I've finally started my Queen of the Night costume today. Asa, who it ultimately is for, is away getting a new faceup, so Soa has stepped in as the model for now. We switched her flat feet for her high-heeled feet because I'll need them in order to make some fancy high-heeled shoes - plus to make sure the skirts are the correct length. I was looking for a light blue T-shirt at WalMart last night, but with summer gone, everything now up for sale was in the darker more seasonal colours. However, I did find a nice pale lavender shirt in the men's department - the kind that has a bit of lycra in the fiber mix, so it stretches nicely in both directions. After running the shirt through the laundry, I made a pair of stockings, and Soa tried them on...
I usually prefer to make tights, but I need to minimize the bulk at the waist, so went with stockings instead. They may not be very flashy, but it's a beginning. Next step is to make shoes and pantaloons. I'm not a stickler for historical accuracy, so even if underwear wasn't worn during a particular period, I always make pantaloons under long skirts in order to protect the doll's resin from being scuffed by her stand. Shoes will be a real challenge. It was hard enough making nice shoes on art dolls where the shoes were a permanent part of the doll, so making lovely removable high-heeled "period" shoes will be interesting.
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