Evenstar Designs

Ever since I new about our beach trip, I decided that I wanted to make a romantic flowy gown for a photo shoot. I had a general idea of what it would look like, but no definite plan. When the dress was finished, I realized that it looked a little like Elizabeth's nightgown (from Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl), which was perfect for the beach! So here's an overload of pictures of my simple yet romantic fairytale gown.

Kristi and I have been planning this since Christmas time: We wanted to make dresses from the Titanic movie, and do some sort of photo shoot on the beach this summer (because the beach was the closest thing we had to a cruise ship). We had the plan, but I didn't actually do anything to make it happen until about three weeks before our trip. As soon as I realized how little time we had, I quickly ordered the pattern and fabric. We decided that Kristi would have the red and black gown for when Jack saves Rose, and I would have the pastel gown from when the ship is sinking. We used simplicity pattern 8399, purchased fabric from Fabric Wholesale Direct, and I got a "Heart of the Ocean" necklace from amazon. Guess what? I was able to sew my dress in ONE DAY!!! New record!! Kristi's took a little longer because it took forever to add all the glitter, sequins, lace and fringe. Anywho, we did our little photo shoot on the beach, which was difficult with the wind,

Tailgates at Taco Bell, near collisions in the intersection reel, and lots of fandoms oh my!  The 2017  Homeschool Ball was definitely a night to remember!  This year's gown was the easiest to make yet, and also was the most comfortable!  I actually wasn't overheated once whereas in years past I felt like  I was on fire. This year's theme was "An Evening at the Library" so I chose to go as someone from the Lord of the Rings. Because the book isn't overly descriptive about costumes, and the movie has some amazing interpretations,  I decided to make Arwen's gown from the dream scene in LOTR the Two Towers: The hardest part was finding the right colored fabric, but after a day of searching through three fabric stores, I found something that would work. I used a lavender shantung taffeta and some lavender chiffon layered on top of each other, and it turned out very nicely! Kristi got me Arwen's Evenstar necklace for Christmas, and I purchased elv

Hello and Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Kristi and I went caroling with our choir again this year. I had the idea to carol in our neighborhood, so we tried that for the first time and got lots of smiles!   We loved having our cousin from Germany with us again this Christmas, and she dressed up too! We weren't the only ones who were excited...  I've been doing a little experimenting with hair, and successfully curled all three feet  of my hair using bandanas. I also tried a 27 strand braid on Kristi (Actually nine 3-strand braids woven together). Last week, I did a little "fabric shopping" (but I only bought one piece of new  fabric). At goodwill, I found four very lightly used cotton sheets, two white, one pink, and one light blue with pale stripes. I love turning sheets into gowns! There's so much fabric in them, and they're much less expensive than new fabric! In on