Sewing Update! or What’s M-P been up to? Well, on the sewing front, not much, until my little 11 year old cousin very shyly asked me if I’d help her with her Corpse Bride Costume for World Book Day. She’s currently going through the “Tim Burton” I remember as a rite of passage from my own schooldays - so I wasn’t going to say no to making a costume for it! And there was very little actual “making” on my part! I bought a small plain 1980s wedding dress that had the same silhouette as the gown in the movie, took a tonne of blue acrylic paint and ‘Burtonized’ the beaded bodice with those trademark blue swirls, before dip-dyeing the satin skirt with blue paint and water for a nicely ‘mouldered look’. I then dyed some old pieces of leftover muslin I had a soft light blue for my cousin to paint the edges with the leftover poster paint/acrylics - and voila! With the inclusion of a blue lace top underneath, because March is a cold month. She was absolutely OVER THE MOON with her dead bride dress-up, and after I made her a quick veil with some muslin and a blue flower headband, I was firmly established as the coolest cousin ever. Where actual costuming for myself is concerned, I’ve started making a “cheater” 18th Century quilted petticoat out of a matelasse throw I’ve been meaning to repurpose. It looks good, it’s very warm and its basically the 18th century skirt equivalent of a Snuggie- you’re wearing your blanket!