Comments on: Elsa’s Ice Dress

By: Scylla

Scylla — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:30:55 +0000

This is beautiful. I love all the work you put into it! Great work!

By: britta

britta — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:33:30 +0000

Glad you like it! There were some bubbles along the way where the interfacing didn’t stick as well, but the majority held together, enough for cutting all thousand ice shingles. Any ice shingles that separated, I used the same glue to glue the layers back together when I glued the shingle in place on the bodice. Hot glue works on the crinkle shimmer fabric but you would end up with blobs between your layers if you did that. Good luck!

By: Candice Ewen

Candice Ewen — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:39:25 +0000

How did you laminate this textured fabric with no bubbles? Would you be able to use a hot glue gun on these two fabrics? It is beautiful and thanks for sharing!

By: britta

britta — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:59:21 +0000

I made the bodice from scratch using steel boning. Details are in the Making Queen Elsa of Arendelle post for the coronation outfit since I made that side of the dress first. My bodice is integrated with the skirt for better flow, since I hate the bottom bodice point sticking out from the skirt, as even the Disney Parks dress does. 😉

http://brittablvd.com/blog/2014/02/making-queen-elsa-of-arendelle/

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:56:57 +0000

Hi, did you make your own bodice or bought it?

By: britta

britta — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:28:17 +0000

I bought the large expecting it to be super tight on me, but it has super long sleeves, it reaches past my rear, and is just stretchy enough to not be loose. I am 5’10” tall and 44″ bust with wide shoulders so that’s big! It’s very stretchy mesh so it might just be loose on your 14 year old. I had to cut the sleeves since they bunched up at my wrists and still covered my hands. I search for long-sleeved stretch shirt until I found that eBay listing, so you might be able to find something better?

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:48:53 +0000

I was wondering how big the shirt that you got from ebay is. I neeed to make an elsa dress for my 14 year old and the only size they have on ebay is a Large. Thanks. And by the way the dress is incredible!

By: britta

britta — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:28:39 +0000

For a whole cape, just get the big 4 fl oz bottle of Glitter Dimensional Fabric Paint in Diamond color by Tulip. I found it at one of my local Michaels craft stores but not another Michaels across town. I also found Scribbles 3D fabric paint in Crystal that was the same color, but I went through 3 of those small 1 fl oz bottles and still ran out. Get the big Tulip bottle if you can find it. 🙂 Good luck!

By: Terry JOnes

Terry JOnes — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:18:11 +0000

I was wondering what glitter glue used and where you got it. I am in search of some for a frozen cape for granddaughters.
Thanks
Terry

By: britta

britta — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:49:41 +0000

Thank you! I’m glad you like it! Yes, there is a top coat of the same flexible stretchable fabric glue, but it was as I went along, not one full coat at the very end. After I was able to take out the pins from the previous night’s work and started the next section, I went back and gave a topcoat to the previous night’s sections. The top coat wasn’t thick enough by itself to keep the ice shingles from curling without plenty of glue underneath and pins to prevent the edges from curling as the glue dried.

I love how the bodice turned out and I do think it will stay intact just fine, seeing how I have already worn it for 7 hours including 2 hours of driving with a seatbelt, but if I was doing it all over again, I would have machine sewn on the ice shingles on the base bodice fabric before finishing the boning stays…but since I was rushing the coronation dress, I had to finish the boning to wear that dress first. 🙂