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Queen of Heart Running outfit, part 2 21 Jun 2013 | 07:14 pm
This costume was for the Tower of Terror 10 mile race in Disneyworld, the theme being villains. For reference (again), the queen. So the hardest part of the queens skirt is the front piece, because ...
Villain Running Costume 11 Jun 2013 | 06:45 pm
So back in October of 2012, I ran the Tower of Terror 10 mile race in Disney world. Of course, I had to do a costume. And of course, it had to be thematically appropriate. And as close in appearanc...
Princess top 5 Nov 2012 | 12:11 am
So the race was almost a year ago, so I suppose I should finish posting about the outfit. HA!!! I have a new goal of posting once a week and a huge backlog of projects to talk about, so here we go. R...
Princess Butt 23 Feb 2012 | 09:42 am
For my running princess skirt, I started with the brocade underskirt. I borrowed a costume from a friend's child and looked at lots of images online and put together a sketch of the pattern on the fa...
The making of a princess 18 Feb 2012 | 05:37 am
One week from today, I will be traveling to Florida to run in the Princess Half Marathon at DisneyWorld. Two friends will be running with me. They are both accomplished runners. I am not a runner. In...
Someday 18 Feb 2012 | 05:35 am
Someday I will document the finishing of the costume below, as well as the kick ass belly dance costumes I have made since then. But not today. Today is for documenting my current project, a Running P...
Whirlwind of Shimmys 8 Mar 2011 | 02:56 pm
I have been sewing like a madwoman, trying to complete a belly dance costume by the show date of March 26th. I will write more details on the costume after the show, but in the meantime, here are a f...
Stop and sew the roses 22 Jan 2011 | 05:10 am
I am no stranger to making fabric flowers. I have made them to put in my hair (back when I had enough hair to do this) and also to put on vintage style hats like this one (my very favorite hat that I ...
A belly tale 20 Jan 2011 | 02:59 am
Once upon a time, way back in June 2010, there was a girl who was in a show with a bunch of other girls. She made a bunch of make-up bags for the other girls with their names on them, because it made ...
The Plan, it changes 18 Jan 2011 | 08:50 am
So I had a plan for my belly dance costume. The shape of it was kinda vintage 40s inspired, a bra and belt set with a long trumpet skirt. Here is a VERY rough sketch of what I was thinking (I can't d...
