Happy Cinco de Mayo, all!
So, rather than riotous partying over Tex-Mex, today was a day of Iron Man 3 and bellydance sewing! I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by Iron Man, but I'll leave it at that. It was a good way to wrap up the trilogy (assuming it stays that way).
Saturday morning, my friend Katie and I went shopping for fabric for my gala costume, and we ended up picking up that fabric I took a picture of last week. There just weren't any good coppery fabric, but I really do like the blend of red, orange, and pink in this fabric. I also picked up a base bra from Target, with Katie's advice serving me well once more.
After Iron Man, then, I went to a fellow bellydancer's house (and she is an amazing costumer!), to work with her, Katie, and another friend. I focused on covering the bra, and by the end of the evening, I am almost done.
I started out like the black and red top, only this time I wanted to machine sew the darts. I put the fabric on the opposite cup, right sides together, tacked it down and worked out the darts. Sadly, I didn't think to take pictures during the process. After that (with a little trial and error in between), I sewed the darts, and put the fabric piece right-side up on the correct cup. With one side darted, I laid the other piece wrong-side up on top of it, using the first piece to guide the placement of the darts on the second. Sew it up, and ready to move on! (Oh, and our lovely hostess reminded me to press the seams afterwards. THANK YOU!)
I also cut out the belt fabric and interfacing, just because.
After THAT, I went home, where I hung out with the mister and our friends visiting from out of town. While we watched Thor, I pressed my seams and started sewing the fabric onto the bra. Excuse the photo lighting--since we were watching a movie, I wasn't using a good light source, and I just used the camera flash for convenience.
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| In progress.. |
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| One side done, on to side two... |
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| Without flash... |
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| With flash... |
Now I have to go order some fringe, my skirt, and start looking for other decorative elements....
Orange and Purple Yarn Belt
My gala stuff wasn't the only thing going on. Earlier in the week, I started working on the purple and orange yarn belt, and I have to say, the yarns look absolutely gorgeous together. I can't wait to finish this.
I have a ton of extra, although not enough for a full belt, so I started putting together hair falls. I used the mambo here, because, like I expected, it just didn't look right on the belt. A belt solely of mambo might be pretty sweet though. Anyway, the falls need a little more body, and I need to add more of the Jeweltone (purple multi-colored) yarn, and I need to attach them to hair bands or something... I'll have to look that up for optimal techniques.
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| Just to give it some clarity and scale. |
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