Ode to the Leaf Dress - a creation of a lifetime
Today I have destroyed my leaf dress. It was a little emotional as it took me six months to make for the Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands. After wearing it on a few occassions, it got a little dirty and was unwashable with it being based on a wedding dress, and also because I needed the petticoat for the Mombi dress, I decided to destroy it. It only took a few minutes, and it's only slowly kicking in, so this is an ode to my leaf dress - a creation of a lifetime. The creation process, take one wedding dress (chopped in half), make a ton of individual leaves, and start sewing them on, row after row... After row after row... Until the whole skirt is done Then finish all accessories and have a friend take pictures of the whole thing (photo by Paul from the sewing group) After which some serious parading around at the EFF is needed (photo by Hans at the EFF)