![]() ![]() I didn’t get this costume fully completed by June 18, but it was far enough along to wear. My necklace was a “test” from a friend’s jewelry company that I added red gems to. “For the Gold dragon (me) I purchased a black corset and glued Gold Polyurethane vinyl onto it and then cut out about 200 scales and glued the scales and side pieces to the corset. I made a neck / shoulder piece from the vinyl as well.” I then glued the scales and the side panels on the chest piece. I then SEWED the basic chest piece together from brown vinyl and THEN cut and individually PAINTED 300 scales green with a beautiful shiny green acrylic paint (Lumiere by Jacquard) that is bendy once dry. I made a pattern from the duct tape top and used it to make a muslin. For the Green dragon I thought, ‘I’ll wrap my husband up with duct tape, cut him out of it and then glue green scales on the makeshift vest.’ FAIL! All the bumps from the duct tape showed through the soft Polyurethane vinyl. I wanted to make them bright and colorful. They are inspired by two of the dragons from Game of Thrones: Viserion (gold) which is my costume and Rhaegal (green) my husband Gerry Green’s costume. “These costumes were made for the Coney Island Mermaid parade June 16, 2018. I really like the bright colors.“ TIE-DYE FOR CHALLENGE: Second Place Winner The sewing is very clean, which always impresses me with little things like dolls. “I t is not a full-size costume for a human, which is more the focus of Shear Madness, but i t perfectly meets the theme of the challenge and is very happy, bright, and cute.“ ![]() ![]() “Eritrea the Rainbow Masquerade Fairy” by Casey Brown of Skyleaf Creations As you can see in the picture, her dress is now a skirt because pixies grow fast, but mama pulled through this year and we finally got to wear our dresses to church for Easter! ” TIE-DYE FOR CHALLENGE: Third Place Winner This idea of a tie dress started 2 years ago for an Easter project for my daughter and I finished hers 2 years ago but mine never materialized. I didn’t mind this since I knew I wanted to use an additional tie as a belt and I thought it gave the dress a 1920’s sack dress look, which I liked. the belt is actually a tie that belonged to my grandfather who passed away when I was 12. Which meant that a seam would need to be added horizontally in order to put the skirt at the proper length. I learned the ladder stitch to construct the bodice. The front center two ties are the only ones that retain their full length. The dress is entirely hand sewn because I’m still afraid of my machine but also because of the multitude of fabrics it was easier to control. From there I draped the skirt onto my dress form and let the rest come together in a very organic way, letting the fabric and the ties sort of tell me where they wanted to go. I started collecting ties, and basically made a circle skirt to start with. She has a strong will to repurpose items no longer wanted by the masses and delites in finding the organic beauty in asymmetry. “Katy Wampus is a steampunk fairy who is currently hard at work collecting discarded neck ties to mend her wings and create vests for her ever growing family of pixies and imps. “ Katy (and Kitty) Wampus” by Raechel Fleming This took approximately 6 hours to complete” Honorable Mention for Creative Re-Purposing The design does not go around the entire heel, by request. The blue was added last by filling in the background. The St Andrew’s cross pattern was determined by the angles created by the heel itself and the inner corner edges of the white rows. Then set the horizontal red rows, and the clear as an outline. Started with the center vertical red line, using E6000 to adhere the stones to the heels, then laid down the verticals on either side for a 3-stone-width. I copied the design of the Union Jack flag onto the heels using a ruler to ensure they were centered and a grease pencil for markings in case of errors. “These shoes were a commissioned item, and she requested that only the heels be decorated (for a Def Leppard concert lol). Honorable Mention for Professional Design Execution We were so pleased and proud of the costumes submitted to this challenge. Shear Madness is a celebration of all costuming genres. ![]() Our 17th Quarterly Shear Madness Costuming Challenge was “TIE-DYE FOR” which was all about color, rainbows, fabric coloring/dyeing techniques, and fun! ![]()
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