Icing the Cupcake
Mar. 17th, 2008 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kambrielI just completed an outfit for Jillian to wear to the Vampire Ball in Portland, Oregon. To say she loves her pink wardrobe accents (and stripes, and bats, and whimsical scrolls) is a vast understatement, so of course I wanted to incorporate these as much as possible into her customized Cabaret Bustle Jacket (made from that lovely velvet flocked material I posted a while back) and the spiderweb embroidered Scylla Skirt she'll be wearing with it. So what does this translate into beyond trimming it in pink ribbons and hand-cut lace?
I decided the black/ivory stripes of the fabric alone just would not do for our dear Cupcake, so I took it upon myself to add rows of *pink* decorative stitching outlining both sides of each and every black stripe, for the full length of every piece of the jacket! Did this take a while? Did I feel like I've driven for hours on a road where you can't waver even 1/8 of an inch? Did thread run out in very inconvenient places? Did my sewing machine try it's hardest to stage a coup? Oh yes... And you know, the majority of people may either not notice such a subtle detail, or just assume the fabric came that way, but the important thing is Jilli will know and truly feel it's *hers*. :)
Here you can see a close-up of the edge stitching:
The front and back lower edges of the jacket are done in a stylized batwing design:
On this one, if you look to the far right, you can catch a glimpse of how I embellished the decorative spiderweb embroidery on the front of her skirt with tiny organza flowers:
I decided the black/ivory stripes of the fabric alone just would not do for our dear Cupcake, so I took it upon myself to add rows of *pink* decorative stitching outlining both sides of each and every black stripe, for the full length of every piece of the jacket! Did this take a while? Did I feel like I've driven for hours on a road where you can't waver even 1/8 of an inch? Did thread run out in very inconvenient places? Did my sewing machine try it's hardest to stage a coup? Oh yes... And you know, the majority of people may either not notice such a subtle detail, or just assume the fabric came that way, but the important thing is Jilli will know and truly feel it's *hers*. :)
Here you can see a close-up of the edge stitching:
The front and back lower edges of the jacket are done in a stylized batwing design:
On this one, if you look to the far right, you can catch a glimpse of how I embellished the decorative spiderweb embroidery on the front of her skirt with tiny organza flowers: