Nine Ladies Dancing
In this case it’s seven ladies dancing. I made these seven dresses and 17 pairs of pantelettes to go under the dresses for Jemma’s division in ballet.
I made three maids costumes. I made, altered or fixed 56 costumes for this performance. Six years ago when Jemma was in the first Nutcracker, I made, altered or fixed 37 costumes while trying to sell our house.
These two jackets stressed me out the most. Some people when they sew don’t use patterns, but I only like to sew with a pattern. I had to figure out how to get the burgundy velvet in the center of these jackets. After a lot of thought, I finally figured it out. I was up until 1:30 am Friday morning finishing them for dress rehersal that day.
This is 16 of the 17 party girls that I made pantelettes for. The light pink dress on the front row is Clara. I made sleeves to go on that dress.
You are INCREDIBLE! I hope you made lots of $$$ for your Christmas fund!
They were beautiful. Vivian wanted to know if the girls got to keep their dresses.
Vivian-the girls do get to keep there dresses.
Robin- I trade sewing for ballet lessons. Jemma will dance the next two years for free.