Progress continues!!!

Yay!!! All the pieces are cut out!!

I went over to my partner's house and we laid out the DTC and patterns and decided which ones we actually needed. We discarded the lining and facing because we could do that by duct taping the inside of the clothing, and we also decided to leave off most of the pockets for simplicity's sake. In the end, we barely had enough cloth to fit everything, which was suprising considering that we had 5 yards of the stuff. My dress only took 4 yards and I had plenty left over.

So, I still need to finish putting stars on my shoes and trying to figure out how we're going to get duct tape to curve smoothly. The purse is presentable, but I still need to decorate it. I also need to finish the neckline on my dress and add a zipper...........

Purse! pt. 2

Once I get started, there's no stopping me...

Since I had the DTC intended for the purse lying around, I went ahead and made it today. It didn't turn out exactly like I designed it, but I'm still quite happy with the result. The strap was complicated, and it took a few practice strips and experiments before I finished that. It's all one whole strip of duct tape, folded down on itself in a certain way and partially unfolded and stretched out... Perhaps I'll draw up a chart of how I did it, it turned out looking pretty nice...

I still need to finish my shoes, and I'm hoping my partner can come over tomorrow and we can cut out the pieces for his tux. I've also figured out what I'm doing for the hairpiece and the corsage, so I'm pretty much on track except for finishing the neckline on my dress. I actually hadn't planned on doing a lot of this until spring break...

Purse! And other accessories...

I was doodling today and I came up with a workable design for the purse. Simple enough, but classy. I also went through the scraps left over from my dress and found a sizable piece that will definitely be big enough for it. I'm planning on using a shaped wire hanger wrapped in duct tape for the handles.

For now, I think I'll be working on getting everything we'll need to a presentable state before we move on with the decorating. My dress is almost there, I still need to sew the zipper in and finish cutting out the neckline, but after that it'll look like a dress. I still need to cut out the pieces for the tux and tape those together, but after that both of our outfits will be presentable and I can breath a bit easier.

I'm thinking of ways to fasten the tux, particularly the pants. I think a zipper and a hook-and-eye fastening will do the trick. Hook-and-eyes will probably work for the shirt and jacket too...

Still noting set for my hair. I've had this vague idea of an updo with something mimicking a smaller planetary ring, or maybe something more like an astroid belt. Like the laurel wreaths of Greece (see picture) except with stars instead of leaves. I just came up with that while typing and it sounds pretty good. I'll keep y'all posted...

Much progress...

My partner and I have been getting together the last couple Sundays. We decided to get a pattern for his suit (because we know next to nothing about making a tux) so we picked up a couple patterns at Joann Fabric and Crafts one week and finished cutting them all out the next week. Hopefully I can find time to cut them out of the DTC so we'll be ready to tape them together the next time we work on it.

On my to-do list:

1) Finish putting stars on the shoes. One of them is done already, I just need to remind myself to do the other one when I have a spare moment. It really doesn't take that long, I'm just forgetful...

2) Experiment with the design on the tux. Our idea is to put shooting stars on the tux jacket, so I need to figure out how to make long, curving strips of duct tape when the curve is too wide to cut out of a single piece. It'll just take some messing around with, I'm sure it won't be a problem. It just needs to be done...

3) Start thinking about hairstyle and accessories. For the hair, I don't want it to be too outlandish, but I do want it to be more than a few stars bobby-pinned into an updo. Maybe some kind of star halo or even a tiara-style headdress? And the purse. I haven't even started designing the purse. I have a feeling that'll end up being the thing I'm least concerned with when we get down to the last few weeks...

I should really get a solid date for the prom we're going to. I know it's in the middle of May somewhere, but it would be nice to know for sure...