Sometimes it’s just about getting the job done and these days I’m in dance costume mode. This jacket and dress is for a solo (not one of my daughters) and the routine is jazzy and edgy. The challenge in coming up with a costume to was to avoid cliche, especially a peculiar erstaz-Fosse type of costume that I just see over and over and over at Nationals (lots of black, bowler hats, fingerless gloves – ho hum.) So this costume is meant to be fresh, urban and youthful. The jacket pattern is Kwik Sew 3764 and the dress is Jalie 2674. I’ve already turned over the dress to the dancer so you’re looking at some extra fabric pinned to my dress form. The only change I made was leaving the straps off; she’ll wear a set of clear straps to make the dress look strapless. The jacket was an interesting challenge because it had to be as sheer as possible and several details were left off, such as the epaulets and the zippered pockets. The seams and edge finish are a three thread narrow overlock; and the heavy stress seams (e.g. armsyce, shoulder, side seams) were done on my industrial and the serger was used to clean finish the seams. The zipper was a challenge and there I just laid the zipper under the overlocked edge. The jacket fabric is dark blue silk organza and the dress is a spangly sequin knit.
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So nicely done! The sheerness is nice and light, while still maintaining the edge of a motorcycle style jacket.
I’m in the middle of dance comp stuff, too. Just made a white jean jacket into a vest and today am meeting with a studio owner/choreographer to work on some costumes for the Lollipop Guild routine.
That looks Fantastic!!!!
wow, I really like it. The jacket is so cute, I can imagine getting a lot of wear out of that for non-dance purposes.
It is a lot more stylish than the Bob Fosse outfits you described, too.
That is really a unique design! I love it.
Beautiful work. So clever and creative. Your technical skills are amazing.
I burnt out sewing dance costumes. I started to dread sewing and had to take a few years off to recover.
The silk organza motorcycle jacket looks great.
WOW – the read leads me to now know you made the choices as to what the costume patterns would be as well as choosing the fabric! Kudos for certain!
Love the jacket, I can see pairing it with many items and feeling great in it!
Wow, that’s fantastic! I really like the look of the zipper, insofar as I can see it – but I do have to wonder how sweet it would look with the epaulets!
WOW!! That is adorable. Love the organza jacket.
I’m guessing the jacket was part of the IDC program this weekend. Mar 12/13.
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