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A Queen for Lawrence

12/10/2019

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I've been in love with this gorgeous gown made by SartoriaJ for the bigger SD dolls....
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It was based on the costume worn by the Evil Queen in the movie the 'Brothers Grimm'....
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Well, I've decided to try make something inspired by it for my Raccoon Monica. It will not be an exact duplicate, but something 'inspired by it', as I'm severely limited by the fabrics and trims available. Plus I'm working for a much smaller doll.

The Raccoon ladies are a bit slimmer than the Iplehouse Slim FID ladies, but I want the costume to fit both, so I'm using Bianca as my model. I'm going to make the gown lace up the back. For the FIDs the two back sides will butt against each other, and for the Raccoon ladies they can overlap.

​So I've been making patterns for the inner and outer bodices, and have sewn test versions from cotton. So far so good. Then I loosely pinned on some trims to see what I like best.....
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 I've decided to use the last bit of the red brocade, with the gold dots, that I used for Baron's tunic. it looks in better scale than using velour for the bodice.  Velour would have been comparable to making a human size bodice out of carpeting, at least on this size doll.

I tried to find a wine, with gold patterned fabric, for the sleeve linings, but couldn't. I bought a wine tulle with magenta and red sparkle dots, and found a wine floral lace, but neither was going to work.  Then I found a thin wine sheer in my stash, which had 'fuzzies' all over. It seemed like the perfect thing, giving both some texture and suggesting 'fur', but not on an overwhelming scale.

I've decided against sewing gold metallic trim on the edges, since it would make everything too stiff.  Instead I'll picot bead ALL the edges with tiny gold beads. That way I'll get the detailing, but without the stiffness, and the weight of the beads will help with the draping.
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The next step is to cut the bodices out of the good fabric. I have to be very careful, since there's only a very small amount of either one of the fabrics that I've chosen, especially the cream with gold sheer for the inner bodice and collar.

​But first I need to whip together some Christmas gifts.....
6 Comments
Dorothy
12/10/2019 08:53:55 am

This is lovely already. It's going to be stunning when it's done. I love the color.

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Martha
12/10/2019 08:57:57 am

It's always a good sign when stuff looks this good already in the pinned stage. Which hopefully means it will be even better when it's actually made.

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Donna
12/10/2019 11:13:02 am

It's going to be amazing, and Monica will be able to pull it off beautifully! I always find it so interesting and I appreciate it so much when you share the thought process you go through in creating a costume!

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Martha
12/10/2019 01:35:03 pm

I hope so, but it could take a little while. I really should be working on stuff for Christmas. But who am I kidding?? It's way more fun working on doll costumes.

I describe things here, hoping it might help someone with their own work. I never bother on Facebook, since most people there just look at the photos and don't even bother reading the text.

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Jay
12/10/2019 10:34:10 pm

I have the SartoriaJ "Mirror Queen" gown. It's a sort of watered down version of the movie one. But for the price, I suppose it had to be. I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that yours will be way more amazing than the SartoriaJ version. I look forward to further "Adventures with Martha's Magnificent Creations."

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Martha
12/11/2019 03:45:35 am

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I really do like SartoriaJ's interpretation. Mine will be more like their's than the original, because I'm working even smaller, and as beautiful as it is, especially on the bodice, all that gold embroidery just isn't possible in so small a scale.

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