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Disney's The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Blue Dress



























    Anyone who has spent more than 3 minutes with me knows I'm obsessed with Disney. My three favorite movies are Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. So for Halloween 2011, I made a version of Ariel's blue dress. She wears during "Kiss the Girl" scene and when they are riding in the carriage around Eric's kingdom.

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It was fairly easy to make. I used McCall's 4090 (View A), a simple skirt with a waistband.
M4090
For the bodice/over corset, I used another McCall's, 4861 (view A). I didn't want side lacing, so I just traced each of the four pieces separately, then taped them together at the sides, overlapping the seam allowance. This left me with the back lacing only. When it was assembled, I roughly "eye-balled" the sweetheart-shaped neckline and cut it out.
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The shirt was made with Simplicity 3677. I just added cuffs to the sleeves instead of elastic.



A couple things I learned:
1. People will NOT know you are Ariel unless you have  RED hair, and I mean red. Seems obvious, but strawberry blond or auburn will not work. So I will be getting a red wig sometime.
2. Give me a princess dress, and I will squeal just as excitedly as any little girl. Literally, I couldn't help help but give a yelp of glee the first time I wore it.

There will definitely will be more Princess dresses coming!


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  1. AnonymousJuly 21, 2013 at 9:33 PM

    About how much fabric did you end up using? I'm thinking about making this dress for Dragoncon.

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  2. Sarah BethJuly 22, 2013 at 8:24 PM

    This was several years ago, so I don't remember exactly. My size called for 5 yards, so I think that's what I bought. I had maybe half a yard left over. You should be able to do it with a little less then the pattern calls for if your fabric is a solid and you place the pattern pieces close together. Hope that helps.
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