Cinderella from Disney

Construction of Cinderella's Ball Gown

Material:
Petticoat:
5 Metres White Polyester Crepe
1-2 Metres Ribbon
Approximately 10 metres of trim

Skirt:
I didn't use a pattern for the skirt, all the layers were a 360 degree skirt, using two half circles
each. If your fabric isn't wide enough for this, you may have to make the skirt using more
sections.
5 Metres Pale Blue Voile
7 Metres Silk Satin Charmeuse
5 Metres Pale Blue Crystal Organza
Rose Motif Stamp
Hooks and Eyes
Petersham or stiffener
VersaCraft water based pigment ink in Sky Mist
Blue Embroidered flower motifs
Several hundred flat back Swarovski Light Sapphire HS crystals

Bodice
McCalls 9456, this is a dress pattern, but I found the top princess line seams, were perfect for the
design I wanted, you do not have to use this pattern if you see something else you would rather
use.
1 Metre Blue Brocade
1 Metre White Brocade
1 Metre Coutil
1 Metre of light blue cotton
Trim
Piping cord
Boning

Swarovski flat back crystals colour Silk

Length of stiff lace for the collar at least 3" wide
Hook and eye tape, if you cannot get blue, then get white and dye it
1cm pale blue velvet ribbon
3" wide pale blue ribbon

Swags
McCalls M6139
3 metres of 2.5cm lace
Stiff netting
2 metres of bias binding
Optional hanging crystals and trim

Sleeves
Simplicity 8881 for the sleeves only, or something similar
Hoop
A small bustle if required
Length of black ribbon or trim to make the choker

To Make the Petticoat:

Cut
two
half
circles
from
the
crepe
and
join
the
side
seams
from
top to
bottom
. Take
your
waist
measu
rement
and
add
5cm
(2"),
quarter
this
sum
and
cut a
circle
to that
new
measu
rement
.

Cut a
rectangle
of
material
approxi
mately
10cm x
20cms,
neaten
the
edges.
Place at
the
centre
back.
Sew a
double
line of
sewing
to a
point
approxi
mately
15cms
long.
Carefull
y cut
down
between
the
sewing,
then
again
from the
bottom
of the
rectangle
up to the
sewing
line.

Turn to
the
inside
and
sew
around
the
edge to
neaten.

Sew
the
ribb
on to
the
wais
tban
d
and
leav
e
enou
gh
exce
ss to
tie a
bow.
You
don't
have
to
copy
this
meth
od
(ther
e are
so
man
y).
You
can
use
snap
faste
ners,
velcr
o or
a zip
if
you
prefe
r.

I added a
fluoresce
nt trim to
the
petticoat,
but this is
entirely
optional.

This
complete
s the
petticoat.

To make the Skirt:

Mak
e
thre
e
indi
vidu
al
skirt
s
mak
ing
sure
the
orga
nza
is
the
top
laye
r,
then
proc
eed
exac
tly
the
sam
e as
the
petti
coat,
by
mak
ing
an
inter
linin
g
and
sew
this
to
all

thre
e
laye
rs.
It
will
help
to
tack
all
your
skirt
s
toge
ther
arou
nd
the
wais
t to
keep
the
m in
plac
e.

Cut a
piece of
voile
twice the
width of
the
Petersha
m and
slightly
wider,
adding
2cm to
each
measure
ment.

Like
all our
skirt
tutorial
s, sew
up the
short
sides
and fit
the
skirt
waist
onto
the
band,
turn
the
band
over
the
Petersh
am on
the
inside
and
hand
sew in
place.

Sew
on
the
hook
s
and
eyes
usin
g the
overl
ap.
You
can
use
snap
faste
ners
or
velcr
o if
you
wish
.

Turn up
the
skirts to
the
desired
length,
I over
locked
all the
layers
individ
ually
using a
narrow
over
lock,
but you
can use
a roll
hem
attachm
ent if
you
wish.

Using
the
flowe
r
motif
,
stamp
the
imag
e all
over
the
skirt.
I
also
scatte
red
blue
Swar
ovski
crysta
ls
aroun
d the
skirt
as
well.

I
bou
ght
som
e
ligh
t
blu
e
rose
mot
ifs
and
spa
ced
the
m
aro
und
the
bott
om
of
the
org
anz
a
skir
t.

This completes the skirt.

To Make the Bodice:

I used McCalls 9456, but only used the top part for the bodice.

Mak
e
three
bodi
ces.
One
from
blue
cotto
n,
one
couti
l and
one
broc
ade.
Sew
all
the
piec
es
toget
her
and
acro
ss
the
shou
lders
.
But
leav
e all
the
back
edge
s
open
.
Shap
e the
patte
rn to
a
point
front

and
back
,
follo
wing
the
wais
tline.
For
the
broc
ade
bodi
ce,
leav
e the
side
seam
s
open
.

Sew
boning
channe
ls into
the
seams
of the
coutil.

Join
the
cout
il
and
lini
ng
bod
ices
toge
ther
alon
g
the
top,
but
leav
e
the
bac
k
sea
m
ope
n.
wro
ng
side
to
wro
ng
side
.

