EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE IS C2E2. Except, you know, grad school stuff. WHOOPS. Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle, yeah
I changed up the styling slightly by switching from a five-strand braid to a loop braid and teaching myself how to do a hair flower (thanks, Youtube!). I’ve never tried one of these before, but it’s surprisingly easy to do! The braid on the left is my first try, and the hair flower on the right is my second! When I'm actually styling these in the hotel, I plan to wet the hair a bit first to make it more manageable. Erryday I'm bustlin'Onto the dress upgrades! I first tackled the front of the dress. While the dress is beautiful when it’s all spread out, it’s incredibly hard to walk and move about in without tripping over. To fix this, I decided to do a quick bustle. No fancy sewing tricks here; I just took a single pinch of skirt fabric and brought it up to the hip on each side. I sewed small hook and eye to each connection point, hiding the hooks underneath the white lace on the bodice. Now it takes just a few seconds to hook the skirt up and I can walk to my heart’s content! I decided against bustling the back skirt; it’s just too much fabric, and I can pick up and move just the back skirt more easily than both the front and back skirts at the same time. Appreciate the little thingsThere are a few more subtle but important alterations I made to improve the overall look of the costume!
While all of the lace is currently anchored on the bodice, it requires a bit of cleaning up. I'm in the process of meticulously hand sewing several lines of lace that are currently anchored with a few haphazard stitches. I'm also snipping off the extra mesh around the lace. Here's a quick before & after, ENHANCED to show the difference. It's subtle, but results in a much more polished look! That's it for this week!Tune in next week for more hand sewing, rhinestones, lace, dye, and MOAR SPARKLES!
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