The dress was made from 4 yds of clearance gray fabric I got for $3/yd at Joann's. It was folded in half, and I cut the sleeves without any scrap. (see diagram)
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| Fabric is folded in half long-way, and draped over the shoulders. Cut along the red lines, and sew along the blue lines, with the right sides togther. Measure room for shoulder and chest before cutting. |
The belt was then braided from approximately 75 yards of yarn left over from my wig yarn. (15 pieces of yarn, 5 yards each)
I cut off about 4" all around the hem, and added that to the wooden base (made from scrap wood) that I was going to stand on.
I set the dress, belt and candy bowl (which is set on an up-side down round trash can we had in the garage) on the stand and attacked it all with 2 different shades of grey spray paint. ($4 per can from Lowes)
The make-up was cheap grease paint from the halloween store. I had some already in my kit that I purchased last year.
Total Supplies: $12 in fabric, $8 in spray paint, $3 in yarn, scrap wood, make-up, and old trash can with old bowl to hold candy.
See my most recent post for the pattern on how to make the yarn wig.
