Reversible sunhat from dress

My daughter wore this dress to the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in our street - it was perfect!!

When she outgrew the dress I knew that I wanted to refashion it, but couldn't initially figure out what. So I waited for inspiration to strike...

Then it hit me.  A summer's hat...

But not just a summer's hat - a reversible summer's hat...

So now I can remember that celebration and keep the sun out of my eyes too!

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Mad Hatter's cravat and hankie

The school already had a set of tails for the Mad Hatter, but they wanted to titivate it up with a cravat and a pocket handkerchief.

The brief was to make it out of some bright and cheerful fabric...

Easy peasy!  And he looked great too!

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A multitude of Flapper dresses

Would I make some Flapper dresses?

Well, of course, says I!

But there are going to be about 30 of them...

That's so not a problem!

The addition of fringing was discussed but we decided to add silver sparkle detailing to the dropped-waist, figure skimming dresses instead.

Like most of my costumes, velcro was added at the back for quick changes.

I made half in this style...

And the other half were made in green satin, with a slightly different silver trim and a bow on the hip.

The finished result...

One very happy dance school teacher!

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