There is a little girl, who I have known since birth, that requested a dance costume from me. You see, last year when she chose her individual costume for her dance performance, she got it from a catalog.
*shocked gasp*
An entire team had also chosen that dance outfit for their performance, so needless to say, she was a bit chagrined upon seeing so many others wearing her special costume.
She wondered if her “Aunt” Stacy would make her a costume for next season? Well, of course, she would! We sat down and looked at different types of dance costumes (since I know nothing about them), and she really liked this one.
Well, then, I made one that was fairly similar to it.
I got her measured up, and then it was time to wait until just before the performance to actually sew it up (procrastination is my super power).
To start out we needed some fabrics, which in my defense, I did buy back in December.
The lime green is football spandex and the electric dark green/lime green with sparkles is a lighter weight spandex.
The jacket needed a heavier weight spandex, so that is why I did the football pants spandex. It worked great and had a nice body to it.
The dress is made out of the lighter spandex, and I lined the top with the football spandex to give it some weight.
The bottom circle skirt is lined with the electric fabric, so when she spins you will only see that fabric and not the wrong side of the fabric.
The vest was a huge pain to make. It was not the easiest fabric to work with in putting in zippers and getting it to lay flat. I drafted the vest piece like this, and I think I should have maybe done just a straight (and wider) neckline piece.
I also didn’t cut the moto off center zipper piece in the right spot, as it should have been over more to give her a tighter fit. The seam ripper was used quite a bit here on the jacket. But…it’s done and cute.
I am not sure how well the belt is going to stay in place, so I will be recommending a pin to keep it in place. The fabric is just so slippery that I think it will slide out of the buckle with just a little stretch on it.
The little booty shorts was a pattern I had made for my daugther a few years ago, since this girl is pretty petite.
I also made a scrunchie, so she can finish her look!
So, in the end it turned out to be a pretty cute outfit. Hope she wins! (I hear they also give out awards for costumes that did not come from a catalog.)
