venus, goddess of love

Making the gold bracelets. All machine sewing. Velcro closures.
(Of course, I had to make the accessories first! I ♥ accessories)


Maybe Hermes (the fashion company, not the Greek God) will include these
in their line? I thought Sofia needed bracelets for sure. Every good costume
needs matching bracelets.

I am making my downstairs neighbor, Sofia's Halloween costume this year! She is 9, and she is going as Venus, Goddess of Love. I should also add that we've been discussing this for a month. She came to me with a stack of sketches and very specific ideas as to color palette and design details. I got all the stuff yesterday, and she said it was just what she was thinking! I don't know who was more excited (me, I think!!) Yes, she wants to be a fashion designer because of me. When I was showing her all the fabrics and trim yesterday, she ran to her room to whip of another sketch. It was far better than mine. I have to get a picture of her sketch.

Here's the headpiece! I worked on this for 1.5 hours. I sewed some on the bus,
and some on the subway. All hand-sewn. White/gold twist braid, gold leaf vine trim,
gold lingerie elastic for stretch (sizing). It fit her! She loved it!