Anna from Frozen Costume

 

 

I have just completed the Anna Costume, which is the last one in the troupe. The painting of the skirt has taken much longer than I anticipated. I tried to use a stencil, but kept getting smudges, so had to do it all freehand in the end. I used four different colours of fabric paint and the flowers are in a pearl paint, so that they will catch the light. I added a pale blue wavy edge to the skirt in a semi stretch fabric so that it would bend round with the hem using a zig zag stitch.

Anna Costume from Frozen
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The skirt is made of two half circles, but tapered down to reduce the size of the hem because I want it to flare out nicely when the dancer spins round so the the flowers can easily be seen. It is lined with a polycotton lace edged petticoat with a matching pair of bloomers.

To get the pattern on the stretch velvet bodice, I drew the pattern onto some bondaweb, cut it out and then ironed it onto different colours of lycra

 

You then have to peel off the paper backing and iron the pieces onto the velvet using a protecting cloth checking that the glue has firmly adhered. I have stitched a couple of bits for extra security.

The top has been edged with gold lycra strips and I have attached pale aqua lycra sleeves and neck. I made the V Shape out of gold lycra stiffened with heavy interfacing, taking care to match up the angles. I then sewed this onto the top then attached the skirt. I tacked the point down onto the skirt so that it won't keep sticking up.

 

 

 

I managed to find a lovely soft fabric for the cape in exactly the right colour and a pearly trim to match, which I thought would look far better on stage that the trim in the film. I then added a padded bonnet to complete the outfit

 

 

 

I have since trimmed the hat with some lilac feather trim. I dyed some white using a purple felt tip pen broken open and soaked in a bowl of water, as I hadn't any lilac dye and this was cheap and easy. I dried it with the hair dryer and hey presto :-

 

 

 

My next blog will be about the cards and other costumes from Alice in Wonderland

 

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