I Tried Recreating This Retro Butterfly Costume
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Published 2020-04-03
WOW-EE, this was a hot mess of a project. I got to dig into my fabric pile/hoard finally, and try to recreate this vintage costume.
This is a casual, grocery store look? What better way to social distance than to SPREAD THOSE MOTH WINGS, BABEH.
Does anyone actually read these descriptions? lol
I love you all!
Fancy Dress For Children: vintageknittingpatternarchive.com/2015/04/26/vinta…
(be aware there are some offensive ones tucked away in there)
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Music by Jules Gaia on epidemicsound.com
(except the two old-timey songs that are:
"We've Got a Jazz Band Here" - Florrie Ford
"Everybody's Jazzin' It" - Collins & Harlan)
All Comments (21)
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This tutorial should be called how to become a vintage cryptid: Mothman
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Petition for Rachel to stop doubting herself because she is an amazing and creative human and we all love her ❤️❤️
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get urself a hubby that will being you Cap'n Crunch and a forehead kiss when you're stressing yourself out over a sewing project.
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GratUitous hiPster™
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Rachel when she curls her bangs: light, fluffy, ethereal, historical, beautiful, put-together me when I curl my bangs: wet yet somehow crunchy dog
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"The results were not great" hush your mouth Pumpkin Princess Rachel was the CUTEST
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"I am held together with dry shampoo and a deadline" like ouch i felt that WAY too hard
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1:20 “fancy child” is what adults would call me, growing up. Turns out I was just gay.
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When you're painting on darker fabrics. Put a layer of white down first. It'll make the colours more vibrant. 😊
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You should do a "But Make It Vintage" for Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice! (that wig is giving me serious Winona Ryder vibes)
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“Once something goes in the trunk of my car, it doesn’t leave.” We are soul sisters, because I still have a nurse’s kit in there. I quit nursing school 3 years ago.
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The orange soaking into the fabric problem was probably caused by two things: very low pigment concentration in the cheap paint, too much fabric medium, and not using a white or bright yellow base layer.
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"I doubted myself pretty much the entire process," said every crafter/artist ever lol
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Rachel: this is one of the weirdest things I've done in a video Me, who watches micarah trewers religiously: oh sugar....
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"Moths are more interesting than butterflies" Finally someone who understands me! Moths are absolutely beautiful! Fun fact: my father used to call me "Motte" which is moth in German 😂❤️
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Awe! My great grandmother had one of these when she was a teen, her mother sewed it for her, except instead of butterfly wings it was bird wings. This makes my heart happy ❤️
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The final garment really reminds me of a brazilian book called "O Caso da Borboleta Atíria" (The Case of the Atyria Butterfly). The main plot is about a butterfly called Atíria (which is actually a moth species) who solves a crime that happens amongst the insects in the forest. The book is illustrated with beautiful drawings in ink, and the artist imagined the protagonist with short black hair, a black dress and huge wings, very much like a fairy, and quite similar to your moth costume!
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sees Rachel pull out the Apple Barrel brand acrylic Me: oh no honey that stuff is 80% water and 20% disappointment 😭
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Rachel: "We are going to make me into.... a moth woman" Me: ĻÄMP
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No one: Absolutely no one: Rachel: t-poses on black cloth
