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Princess serenity circle skirt tutorial6/20/2023 ![]() The big challenge for me was the sleeves. I also made the barrettes, it was an easy hot glue craft. For the moon on her forehead, I cut the shape out of craft foam, and spray painted it gold, since no moon shaped stones I had seemed to pass my scrutiny. The circle disks that line the top of the bodice are metal circles which I wrapped with gold ribbon. I didn’t get to apply the golden pearls because I ran out of time, but it is something I will certainly do in the future modifications. I got white pearls and a selection of golden yellow colored pearls. I got an off white colored lace instead of a pure white so the lace wouldn’t blend in with the rest of the dress and would instead “pop” more. I decided early on to use pearls and lace. Some how, I managed to do it, and moved on to the next portion….embellishments. Most of the work was actually piecing the entire dress together. I can say it was the most individual pieces I have ever had to cut out for a pattern. I felt like I spent several hours just cutting fabric….and trying to convince my cat that when I lay down fabric on the floor for a flat cutting surface it is NOT an invitation to lay on said fabric and pattern pieces……. The number of individual pieces that made up the garment was mind boggling. The pattern itself seemed to be an elaborate mystery. I haven’t sewn many big projects like this, so I knew this would be huge for me. I chose iridescent because, hey….she’s the princess of the moon! It seemed appropriate to me, especially with the iridescent things the moon is associated with like moonstone. A fourth fabric, an iridescent fabric, came into play for the bow on the back of Serenity’s dress, and other accents. ![]() The dress was a combination of 3 fabrics: a basic white lining fabric, a light and flowy white fabric with a silk feel, and a third layer to be used for just the skirt: a white chiffon. I basically planned to do dress D without the halter strap. The pattern I ended choosing was this one by Simplicity’s Jessica McClintock Collection. I went with light flowy fabrics for the dress because Princess Serenity’s dress has always been spectacularly flowy. The first steps included getting materials and a pattern. ![]() I wanted to do a combination of the design from the anime and the design from the manga, which is kind of what we have seen so far in Sailor Moon Crystal, the revamp of the Sailor Moon series I recently blogged about (BTW, the art in that series is looking GREAT!) ![]()
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