Using
the
stiff
lace,
tack a
piece
to the
broca
de
bodic
e
along
the
neck
line,
leavin
ga
space
at the
centre
front
and
back
openi
ng.

Using
Simplic
ity 8881
cut the
sleeves
out of
the
white
brocade
and cut
a piece
of
waddin
g to this
approxi
mate
shape.
the
video
shows
our next
steps in
better
detail.

Cut a
lining
piece
shorte
r in
lengt
h and
width
than
the
origin
al
sleev
e, but
it has
to fit
aroun
d the
armh
ole
and
upper
arm,
so
you
may
have
to
exper
iment
with
differ
ent
shape
s, but
I
think
mine
is
close
enoug
h.
Run
an
ease
stitch

acros
s the
top of
the
lining
piece
in
case
it
needs
alteri
ng
and
run a
gathe
ring
stitch
at the
top
and
botto
m of
the
broca
de
sleev
e.

Pin the left and right lining to the brocade sleeve, gather the stitching at the bottom and fit onto
the lining piece.

Do not
gather
the first
5cm,
leave
this flat
as you
do not
want
gathers
undern
eath
your
arm.

Ha
vin
g
se
wn
the
bot
to
m
ed
ge,
tur
n
the
sle
eve
the
rig
ht
wa
y
out
an
d
gat
her
the
top
of
the
bro
cad
e
sle
eve
to
fit
the
top
of
the
lini
ng
sle
eve
.

At
thi
s
sta
ge
yo
u
can
if
yo
u
wis
h
hot
glu
e
so
me
Sw
aro
vsk
i
flat
bac
k
(co
lou
r
sil
k)
cry
stal
s
on.

Becau
se I
left
the
side
seam
of the
bodic
e
open,
it is
now
much
easier
to
insert
the
sleeve
and
becau
se the
lining
of the
sleeve
is
small
er
than
the
outer,
this
forces
the
sleeve
to
fold
under.
Sew
up the
side
seam
and
the
sleeve
.

Se
w
the
bro
cad
e
bod
ice
to
the
lini
ng
bod
ice
up
the
side
s
and
alo
ng
the
top,
turn
it
the
righ
t
way
out
and
han
d
sew
the
inn
er
slee
ve
to
the
bod
ice
lini
ng
aro

und
the
arm
hol
e.

Pin the
hook
and
eye
tape
on and
tack in
place.
Hot
glue or
stick
the
crystal
s to the
bodice
and
"silk"
crystal
s to the
sleeves
if you
haven't
done
so
alread
y.

Cut a
strip of
brocade
double
d over
to
make
the
placket
and
shape
the
bottom
to the
same
angle
as the
back of
the
bodice,
also
sew
along
the top
of the
strip.

Turn the
strip the
right
way out.
I over
locked
the raw
edge for
neatness
.

Positio
n the
placket
behind
the
"eyes"
and
sew
both on
at the
same
time,
also
sew the
"hook"
side of
the tape
on.

I don't
want
the
tape to
"gape"
when
worn,
so I
over
stitche
d
betwe
en the
hooks
to
keep it
flat.

Put
the
bodi
ce
on
and
mar
ka
line
whe
re
you
wan
t the
bodi
ce
to
fit,
then
sew
all
thre
e
laye
rs
toge
ther.

Cut a
strip of
brocad
e on
the
bias
"diago
nal"
and
sew
your
piping
cord
in. Pin
and
tack
the
piping
along
the
sewn
line on
the
bodice.
Please
note
how
long
the
placket
needs
to be
when
sewn
in.

Neat
en
the
raw
edge
s,
turn
it to
the
insid
e of
the
bodi
ce
and
hand
sew.

I want
my
swags
to have
a lining
so that
I can
sandwi
ch stiff
netting
betwee
n, you
don't
have to
do this
if you
don't
want
to.
Becaus
e the
white
brocade
is very
light, I
used
the
same
materia
l for the
lining
piece
Cut out
the
swag
piece
from
McCall
s
M6139,
attach
the lace
to the
bottom
and

sandwi
ch this
with
the
lining.
Reme
mber
you
have
the
right
side of
the
fabric
facing
up
when
you put
in the
lace on.

Cut a
piece
of
net
slight
ly
small
er
than
the
swag
and
anoth
er
piece
on
half
the
size.
Tack
this
to the
insid
e of
the
swag
aroun
d the
curve
.

Taking a
measure
ment
from 2"
from the
front of
the
bodice
edge to
2" at the
back,
cut a
piece of
bias and
gather
the
curve of
the swag
and
attach to
the bias.

Hand
sew
the
bias
to the
inside
of the
bodic
e

At
the
fro
nt,
sew
thro
ugh
the
pipi
ng
sea
m
to
the
swa
g to
sto
p
the
swa
g
gap
ing.

Using
the
assort
ed
crysta
ls and
trim
attach
to the
middl
e
front.

Tie and attach the velvet ribbon to the front. Tie a bow and attach the large ribbon to the centre
back, this has been put on a brooch pin and is detachable.

This completes the costume.