I have made a costume for Rock Challenge, our school production. The theme is ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
I have used netting and elastic to form the basic skirt. I have added strips of different coloured satin to the waistband. My colour scheme is purple, yellow and gold. I have also added extra sparkly strips to make it look fairylike and magical. I have also added a few flowers and leaves as decoration so that the skirts fit the theme.
I have made these pieces by ripping strips of material from big parts of material. To make roses firstly you cut out a wide strip of material and fold it in half, tacking with a needle and tread all the way down the open side of the fold. Once at the end slightly scrunch up the material. Fold the edge of the material down where you finished sewing, make sure it is tight at the bottom and tack until secure. Twist the material around so that the bottom of the rose will be in a spiral shape. Every so often tack the bottom of the rose tightly. Once at the end of the material, fold the edge down as you did at the beginning and hide the open seem. tack securely and tie a knot at the end. Secondly we learnt how to make the leaves. Firstly you cut a strip of material, half the size of the material you cut for the roses, place the leaf template on top and cut around it. Once you have many leaves cut of of material pair them up, pin them back to back. Tack round the edge leaving a small gap at the end. Turn the leave inside out using the hole left. Finally tack neatly along the open edge. Your leaf is complete.
The costume will be work with light pink tights and a dark pink leotard with matching coloured ballet shoes. The leotards will have roses and leaves on too. I have ensured that the costume is well made and fits correctly. It will have lights underneath to add effect on stage. This will improve the overall appearance of the costume and make it have a more magical feel.
I will also help to make the main character costumes such as Titania, Cobweb, Mustardseed and Peaseblossom by adding roses to the costume and spraying the costume base (leotard) a different colour.
I have used netting and elastic to form the basic skirt. I have added strips of different coloured satin to the waistband. My colour scheme is purple, yellow and gold. I have also added extra sparkly strips to make it look fairylike and magical. I have also added a few flowers and leaves as decoration so that the skirts fit the theme.
I have made these pieces by ripping strips of material from big parts of material. To make roses firstly you cut out a wide strip of material and fold it in half, tacking with a needle and tread all the way down the open side of the fold. Once at the end slightly scrunch up the material. Fold the edge of the material down where you finished sewing, make sure it is tight at the bottom and tack until secure. Twist the material around so that the bottom of the rose will be in a spiral shape. Every so often tack the bottom of the rose tightly. Once at the end of the material, fold the edge down as you did at the beginning and hide the open seem. tack securely and tie a knot at the end. Secondly we learnt how to make the leaves. Firstly you cut a strip of material, half the size of the material you cut for the roses, place the leaf template on top and cut around it. Once you have many leaves cut of of material pair them up, pin them back to back. Tack round the edge leaving a small gap at the end. Turn the leave inside out using the hole left. Finally tack neatly along the open edge. Your leaf is complete.
The costume will be work with light pink tights and a dark pink leotard with matching coloured ballet shoes. The leotards will have roses and leaves on too. I have ensured that the costume is well made and fits correctly. It will have lights underneath to add effect on stage. This will improve the overall appearance of the costume and make it have a more magical feel.
I will also help to make the main character costumes such as Titania, Cobweb, Mustardseed and Peaseblossom by adding roses to the costume and spraying the costume base (leotard) a different colour.
Well documented Chloe, but I need some pictures on here to enhance what you are talking about.
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