Friday, June 12, 2009

Pants!

More specifically ruffle pants.  They are part of my costume in the Fremont Solstice parade this year. 

I’d seen these beautiful pants on Etsy by Kathleen Crowley and I love them!  But they are so beautiful and expensive...and not really the colors for the parade.  So I decided to try my hand at making my own

What you see me wearing used to be a pair of capri pants, a ruffled skirt and a sun dress.  Now refashioned into ruffle pants with matching short skirt and a little summer top!  I won’t be wearing the top in the parade - it doesn’t give enough support.  But it sure is cute!  Plus I am in the Khaleegy string so we will be wearing thobes.  Khaleegy is a specific type of belly dance - very feminine.  The thobes are similar to a caftcan only they have big sleeves and are usually highly decorated for show. 

Here’s a close up of the pants:

They took quite a bit of work to put together and they were a great learning experience for me.  I’ve really learned a lot about sewing since I got my machine.  I’m loving all the things I get to create!