girls need growing space. The brown calico dress like this I made for Roo doesn't fit, so I oversized this time. Or, at least tried to oversize. Over all it worked well enough.
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