Busy in the studio with the construction of the costume for the Invercargill Musical Theatre Company’s production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jnr”.
I am having so much fun with seeing these pieces come together for The Baroness, and look forward to seeing it ‘alive’ on actress Kate on stage.

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The basic shape of the dress is done (minus the sleeves), so I thought I’d play with some flower placement. I had to make many more as I didn’t have enough to start with. The pins along the bottom show the new length, I thought it would look better if the hem is shorter and show more of the underskirt (the polka dot one).

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The finished red and polka dotted underskirt.

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Making the flounces for the sleeves, and on the left is a sleeve.

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Top half of the finished costume, complete with jewelry.

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The completed costume for The Baroness, including the under-skirt.