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B_A_D
10-19-2008, 11:25 PM
I finally got around to joining the forums after lurking for a few months.
This is from my prom, from 3 years ago. The dress/outfit has numerous parts so it can be interchanged and re-configured into a few different styles.

My favorite part, the reversible capehttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/773000121_f210b1ad63.jpg
Red on one side, black on the other with stitched pattern (you can kinda see it here through the red).

Dress without cape
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1388/773962168_7de096cb6e.jpg
It's a classic black sleeveless dress with a trail. I also made a crinoline underlay to bring the gown out (basically an old slip built up with tooling).

The black dress has a black mesh overlay attached at the top to the red ribbons you see (5 more on the back holding it together all tied into large bows).

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/773961650_cd3f8c1b81.jpgSorry about the blurr.

The bottom torn tooling skirt you see is attached like the black mess overlay on a red strip, tied again into a bow. The tooling strips where made by cutting/tearing strips of tooling in different widths. Slash the sides of all you tooling strips, as randomly as possible so they are tattered and ragged. Then taking three to four strips and layering them widest to thinnest and stitching them up the middle (allowing them to gather). Then fridge/mess up /fluff the strips so they lay in different directions.


All together nowhttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/773051181_41e986d3ef.jpg

So this is the petticoat underneath, then the sleeveless black dress, with mess overlap and red ribbons in the back, the tooling skirt on top and then the cape.

madonnaontherocks
10-19-2008, 11:27 PM
i love the idea of the skirt

B_A_D
10-19-2008, 11:36 PM
Its a great skirt, although I would recommend double stitching each tooling strip as you can see in the last photo they tended to slide/bunch leaving gaps.

also cutting, fringing, laying, pinning and then sewing all the strips is super time consuming so get some movies and friends to have a tool cutting party.

Endomorph-Usagi
10-19-2008, 11:40 PM
^__^ I also had a cape for prom!
True story.

Muffy_Stopheles
10-20-2008, 12:17 AM
I love the cape!

The skirt is great too

ButterflyDemise
10-20-2008, 06:20 AM
That skirt is pure love! I enjoyed all the colors <3 The cape is awesome too though <33

i_rok_93
10-20-2008, 04:22 PM
I love the skirt and the cape is really cool :)

sewmysoul
10-20-2008, 08:59 PM
The skirt is amazing!

ladyjanewriter
10-20-2008, 09:40 PM
I really adore the cape! Welcome to ThreadBanger, yay, de-lurkers!

aglanceatmyworld
10-21-2008, 07:08 AM
Wow, that's really cool!

timidgothica
10-21-2008, 05:56 PM
People keep making these amazing skirts, and I am definitely loving yours.

StefanieBOOM
04-06-2009, 07:06 PM
wooooow *-*

tbug
04-06-2009, 11:19 PM
I love the cape, especially how you can see the pattern of the black fabric through it. I keep meaning to make a cape but never get around to it. Hmmm....

allison<3
04-06-2009, 11:48 PM
the skirt is awesome!

Carpe_nox
04-07-2009, 01:41 AM
I am all about the cape! I absolutely love it.

mothmish
04-07-2009, 03:30 AM
Totally random this popped up after so many months... I was literally JUST looking at these prom photos on facebook... Hahaha... CRAZY.

Also... MIKU IN THE THIRD PICTURE! <3333 I miss her... D:

CatchMeARainbow
04-11-2009, 01:19 PM
That cape is wonderful!