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This was my forest nymph costume for the Elf Fantasy Fair 2008. The skirt has a cut-off synthetic wedding dress with lots of petticoat as a base on which I’ve sewn countless leaves which were individually cut out of fabric. (the whole thing took me about 6 months as I also made all the accesories and the hair)
Material Notes
Leaves – interfacing (to prevent fraying), lots of forest coloured materials (polycotton, lining, satin, silk, suede, velvet, lots of left-over fabric i dont know the name of)
Sleeves & Cape – Fleece and organza
Corset – silk (i didnt make this though, dont have the pattern!)
Difficulty
Novice
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Credits
I have to give credit to both Nada and Marianne for helping me with the sleeves!
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May 3, 2010, 03.18 PMby seussian
Stunning, Gorgeous, Beautiful, Breathtaking, Inspirational, . . . . . I’m running out of decriptive words. . . . It’s amazing! Please keep up the amazing works God bless
Nov 23, 2008, 03.16 PMby Ruffles Gazebo
this dress is absolutely incredible….go make costumes for lotr or something!
Sep 18, 2008, 01.52 AMby mcloughlinsarah
this is so cool the leaves are really awesome what an original costume,amazing
Jun 18, 2008, 05.31 PMby tina4
wow! love that dress!! (^__^) that dress is amazin! i think u did a really great job!!
May 16, 2008, 11.13 AMby plaidrose
HOLY SMOKES!!! Thats such an intense dress!!!!! ITS FANTASTIC!!!
May 14, 2008, 05.14 PMby schickchick
thats ammmaaazzzziinnnggg! did you make the corset?? its beautiful. and the leaves are just unbelievable.
May 11, 2008, 02.45 PMby bobana17lsw
WOW…too cool. =)
May 11, 2008, 08.53 AMby justelaite
god, this is just great!
May 11, 2008, 07.30 AMby lauriana
Wow, that’s a lot of work! But the result looks great. I can’t remember seeing you at the Fair ;) but then, I was there on Sunday (you may have been there on Saturday) and there where loads of spectacularly dressed people. I really like your idea though, most people go for historical (like I did, I posted my victorian dress here on Burdastyle last week) or clearly defined fantasy costumes. I like that you seem to have made your own story.
May 11, 2008, 04.30 AMby jellybean
wow, so much work has gone into this. Well done.
May 10, 2008, 11.47 PMby fashion1
omg! really unbelievable! incredible work.
May 10, 2008, 11.44 PMby tuuls84
unbelievable :) this is really a great workpicece :)