Harley Quinn Costume

Last summer a lady enquired if I knew someone who made costumes, being an adventurous sort I put my name forward ;-),

As it turned out she was going to be involved in a Flash Mob Dance in the centre of Carlisle and required a Harley Quinn Costume for the event.



Never one to shy away from a challenge, I accepted the mission to complete the said costume from a roughly dissected then hand stitched pair of lycra onesies, 1 black 1 red and 1 metre of white lycra.





I did my research, good old Google images, and set to work.

All in all when I completed the outfit I was fairly chuffed with my creation :-), picture below is the finished garment

Thank You Natasha for giving me the opportunity to create the costume for you.

Happy 2013

2012 has been quite a busy year all round.

 
I've spent more time on my blog,
I hope to publish more of my achievements during 2013

I've been a very busy grandma, spending time with my very cute grand-daughter Ella, she's now 15 months old and coming along in leaps & bounds,
 and spent time with my wonderful family, Danielle my beautiful daughter & Scott my wonderful hubby, pictured below at Ella's 1st Birthday

Ella , Danielle & Scott, on Ella's 1st Birthday

I've began to put more thought into my creative idea's & skills,
I'm learning new skills constantly
while simultaneously nurturing and perfecting the skills I already possess,

Yes 2012 has been a wonderful year filled with achievements, happiness and Bliss
I hope to continue my Bliss in 2013

I would like to wish everyone a Blissfully Happy 2013 

filled with Happiness and Success 

Atonement Green Silk Dress Inspired Pattern

Original Green Silk Dress

Jacqueline Durran Sketch

Here are my dress creations (pictured below) that were inspired by Keira Knightley's Green Silk Skirt & Top (pictured above) that she wore for the film Atonement. 

Suzannah's Dress

Lyndsey's Dress

I intend to take the pattern pieces for both versions of the dress that I have created inspired by the Green Silk Skirt & Top from the film Atonement and draft up different size pattern pieces for both creations so I can then re-create these dresses in a selection of sizes & styles. 

As I have further developed the dress I feel the pattern pieces and construction methods are now unique to each dress.

So even though, and this is the confusing bit :-), the 1st toile which I created on my original teal version of the dress, I used some of the pattern pieces from Vogue pattern 7365 to create the gore panel on the back and the bust/neckline. Once the 1st toile had been created it was then dissected to create the 2nd Toile, which in turn was altered and finally adjusted to construct the 3rd toile. 

It was from the 3rd toile I made actual pattern pieces to cut and construct the finished version of the silk dress in teal.

For the 2nd corset top version of the dress I used my own pattern pieces that I had created from the 1st dress and a basic corset top and re-sized them to developed this version of the dress, I created 2 toiles for this version before finally cutting the dress from the silk.

Wonderful Day @ Christmas Craft Fayre, Carlisle

Crown & Mitre Hotel

At home chilling after a wonderful day at the Christmas Craft Fayre promoted by Blonde Marketing and held in the Crown & Mitre Hotel,

It was lovely chatting to the Christmas shoppers and whispers from the elves Santa was kept very busy,:-)

Carlisle Balloons

Candy Wishes

I met some lovely stall holders too while I was there, especially Alison from Carlisle Balloons whose giant Snowman and Mickey Mouse made entirely from balloons were amazing and the lovely couple on Candy Wishes who had beautifully presented sweet treats, Please forgive me not remembering your names,:-(

The Face painting went down a storm with plenty of little Rudolf's with little red noses, sadly my grand-daughter who also attended the event was full of a cold but she was good as gold, what a star :-)

Jenifer Barlow

If your looking for some wonderfully bespoke shoes this Christmas check out the amazing Glitzaratti, her shoes are amazing, and for wonderful ceramic gifts check out the work of Jenifer Barlow, her work is unique and beautiful

My daughter had a good day too on her stall, Keepsake's by Danielle but she offers a wonderful service with the castings, she strives to give her customers a perfect cast.

Keepsake's by Danielle

Well you can tell I have had such a good day and met some truly talented people, there was so many I could be here all night lol and that would be no fun :-), but I have included a list of all the stall holder for you to check, but there was some extra stalls that are not on the list so check out Blonde Marketing on facebook

Stall Holders