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Khaleesi does it…

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Game of Thrones Daenerys costume, McCalls 7854, in grey moiré silk faille and grey furnishing chenille.  Both were gifted fabrics.  Shot acetate sleeve lining from stash, so this was a  zero-cost costume yay!

Not without its problems, and although this is well drafted, I’m not impressed AT ALL with the finish inside.  You’d need to fully line this to get a ‘nice’ clean inside.  As all three fabrics fray like hell, despite pinking AND zigzagging inside, it’s rather bitty.

However, I did manage to fix the pointy boobs and the escaping shoulders, and it’s actually pretty easy to wear, even those dangling sleeves.  I’ve survived a day teaching in it anyway, including a lunchtime club AND after school support.

Stupid ‘who am I ?’ suggestions today included:

Spiderman

Darth Vader

Matilda

How to train your dragon [cos that’s a character, isn’t it?] [but at least there’s a dragon involved]

**I think Spiderman is the booby prize-winner , don’t you?**

However, MOST staff and 6th form at least got it, and even those that didn’t get it, were complimentary.

Anyway, with no further ado, some [very creased] pics after wearing it all day, and with the daylight just fading, they had to be indoors.  Please do not dwell on my fat belly, but giggle at the attempts at a twirling pic, which failed miserably.

With capelet…
…and without.  See how wide the neckline is?  Gawd help anyone with narrow shoulders!
Sat on my arse all day?  Whatever makes you think that?

Without the capelet…Enter a caption
…And with the ‘dragon’

 

 

 

 

18 thoughts on “Khaleesi does it…”

  5. Ooohhh…! Fabulous! Must continue to read WP on laptop, as I got all your pics immediately. This outfit is quite amazing, and you got it done so quickly too. I bow to your super sewer powers.
    Caption suggestion, since you’re a math teacher: And you believe the solution to this equation is WHAT? *g*
    Also, the baby dragon. *melts* Good job, little chamaeleon, masquerading as a young dragon. Well done.

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    1. You think kids pay ANY attention to age ratings? Never have, never will…. anyway, I mostly teach 6th form, and there were enough who got it the moment they saw me, even without the dragon.
      Mind you, I DID point out that even if you don’t watch a TV show, you have difficulty not being familiar with images form it- I’ve never watched Evil Dead or various other popular shows, yet I would be able to recognise some of the main characters…

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  8. I love it! And especially the baby dragon.
    But I am curious, did you really pink AND zigzag? The same seams? That would make a horrible mess no matter what fabric. I usually pink a scrap first, and rub my fingers along it briskly back and forth, before I give something a real pinking, the good ones are almost always cotton anyway

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    1. I zigzagged first, but it was frayiong hoibly. Trimming away the mess mas messier than pinking away the mess. Eventually it subsided lol…thing is, the pattern is not set up for a clean inside finish in any case. Only the front upper bodice has a lining, which you apply to finish the neck edge [not strong enough on this shape], catch over the ‘waist’ seam, then insert sleeves to all layers so the multiple thickness of the armscye is a hot mess, with no way to redeem it at all other than pinking. In finser fabrics it might have been feasible to bind some seams. The other skirt seams and inside sleeve seams are all single layer, and I MIGHT have overlocked them but I was waiting for the replacement plate after busting the pins on it with the uber-thick jumper I made last. Neither pinking nor zigzagging alone would stop the fraying. Both fabrics being textured with unusual weave patterns no doubt added to the mix. Lining the lot would have been better, but hey ho

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