Bling-tastic!

I think it's just about there! I've come to the conclusion that perhaps Friday night after work wasn't the best time to try to trim the cloak. But surely it's better slightly shorter so that Katie doesn't stand on it or trip over it. Am I convincing anyone that I cut too much off on purpose? No? Oh well. It's not too bad. Just not quite as long as the skirt of the dress. And she's short anyway so no one's going to notice her feet! Now I've just got to convince Katie that the cloak doesn't need to be long enough to trail behind her.

I did manage to sew the trim around the bottom of the cloak on Friday as well. I was hand sewing and I only pricked my finger once and didn't draw blood at all. I think that's a new record. Also started sticking sequins and gems on. I'm afraid with things like that I just clag them on with Gem-Tac. I love it! I do end up covered in the stuff but it's so worth it. It seemed to take ages though. Finished sticking stuff (the technical term) on today but again I was on ages. And it wasn't totally because I kept being distracted by awful TV shows. Mainly, but not totally.

So here it is, the finished Elsa/Frozen dress

Front

and back

Close up detail.  You can see where the cloak's a bit short.

An attempt at a snowflake!  I tried.  I think that's the best that can be said for it.

And a bonus picture of the card I've made for Katie's birthday.  I wanted to keep the blue princess theme going.

I'll take some proper pictures after Katie's birthday.  I might end up sticking more sparkles on before then.  She's definitely a more is more kind of girl.  I always worry that I'm going to overdo the bling but I don't think that's actually possible in Katie's world.