Sewing Gage

I absolutely loved the costume in Maleficent, so I decided to try and recreate one of the costumes from the film for Halloween. I knew which one it was going to be, the gown worn during the christening scene, I just loved it; I found the perfect material from the Wimbledon Sewing Centre in Tooting Bec, a crushed polyester, at £5.50 a meter. I've never made a whole dress from scratch before, so this was certainly a challenge. First thing I needed to do was to work out how it would come together with the separate pattern pieces. I wanted the lines of the folded fabric to run diagonally, so I knew I had to cut the fabric on the bias, which would also help with the shape and drape of the dress. I started with the bodice, and, as mentioned before, cutting the fabric on the bias. These were sewn together on the overlocker to form the bodice; The skirt was cut in the same way and attached to the bodice; The sleeve

I happened to be in Paris for work and heard about this exhibition at Les Arts Decoratifs celebrating the 70th anniversary of the creation of the House of Dior. It was an absolutely amazing exhibition, I hope to get some inspiration from this collection. Here's some highlight's;