Finishing the Wig
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| Bonnie Figured out that we needed support for the side rolls |
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| Like this! |
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| hair wrapped around the rolls |
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| Finished with comb, veil, and flowers |
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| adding lace to the vaeil |
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| I had to cut the lace in parts to handle the curves |
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| Lace attached to the wig/comb |
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| I had to construct it in two pieces: one sewn directly to the wig, and the other sewn to the comb |
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| attaching the underveil to the wig |
Sleeves
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| I made a test version of the sleeves. The sleeves were just a rectangle of fabric cartridge pleated at the upper edge and gathered at the elbow. I supported the pleating with a strip of batting. |
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| Cartridge pleats marked & stitched |
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| I trimmed the bottom edge of the pleats with some braided trim and added some leftover lace to the gathered elbow. |
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| finished bodice! |
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| helper cat |
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| Everything together on the dressform |
Accessories
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| The gloves were a thrift store find. I sewed some trim from my grandmother's stash around the cuff. |
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| After doing some quick research on period shoes, I decided that ballet flats would be a close analog. I did take the sparkly bows off, though. |
I won best recreation at the Shore Leave 35 Costume Contest. It was the first contest I'd ever entered y myself. It was pretty great. The response to the costume was unexpectedly positive. Many women were thrilled to see Ada there to represent for female programmers.
4 comments:
Fabulous! Love the picture of you recreating the pose in the portrait.
This is amazing!
It's not exactly my favorite period, but the idea of an Ada Lovelace costume has been lurking in the back of my mind for a while now as well. Good job!
You should try to get a professional photoshoot to recreate the portrait as closely as possible :)
Sincerely,
another sewing computer scientist
You are fantastic! It looks amazing. Great work!
This is just so beautiful!! I am looking to do something like this but within my lame skilll set ;). Gorgeous!!
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