Peachy Peach!

[HeatherWeavie]

For Halloween this year I really wanted to be princess peach so I decided to make my own costume for the first time ever. I'm not a fan of full length dresses for costumes and I wasn't going to wear any skimpy dress that would practically show my butt either. I made my dress knee-length which is my favorite length for dresses.



I normally don't like to wear pink, but I absolutely love this dress! I based the bodice off of another dress I had and the skirt portion is an (almost) full circle skirt. I actually made two versions of the dress, a light pink one and a dark pink one. The dark pink one became the lining of the dress. I made the dark pink layer longer than the light pink layer so that I could create the look of Peach's skirt, but with two separate layers instead of sewing a dark pink band onto the bottom of the light pink skirt.

The petticoat I based off of the tutorial found here:
http://sugardale.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-make-petticoat.html
I changed the length and the puffiness so I could get the fullness I wanted for my costume.

Here are some close-ups of my crown, bracelet, ring, and petticoat:







I'm really happy with how my costume turned out seeing as it's my first time making my own costume.

[bunny1kenobi]

nice job!! the dress is pretty - it could certainly be worn any time.  And I love your accessories!  very cute...

[natty1122]

Wow! Great idea and great job!

[Ericasky]

"I wasn't going to wear any skimpy dress that would practically show my butt either. I made my dress knee-length which is my favorite length for dresses." ---That made me smile. I totally agree. There is something darling about a knee length circle skirt.

Great job! Much better then the store bought booty version! The accessories are very cute!

[Lady Orizas]

cute!