Oh
my, oh my! I squealed when I saw
this. It has to be the most wonderful
Grosgrain giveaway yet, well; I really love the Marie dress and the whole lot of
what she makes. But come on, Alice in Wonderland is my FAVORITE and
who could pass up these beauties.
I
seriously want to win this prize!
This
is what you get: The Queen of Hearts dress, the wig, the crown, the striped
tights and red pettiskirt. The winner
will also get the
Kathleen
took her cues from the upcoming Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland which makes me even more anxious to see the
movie and want to create something too.
Here
are some of the details on the costumes from Kathleen:
“For the Queen of Hearts dress, I tried to exact every small
detail. (Notice the pintucked upper bodice:) Of course, there were a number of
things I could not find. The gold and red paisley overskirt material wasn't
available at any store I visited. So I bought the gold striped material instead
and bustled it with black and red striped gold buttons. Bustles just look
better anyway.”
“The jewelry detailing on the upper bodice was all done by hand.
I mean with pliers and metal cutters. I can't tell you how many details went
into this dress. There might just be a hundred buttons. And did I mention I
didn't use a single pattern.
It literally took weeks to finish. Of course I didn't work on it everyday but
from the first day I started to the last day (being today) weeks have passed.
Seeing it on the mannequin was so rewarding. And making the patterns was so
much easier with it. I didn't have to ask Lily to take her shirt off once.
Molly's little
The
Queen of Hearts dress would fit a 3T-5T (maybe 6T, depending on how big your
child is). The
To
check out more pictures and sign up for the giveaway journey over to Grosgrain.
ok so i wanna go to a dance and the theme is disney and im a huge fan of tim burton and the first thing that came to my mind was alice in waunderland. i would love to be the queen of hearts for "MORP" wich is on march 6th.
Posted by: andrea | February 17, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Hi Melissa! I just found your blog and this amazing dress of yours!!!!! I hope you did not mind that I blog about it here: http://foreveryoukids.blogspot.com/2010/03/some-red-queeness.html I am sorry to find you so late!! Where have I been when your giveaway happened LOL!! It is simply amazing!
Yuliya
Posted by: Forever You | March 18, 2010 at 09:05 PM
Ups I assumed your name is Melissa from the blog address Could not find it any where else. If I am wrong please correct me !
Posted by: Forever You | March 18, 2010 at 09:09 PM
I am totally messed Up LOL. Must be my allergy .. I just notice that the giveaway was from Gross Grain.. Sorry about this confusion!
Posted by: Forever You | March 18, 2010 at 09:17 PM
Queen of Hearts dress is so beatuful I want one.If you are like the majority people, you don't encompass the time to sew costumes. The cost of supplies alone far exceeds the cost of a pre-sewn costume.
Posted by: connie | August 24, 2010 at 03:51 PM