belle ballgown
Below you'll find blog posts related to my Belle ballgown from Beauty and the Beast. This tag covers multiple Belle ballgowns - the first one I made for Dragoncon in 2005, the second for Dragoncon in 2012, and a version I made for a stage production in 2016. I made a third version in 2025, but that version has its own specific tag.
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let’s circle back after the holidays
Halloween now feels like a month ago. But it was just a week ago! Since it was cold out I wore Leia so I could layer under it, and it’s comfortable to sit in while waiting on trick or treaters. I ended up being home alone most of the night. Chase had to go over and help my aunt and…
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it’s the weekly monday post
Friday was busy!! So Wednesday last week I pulled out Belle to double check everything – it needed some roses replaced and some of the appliques sewn back on. And I needed to restyle the wig since I took it down for Dorothy. Then Friday I came straight home from work and started getting ready. I experimented a little bit…
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Finished!
Chase took some photos of my finished Belle dresses last night. We just set them up in the hallway (under the Belle portrait!) on the dressform. The blue dress: After I sent it in for a final try-on, I found out I was going to have to lose about 4 inches of length when I hemmed it. I tried to…
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Almost there…
I finished the ballgown over the weekend! Now where did I leave off.. First up, the real hoopskirt came in so I was able to switch out my stand-in for the real one…. it came just in time, they are shaped differently so that helped me gauge the gathering in the seams, and pinning the hem, Getting the two skirts…
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Ballgown skirt
I was supposed to work on the shoulder pieces last night but I didn’t. Instead I came home and sewed all the skirt panels together, gathered it (just as a test, I’ll probably have to re-gather it later), and then got all of the skirt poof panels cut and sewn together (well, mostly, I still have two more in the…
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Belle ballgown bodice progress!
Some more updates on the school play Belle costumes… I strugged with the bodice for the ballgown the past two nights – trying to get all 5 layers even and sized the same way was a nightmare. I also made the mistake of buying plastic boning for it – because obviously our stores here don’t sell the spiral steel I…
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Belle Costumes
Yay new projects to talk about! I’m currently working on two Belle costumes for a production of Beauty and the Beast! My mom is doing the 3 dresses for Gaston’s silly girls, and I’m doing the Belle village dress and ballgown. Week before last, we went shopping… starting with a disappointing trip to Hancock Fabrics. 4 in the afternoon, lines…
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a little mystery
I’m posting a lot today. I was digging through old hard-drives trying to find some missing pictures last night when I came across some pics of a project that did not get finished. I’m sharing it today with Chase’s permission. Back in 2012 when I was making my newer Belle ballgown, you can find mentions and photos of the new…
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MidSouthCon 2015
This weekend was MidSouthCon of course! (Warning: there is puke in the upcoming story.) It ended up being kind of a strange weekend. Our plans were to take Kevin and let him enjoy the convention while I was doing my panels and whatnot. We picked him up Thursday and he spent the night, then Friday I ran home at lunch…
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Dressform Pics
Here’s everything so far. I’m only missing 3 actually so maybe I should have waited, but our server is down at work and I’m bored. Belldandy and Urd from 2003 and 2002, respectively. These two costumes have really stood the test of time. I knew Belldandy was in good shape since I wore her to Momocon earlier this year, but…
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A few more Momocon pics
Here’s a few more pictures that I didn’t have uploaded yet when I posted last. Kevin’s absolutely epic take on the classic “help I’m falling down the Marriott” photo: I loooooooooove these photos of my Belldandy Chase took. I TRIED to be good and wear sandals with Belldandy (I’ve gotten in trouble with hotels for not wearing shoes with it).…
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New Belle Photos
A couple of weeks ago, I had planned to do an outdoor location photoshoot with Chasing Photography of my new Belle ballgown. Well, we got rained out. So, to make up for it, we did a white backdrop shoot of four of my Belle costumes! I’ve updated each of my portfolio pages with some of my favourites 🙂
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Belle photoshoot
I checked the weather last week and this weekend was supposed to be fine, but we woke up Sunday morning to a very overcast sky and impending thunderstorms. I got dressed and we tried to get down to the location before the bottom fell out, but by the time we got there it was already raining pretty good. There was…
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2013 Year in Review
2013 on its surface looks like I was a lazy bum on the sewing front this year. So, first, let’s look back at what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2013: Romana I Yes! I actually did this one! Yay! an Edwardian dress No. I did a ton of planning for it, got fabric samples, and then decided it…
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Moooore pictures
My Runaway Bride Donna from AnimazeGuy: I looove this one, I look so sassy face. And I love these Romana shots from Eurobeat Kasumi! This one is my fav: And me on K9’s monitor. He had the GoPro on that night and was broadcasting to the monitor. Annnd this photo edit from Chasing Photography, inserting me into this piece from…
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Dragoncon Pics
Here’s so more dragoncon pics I’ve collected from others 🙂 Supergirl, from Icosplay.com With my glowing Kryptonite glass LOL Donna, from Lofidelity Here’s a great handful of He-Man/She-Ra group pics from Steve McManus: I love this pic of my Belle from Lionboogy: And this one of me and Chase from Star Wars Fever: And the Doctor, Romana and K9, from…
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Dragoncon Costumes: Everything Else
Thoughts & Pics on all the “old” stuff I wore this year… 1. Belle I wore Belle Friday morning for a while. Had wanted to wear it again but didn’t get a chance. (Well, that’s a lie, there were chances… I just didn’t have the energy for it!) I love how it looks with my Marie Antoinette hoops, and really…
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Dragoncon 2013!
Well I’ve been home from Dragoncon for a few days but haven’t posted a thing here – sorry! It was a good year. Even though I felt like i was a day ahead the whole time (Thursday felt like Friday, Friday felt like Saturday) by the end of it, it felt like it had rushed by way too fast. I…
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More from yesterday
SO I already posted about yesterday a bit, but here’s some more. I was up really early yesterday thanks to a migraine, so I got up and ran out and bought a garment rack. It’s been driving me crazy and holding up my packing progress to not be able to bring my costumes I need to hang up into the…
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Belle
Today is pack & repair day since I have the house to myself. I’ve taken over the living room, it looks like my costume closet exploded in here. Chase will be happy to read that. Anyway, first order of business was to fix a fit issue I’ve always had with my Marie Antoinette hoops. The waist was always way too…
