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Why? Because I can.  Take that blonde fairy princesses!

I have a neat batch of turquoise jewelry*, in addition to a star/sun shaped South American-looking amulet and various beads for an Inca headdress (although I will probably wimp out and just do a circlet).  I also have a matching turquoise beaded belt.

I have the pattern for the dress.  Just have to buy fabric and make** it.

I need to find/make:

• Sandals
• Time to convince my hair to grow down to my butt (not likely, but I can dream!)
• A feather cloak, as all Inca nobles had one or failing that, a Spanish style cloak (also, I like cloaks).  I was tempted to make a vicuna cloak until I saw how much it costs.
• Decide on fabric and colors for the dress (besides white linen)
• Decide on accessories (I don't think I can make a Golden Condor by August)

*Of course it's fake!  It's for a costume!

** Read as: "Make a half-assed effort and then have Mom fix it and yell at me for not paying attention to details."  Actually my current plan is a whole-assed effort, but we'll see.

Just making updating the list because I keep forgetting what I have:

Burda

8235 - messenger bag

2456 - oriental costumes for children

Butterick

3190 - 9 easy dresses

6630 - two Josephine-style dresses

3737 - petticoat, bloomers, bustle

4377 - cloak and medieval-ish dress

3805 - semi-historical hats

3836 - colonial-ish riding costume

McCall's

5147 - arm bands

4491 - medieval-ish overdress

4492 - medieval-ish dress

4884 - drawstring bags

Simplicity

5062 - pants and split skirt

3832 - belly dancer costume

3869 - women's sized tunics

2837 - women's sized Zia (MCoG) costume

3782 - Elizabethan costume

7215 - civil war undergarments

New Look

6265 - sweats and yoga mat bag

6519 - vintage style chinese jackets and pants and bag

6594 - skirts

6737 - vintage style dress and jackets and pants

6737 - poet shirts and wide legged pants

Vogue

7280 - skirts

I didn't take a shot of the whole sleeve part for some reason.  I decorated the connecting ribbon between the upper and lower parts of the sleeve.  They were supposed to be identical, but I screwed up.  :D  It looks nice though.  I need to start working on my hat.  And a bag.

Inspiration (Mary Tudor):

Realization:

One sleeve all done

The detachable sleeves, embellished.

Yeah, that would probably look better with a chemise under it.  Oh, in case you were wondering, the base dress is the Journe Gown by Sofi's Stitches.

Original:

What I did instead:

Also completed: earrings

On the list: girdle, beaded partlet, hood or possibly a crocheted coif in gold with pearls.