electric shimmy » costume design

{Creamy coin and lace}

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:24:33 +0000

I started this costume a year or two ago and it is finally done!! yeah for me!! The base is covered with a pretty neutral tapestry type fabric. I then covered it with a beige lacy shirt I never wear and some lace trim. Added kuchi coins, button, crystals, rhinestone chain, pearl chain. Here are some previews, photoshoot coming soon.

{Costume revamp}

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 05:01:18 +0000

I have a beautiful Green Sim Moda Evi, that I bought of Bhuz many years ago. It came with a black chiffon skirt sewn directly into the belt. I hardly ever wear it because I am not fond of the color combo. So, I ripped out the black chiffon and bought some pretty fabrics on sale at Joann’s for $30!! What a deal! I am going to make circle/ panel skirts. The base will be the satin/taffeta with the lace overlay. It changes the whole look of the costume. I am so excited!!

Here is the original costume:

New fabric:

{Beach Photo Shoot}

admin — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:52:33 +0000

We just got home from a fun fabulous week at the Outer Banks. We stayed on Hatteras Island and the weather was perfect! It did rain the last day and a half, but the week of gorgeous weather made up for it. I decided this year I wanted to do a Mermaid inspired photo shoot, because I absolutely love mermaids. I made a Seashell bra and just draped some fishing net around a teal skirt. We took these just around sunset and drew quite a crowd. So much for keeping to ourselves. The water was pretty cold at this time and it was so strong. I have decided this beach shoot was just as hard as the ones on the snow. It was so windy that day and it was hard to keep my hair in the right spot. Overall, I am really happy with the way they came out.

{Lacy Mermaid Goddess}

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:44:28 +0000

So, less than 2 weeks and I will be at the beach!!!! Going to the Outer Banks which is one of my favorite spots. I made my daughter another mermaid tail for a photo shoot and it came out really cute, so next I am going to work on some tops w/ shells and starfish. I had started a tail for me using the same scaled concept as hers, but gave up because I was getting bored. I had given up on having my tail for our trip, but then inspiration struck while I had insomnia and started a lacy one. I used 3 layers of non-stretch fabric, so as you can imagine it was a challenge. I used a cream color tafetta, creamy crinkly, and a lace on top. I just finished the waistband casing and laying out the strips of leftover fabrics and lace that I will attach at the bottom. I am not going to make a regular fluke, just have all the fabrics draping down. I am going to wear it w/ my seashell bra/belt set I made for my photo shoot from our last beach trip. My first Mermaid Goddess Photos!! Can’t wait!

I just started this last night, so I dont have many photos. Overall it took several hours to get to this point. The most challenging was keeping all three layers of fabric lined up which was difficult because they are all sheer. I over estimated the size and made it inches larger than necessary. (Better to make it bigger and cut away, then too small and screwed). I had to resew it smaller about 4 or 5 times to make it fit. I made the casing. Just need to add elastic and all the fabric scraps as the fluke!!

Here are my other projects:

{cream and lace}

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:30:14 +0000

Finally decided how to do the lace on top. I found an old stretchy lace tank top I never wear and added that too. Had a hard time decided what to do:

{sweater coat}

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:22:09 +0000

Been on a sewing frenzy the last couple of weeks since I got my serger! LOVE IT!

Made this for my daughter! I bought the tutorial online from Katwise. Check her out on Etsy!

{new costume}

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:50:18 +0000

So I started a new costume about 2 weeks ago out of the blue. It is going to be lacy with coins, ect. Still trying to decide exactly how I want it. I have the bra all ready to be decorated and I just got all my kuchi stuff in the mail today.

{sewing madness}

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:28:13 +0000

OK, so I bought a serger and it arrived on Monday. Took about 30 minutes to figure out how to thread it, and actually took 3 tries in order to get everything working properly. So after lots of test samples, I think I have the tension right. I made my first pair of armwarmers last night using a tutorial I bought from Katwise on Etsy (Love her stuff, I have about 6 pairs of her armwarmers). So I dug out all the sweaters I have been collecting, (about 47) and started with all the rainbow colors for fun. The process actually went very quickly and so much fun to make.

*Can’t wait to make my sweatercoat and some hipscarves!!

{Sea Goddess}

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:24:35 +0000

That is exactly what I felt like doing this photo shoot! The weather was perfect all week and we did these pics just before, during, and after sunset. All within about a 45 min time frame.

{the big reveal}

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:13:29 +0000

So I have had the hardest time refraining from posting these photos over the last couple weeks, but since I just did my pro photos at the beach, I can reveal them now!!