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| Pleated Satin &
Beaded Trim 1920's Flapper Dress/Outfit
A couple weeks back, a friend of mine came up to me at
church and asked if I happened to have a flapper dress in my stash
that his wife could wear to a Murder Mystery Benefit they were
participating in for our local Humane Society . I though for a
moment and said "No, but I would be happy to make one for her".
She and I got in touch a short time later, made a trip to Hobby
Lobby and the mega JoAnn Fabrics, and off I went. The pattern
I came up with is loosely based on out-of-print Butterick Pattern
#4093 (pictured above). Since Morgan didn't want the dress
quite that long and I didn't like the belt thing, I opted for a few
changes. You can see my concept drawing of what I wanted the
final product to look like above. Despite the fact that I had
never made a dress from this era before and I rarely work with this
type of material, the dress ended up pretty much like I intended.
The only thing that didn't work was the trim on the bottom of the
outer gown as it was too stiff and made the dress look awful.
Since Morgan was playing the part of the mayor's wife for the party,
we wanted to make sure she looked more high society than the typical
costumes you find online for $40 or $50. With her little mink
stole and a pair of ruched satin gloves I had from Halloween past,
Morgan looked wonderful and quite the part. To quote Morgan,
"It was an awesome outfit, and very comfortable". She was so
wonderful and came up for fittings whenever I needed her to.
For additional pictures and to read more about how I made the
headdress,
please click here, and for the
jewelry,
please click here.
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