Lady É :: mostly a costuming blog ::

I finally realized that I need to get in gear as soon as possible if I'm going to make even one costume for Prince Caspian. Right now my plan is Susan's purple dress for myself. Though I love Lucy's red dress, I figured I would costume as her for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and this was one of my last chances at being Susan. Plus, I'm closer to Susan's age, and my hair's right, I just need some kind of temporary darkening wash.

Bought the first pattern, McCall's 4107, as a base for the bodice. It laces up the front or sides but that's relatively easy to remove. The princess seams are shaped right (though I'll be adding the many different side seams), it has the start of a peplum, it has a pointed waist, and it's a relatively small pattern and cheap, particularly with the sale Hancock Fabrics had.

The other one I want and didn't get is Butterick 4452, for the back lacing and the skirt. I'll wait until after April 3 for that, for yet another sale.

Now to clean up my sewing area. It was moved from its nice set-up in the finished basement to the finished attic—with benevolent intentions, I'm sure—but now it's an obstacle course to reach the sewing machine to repair the slightest tear, much less make a costume.