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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Progress updates
It’s so strange being able to pack my costumes – and not have to worry about shipping or airlines! This is the first time I’ve driven to Dcon, and the first time in a looong time I’ve not shipped costumes or had to store things in my luggage. It’s an odd experience, but a good one. Chase’s costume is almoooooost…
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Mando, Belle updates
Today was really busy. We made good progress on Chase’s costume. It’s almost there. The mando is almost done, too. After the weathering on the shirt and vest dry I can finish it tomorrow. Blue Belle just needs one or two more things. Yellow Belle needs her roses sewn on. My secret costume needs the belt finished and the wig…
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Handmaiden Corde, done!
I finished the handmaiden this morning!! 😀 Well, almost, I’ve got to hem the sleeves of the underdress but that’s it. I’m so excited I got one completely finished. I do still have to weather it but technically it’s done, I could wear it today if I needed to 🙂 Tonight I’ll finish blue Belle and the upgrades to yellow…
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Mando & Belle ballgown progress
Made some good progress this weekend! I’ll see about posting some pictures this afternoon when I get home from strikeschool/strike work. (I originally typed school! What! LOL I just found that funny) Handmaiden: More stamping, but not much – didn’t work on her very much this weekend. Mando: Got my vest 90% finished – shirt is made – pants are…
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Sequins
I’m in desperate need of 8mm clear round sequins. Does anyone know of an online store that carries them?? I can’t find anywhere except on ebay, and places that have a minimum $25 order (which i do NOT need $25 worth of sequins!) I’ve got one more place locally to check but they’re not open on sundays…if they dont have…
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Updates on everything!
Handmaiden – got the front panel finished stamping. Yay! 🙂 Mando vest – coming along… i plan to get a lot of work done on it tomorrow night. Belle – blue jumper is cut out and sewn together, needs hemmed. still got to make the white shirt and apron. I’m using a different pattern than when we made this for…
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when i found some more dcon photos
Check out this page of Dragoncon pics!! Great pics of me and Ash as Leia and Luke… closeup of my tattoo… more pics of me as Leia… and pics of me as Belle and Ash as Stitch! Awesome! (Since the link above has died, here are the photos)
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Dragoncon 2005 pics!!
I meant to put this in the last post and went back to edit, but then I figured, eh, let’s put it in a new post. Dragoncon put their official pictures up… here’s my favourites of the ones I found of us. This little girl in the pink princess dress hung around us a lot backstage (you can see her…
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2005 Year in Review!
I ran across my original 2005 costume list on the Jedi Council boards, did I get it all done? I said I’d do: -Padme ep 1 Parade gown Done! Besides the Princesses, this was my biggest project of the year, and the one I worked on longest. I’m still quite proud of it -Qui-Gon Jinn for my father Done! It…
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More Belle Ballgown Pics
Took Belle pics today – Got ’em all here. A couple of my favourites: In other news… um, well, there is no other news.
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when i had to unpack
I found my embroidery sample, finally. Kes had gotten it, I think – it was under the ottoman. Today was fairly nice. I saw my grandparent’s new house, it was very cute! I really like it. I’m glad they’ve moved. I finally got my boxes back (they’ve been at my aunt’s house since they came back from FedEx) – I’m…
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Disney Princesses Onstage – Dragoncon 2005
I had to share these! These are all from Risingsun.net – I’m amazed at how great these are!! Snow White gives a little wave: Cinderella – ha, that face! That’s better 🙂 Here comes the monster dress! I think I was blowing a kiss? Aww. Here comes trouble Waving Running at the girls Stitch vs Belle Snow White fainting Take…
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Post-Dragoncon 05 again
First and foremost I wanted to write about Stitch. Since I didn’t get to write about him at all while making him, since Ash wanted him kept secret. This project has been on my mind since April, when we first came up with the skit idea while swimming at C3. I started out by finding a front shot of his…
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Dragoncon 2005 pics!
4th Year at Dragoncon! So! Thursday morning I got up and went over to Ash’s where my mum picked us up and took us to the airport. Ash and I sat around for a while after checking in. Anyway, Cat and Melissa met us there and… um, do any of you guys remember being in the airport after security? Cause…
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when the power was out
So, the rain has stopped, for a while, anyway. Due to the fact we haven’t had much rain around here lately, we didn’t get flooded – even though it rained ALL night, our neighbor’s front yard wasn’t flooded (and it always floods when we get a lot of rain – the front part of his yard is very low, kids…
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Disney Princess Costumes FINISHED
All the princesses are done 🙂 Cinderella looks a bit dumpy in that picture because it doesn’t fit my dressform – the yellow tint of the ceiling light looks pretty icky on it, too. Snow White’s collar isn’t perfect, but it’ll do. All is done on Ash’s costume except putting the zipper in – that’ll be the only thing that…
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Finished Belle! Preview Pic
Finished it!! Well, except for the yellow hairband, and I didn’t have my hair fixed (I just threw it up like this), but here it is… I’m very pleased with it! Cinderella is getting there, too… I still need to hem the skirt, hem the corset, put the boning in, put the grommets in, and do the silver parts on…
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Belle progress…
Hee!! I’ll be finished with Belle tomorrow. I finished the bodice today, all hemmed, got the grommets in, and all. I’ve still got to do the shoulder pieces and put the jewels on but neither should take long. Yay 😀 Also made more good progress with Ash’s costume, I’m very pleased with how it’s coming out. Those two things are…
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Fabric Shopping… Princesses, Rebel Leia, etc
Today’s fabric store run proved very fruitful!! For once. I got the bulk of Ashley’s fabric. I’m not using what I got the other day, I don’t like it. Not only am I happy with the colour this time, but they actually had enough of it!! Pink and yellow chiffon for Polychrome – the two colours they didn’t have at…
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Beading the Organza
I finished beading the organza last night (“Beading the organza”… sounds like a euphemism, haha) and finished part of the bodice. I hope to have Belle done this weekend, along with completely finishing Cinderella and Snow White’s skirts, and getting a start on their bodices. I reckon I’ll have all three finished by next weekend. Hopefully. Also got a start…
