Ladies' Ice Show Costumes

And finally we have...the women's costumes

 from the Coram Deo 2012 Ice Show.

This dress was inspired from Liesl's dress in "The Sound of Music".
Using a pattern from this web site http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/patterns1.php ,  I made some  alterations to the dress that flatter a figure skater.

Here's what I did:

• used crepe and chiffon, which added an extra flow and ease to the dress.
•  shortened the dress by about a foot.
•  excluded the top ribbon on the dress and just sewed on a bow.
•  took out the puffy sleeve and made a draping / breezy sleeve with a lettuce hem.
•  put in an invisible zipper.
•  lined the yoke
• changed the neck line shape from square to a rounded scoop

Here is a picture of just some of the material consumed by this project.
Shown here are 11 bolts of material and ribbon.

Being a designer/seamstress for a project like this is so fun, especially when I get to see the finished product on someone. Here I am straitening out an outfit before "show time"!

 She's ready to roll!

Here is a sketch of the dress with my alterations.
 Excuse the scribbling, it's straight out of my design book.
I didn't end up following my sketch exactly, 
but I followed most of it.

THE ICE DANCERS
(or at least some of them)