31 10 2016

maid outfit

Happy Halloween! I’ve made a maid outfit for myself this year. They consist of the main black and white dress, a frilly white apron, and a headband. I aimed for a cute yet elegant style adding details which are not too much.

The dress has a round collar and cuffs with black piping detail, pin tucks at the bust section with fabric covered buttons, white ladder lace inserted along the front skirt, black scalloped lace trimmings along the blouse and dress joint and the layered frills of the back skirt, and mini pleats all along the hem. The dress opens up at the back when you unhook the gold hook at the back waist which loosens the fitted silhouette allowing you to dress/undress easily. No buttons or zippers along the back or side of the garment. Made with black cotton sateen and crisp white cotton fabric.

The apron is kept simple with a minimal size and lovely dotted/scalloped lace trimmings along the edge. The ends of the waist tie ribbon are pointed for extra charm. Made with light weight cotton fabric all in white. I’ve made the headband using the leftover ladder lace from the dress and the dotted lace from the apron.

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09 10 2016

layered apron

I have been working on my maid outfit and I had to make a few samples of the apron until I’ve got it right. I decided to go with a simpler design which only covers the front side of the body and these frilly samples in different lengths were left without purpose. They were fine as they were but I combined them to create this layered apron. It’s more interesting now, I think. It is made of calico and has cotton herringbone ribbon trimmings. The hem is rounded at the edges and the waist ties have pointed ends. I’m wearing it with a simple mini dress in calico but I’m sure it will look pretty with anything.

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