While browsing for cosplay and Halloween inspiration, I’ve seen pictures of some inventive plant outfits, including dandelions and mushrooms. Sheila’s pine cone dress takes the cake, however.
The base layer is a black cotton dress, onto which she added about 300 individually painted felt scales. In addition to the paint job, Sheila stuffed about 200 scales with cotton balls for the skirt portion.
Tremendous, isn’t it? Apparently Sheila didn’t just decide to do a generic pine cone, she selected a pine variety local to her area. That meant sewing a citrine bead (to mimic the thorny bits) to the tip of each scale. That’s committing on an original design!
Visit Sheila’s blog for all the details.
Images by Sheila at Red Shoes. Red Wine.: In the park. On a dressform.
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