Honey O'Hara Part 2

Honey O'Hara

The Skirt

 

 Apologies for the delay between posts.  I will put up another post about what crafty activities have been keeping me at bay.

Despite my absence from the blog, there has been progress with the costume.  The skirt is nearly there.

The first thing I did was cut out that main section of skirt - basically a HUGE rectangle!

The Honey O'Hara skirt uses a lot more material on the skirt than the Cinderella, even just for the base layer.

This is because the skirt is going to be a lot fuller so I had to allow more length. 

I hemmed the edges so it wouldn't fray and then moved onto the strips.

To create the layered frill effect of the dress I am making strips of fabric and attaching them to the base skirt.

Each strip needed to be pinned and hemmed individually.

This part of the costume took FOREVER!

 This is one of the strips all pinned, ready for hemming.

 I started with three strips so I could test out how much overlap I wanted with the layers and work out from there how many strips would be needed.

 Here are the strips shown all hemmed up and laid out alongside the base of the skirt. 

 Below is a photo of the three strips layered on the base.
I left a gap before starting the layering so I can fold the top of the skirt over when its connected to the rest of the costume.  This will hide any unwanted seams.
At this stage the untidy threads are all over the place but they will be tidied up before the strips are sewn on.

There's not much left over from all that material I started out with. 

I used the existing strips as a stencil to cut around to speed up the process.

Luckily there was just enough fabric left for the remaining strips.

The next blog post will cover the remaining steps for the skirt, adding the lace and attaching them to the base.