I also did a bit of tailoring, nothing super fancy but I pulled it in at the waist.Īround this time I stepped back from this project and started working a lot more on Royal Milk Tea. I think the first pocket took me an hour to do – luckily they got progressively easier. The first speed bump I hit involved the pockets which were stupidly difficult to get placed and size properly. It sews and irons like a champ.Ĭonstruction went along quite quickly and smoothly! I don’t think you could get this fabric to pucker or wrinkle no matter how hard you tried. I made the jacket from a bright red wool suiting which is the easiest material I have ever worked with. The sleeves have an inverted box pleat on the top which aligns with the shoulder seam.
The lower frontmost panel is reinforced with interfacing and the side panels are made up of six 3/4″ knife pleats. The front has princess seams and the back has darts. It was a very easy pattern to draft, which surprised me. It can also help me estimate how much fabric I will need! It gives me an idea of what each piece will look like which helps me visualize when it comes time to draft things. I don’t always make pattern pages, but they really do help. So after a bit of doodling, I came up with this!Īnd the pattern pages to go with it. I also decided to make this costume an educational tailoring experience by aiming for an exaggerated hourglass shape.
I’m not interested in wearing them and i’m definitely not interested in making them. When I decided on that I knew right away there would be one major difference: I wanted to wear shorts instead of jodhpurs. It also seemed a bit boring and might hinder my ability to live up to the kawaii-mountie title.ĭesigning a heavily inspired uniform seemed like a better option. Making an accurate uniform seemed a bit daunting to me. Now, If you don’t know what a Mountie is, or haven’t heard of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) you can learn more here.Įven if you haven’t heard the name before, i’m sure you have (at the very least) seen pictures of them. (and now I feel it is my duty to be the most kawaii mountie I can be) When I woke up the next day I knew it was something I had to do. It was really late at night when this conversation happened, so it sounded brilliant at the time and I announced to the world of facebook that I was going to make a Mountie costume. I said I didn’t think I could pull off a Mountie costume and they said, “Oh no, Angela, you would be the most kawaii Mountie” I asked what that would look like and they said a maple leaf or maybe a Mountie. I was talking to someone online the next day about cosplay ideas and they said I should cosplay Canadian pride. I thought it might be an interesting challenge / practice piece for me to sew. Two of my favorite things are uniforms and dramatic color combinations and the Mountie uniforms have both. Of course this completely goes against what the judges would have wanted, since they look for originality, but I found the idea interesting. Partway through the episode I asked my mother, “What would you make if you got Canada?” and she said “I would make a RCMP uniform.”
MOUNTY COSTUME TV
You never know when they might come in handy and save the day.A few months ago the TV show Project Runway had this challenge where you had to make an outfit that represented a country and was inspired by that countries flag. Make this costume a couple's ensemble with our Westley costume or bring it to a whole new level when you invite Fezzik and Inigo Montoya along. Plus, they made a few friends along the way. Still, despite all the drama that the couple had to go through in order to be together, but it was worth it in the end. If it's not one hardship then it's another. We have a feeling that he'll take one look at you and say those three magic words you've been dying to hear: "As you wish." Happily Ever After Wear the costume and go on a journey to find your very own Man in Black AKA Westley. You could even top it off with our gorgeous Buttercup wig, complete with dainty crown. The included belt ties around the waist and cinches the whole storybook inspired look together. You'll love how this officially licensed costume looks exactly like Buttercup's riding cloak that she wears in the movie. If you're starting on a quest to find your long lost love, then we strongly urge you to dress in this Princess Bride Buttercup costume. Plus, what's the point in getting married if you don't love the person? Besides, Buttercup has already found her one true love. Yea.it's a pretty unfortunate name, we get it. That means you would be Princess Humperdinck. Well, if you had to marry a prince named Prince Humperdinck, we don't think you would be too pleased either. Usually women go to great lengths to become a princess.but not Buttercup.
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