Once Upon a Fiber

Photos taken by the wonderful Fisher Fotography .

So I made this hot mess of a costume for the Breakaway Burlesque holiday show.  The act is to “Settle For Me” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season One.

Let me tell you, I thought I was a master seamstress and that metalic dot fabric would be no trouble for me- but it was the biggest pain in my butt.  I had to make sure I put interfacing on both sides of pretty much everything, and I sewed so damn slow to avoid stitch skipping.  It took me so long to get this done I ended up running really behind (that’s what I get for overestimating myself) hence why the bra ended up really under embellished.

However, I ended up LOVING this act (I get to use my baton! Not pictured likely because it caused blurred shots) so I will be giving it plenty of upgrades.

The vest isn’t quite how I originally imagined it, but it’s pretty good- and I wouldn’t try to make a new one because gawd I do not want to go through that again.  

The shorts were also originally supposed to be the silver/white, but I didn’t have enough of it and did have just enough blue.  I ended up just cutting off a legging pattern to make them as I didn’t have a shorts pattern that was the look I wanted.  It needs a waist band, but there came a point where I went “That’s workable” and just moved on because there was more to be done.

The color scheme is directly thanks to me finding those shoes on Amazon and deciding I HAD to own them- and that using them in an act would “justify” the purchase.