Little Wood Nymph

Finally finished the petals which I'm going to call leaves as they are green,  My costume looks very much like a Wood Nymph or forest creature seen in early ballets.

This was the exciting part of arranging the leaves into an attractive pattern following the design for guidance.  The leave were meant to look as though they had be blown across by a breeze.  This was trickier than first thought as my colour green is quite pale unless mixed with the others closely. I did get a bit carried away on the  bodice but did take a few off and place them on the skirt.

We had to put them on in 3 different ways manipulating the circle so that they didn't all look uniform.

I'm not going to lie the excitement of the leaves soon came crashing down with the stitching them on with invisible thread.  Frustratingly slippery and annoying that each time you thought you'd cast on it unravelled. 

I got incredibly annoyed with the process and felt that because the thread was slippery you had to pull it tighter than normal thread in order for it to lock on and knot.  This they shows on the fabric which i found impossible to make look invisible.  I did after do a tester using thin cotton and you can barely see it.  As it will be seen from an audience i don't think this would be an issue so next time i will use cotton especially on the skirt where the invisible thread refused to hold and cause i didn't want to pull it there are loops of thread.

After 2 days of getting frustrated it is finally done. 

i am pleased with the overall look of the costume.  There are a few tweaks I'd do next time as maybe not have as many at the waist but after removing one from the waist i realised that it leaves a mark on the bodice so left the rest and blended it in.

i did want to have lots on the bodice as the colour against the net isn't hugely visible so i wanted to get the colour across in the bodice and I'm glad i did as i think from a distance with all the petals layered up looks quite striking.

If i were to have more time or even in hindsight i would make a few more leaves to add to the skirt but overall i am pleased.