So I mentioned that Sadie called being Elsa for Halloween, right?
It was mainly because she already had the dress.
Oh and yes she’s obsessed with Elsa just like almost every little girl in America.
When we headed up to visit Kristin in May, it happened to coincide with Em’s birthday, which was Frozen themed!
So I had to make Sadie a dress to wear.
Thanks, K, for making that happen.
Once I got started I really enjoyed seeing Elsa’s dress come to life!Or, my version of it.
I drafted a bodice for the dress and ended up sewing the white part from some shimmery knit dance fabric that I think I got on one of my Berkeley fabric trips with Stef-or with Kate at Britex maybe.
It worked pretty well! I lined the bodice after sewing together the little corset-ish front bodice.
Circle skirt was made using the Georgia Twirl pattern, lengthened of course.
For the back of the dress, I inserted a invisible zipper and then sewed two strips of velcro (soft side), on either side of the zip.
Then, I cut out a cape shape from some shimmery see through fabric (this and the blue stuff was from Walmart! ha), and serged it.
(which, didn’t work. it came unraveled pretty quickly since the weave of this fabric is VERY loose. I just keep re-serging it.
I tried singeing the ends with a lighter, but it just lit on fire and made my sewing room smell bad.
oops.
So anyways. I gathered up the top of the cape and sewed it to the matching two pieces of velcro, so that it could detach from the dress if needs be.
Or if someone stepped on it or something.
This dress is a BIG hit.
Scroll down to see the whole Frozen gang together!
hehe!
Do you wanna build a snowman?
They look adorable! You did a great job!
That Elsa Dress is gorgeous, my daughter was dying to be Elsa until she found out how many little girls in her class were also going to be Elsa. Now she wants me to use the fabric to make just a princess dress so that she can be any princess.
I love it! All three costumes, actually 🙂 I have a little Anna this year, myself.
These are the cutest Frozen costumes I have seen yet 🙂
Sweet!
Oh my word, they are just too cute! Awesome job on the sewing 🙂
dude that is the exact fabric i’m working with now and NOW i remember it fraying all over the place at the party! ARGH. i think i figured out last night that it’s polyester organza, and there are certain tactics for sewing it (apparently a rolled hem foot and french seaming) though i don’t think i’m even gonna bother. mine was an overskirt rather than the cape. anyway. CUTE! they look adorable all together. oh and i’m so bad, i still haven’t blogged that party!
it’s the worst! I don’t have a rolled hem foot (I don’t think, at least) and you’re right, it’s not really worth it. I just re-serge it as needed.
Oh my adorable!
The baby wearing her Olaf costume is ADORABLE!
Love the costumes, especially Olaf! I wish I was done with costume sewing already. Half way there! My girls adore these dresses and are now demanding to have Anna and Elsa dresses too 😉
These costumes are so so adorable. Nice job!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE the photo of the Frozen gang!! Thanks for the Velcro cape tip… I’ve been wondering how to make an Elsa dress – even though (very surprisingly) my 5 year old hasn’t even asked for one (yet)!!