This project is based off of the character Katherine, from the musical Newsies.
Her outfits change throughout the performance, and I am trying to make all of them before I graduate!
My reference picture for this outfit consists of these images:
I altered these patterns
Vintage McCalls 3797, Butterick 6047
The bloomers were made free hand. The petticoat was made from the McCalls skirt pattern as my mockup for the final skirt, and it turned out beautifully! Both are attached to elastic waistbands.
The tie was ordered off of eBay for $3.
The shirt was a thrift store find, and I replaced the entire collar to better suit the costume. The sleeves were also cut off, to prevent overheating for when I wear it in the future.
The jacket sleeves were a challenge, as was the jacket itself, since I had never lined a garment before, especially working with satin. The results turned out very nice.
The areas that puckered were later covered with trim.
The skirt was relatively simple, and pleats were added in, with an invisible zipper! The zipper was added without the zipper foot, so that was one of my better accomplishments in making the skirt.
The entire thing tried on:
And the entire thing tried on with trim on the jacket:
Now with the triangles on the jacket:
This is the entire costume: