How to make a good Bustle Dress?
I would like to make a bustle dress costume for halloween. I hate the prefab cheap costumes. I am also planning to use it for a scifi convention one day…
I’ve studied the guidelines for making one but I’d like more opinions. What’s the best way (and easiest) to make the style bustles that are in the pictures. And I’d like to know what the best kind of fabric should be used as the main fabric? Brocade? What? It should be at least moderately heavy I know, to make it last.
Pictures:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/2115430471_2a796037b1.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/139/c/4/1880__s_Bustle_Dress_Back_by_Opergeist.jpg
http://mademoiselle-rose.typepad.com/gowns/bustledress.jpg
http://www.harlotsandangels.co.uk/catalog/images/dress_flock2.jpg
I made one from black velvet.
I made a long straight skirt that began to flare just below the knees.
It had a pleat in the back. I cut out a rectangle from the floor upto just below the knees and put pleated fabric in there.
Then I added the bustle to the back of the dress with a series of hooks at the waistband seam.
I first lined the bustle with batting and filled it with pillow fill.
It was pretty easy to do.
Goodnight Rose by Ryan Adams
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SAGE GREEN ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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SAGE GREEN ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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CHOCOLATE ROSE BUSTLE FLOWER GIRL DRESS 2T 3T 4T 5 6 7 $19.99 |
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