There are some crazy people out there...

[reynardo]

and one is a lady by the name of Catherine Hay, who blogs as harmanhay and who also is a major part of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and other sites of sewing temptations that people shouldn't go near if they don't want to be inspired.

And when I say Evil Dressmaking, she made a reproduction of a Worth gown two years ago that involved hand-sewing oak leaves for five hours a day for three months. It looked as good as it sounded, and she was kind enough to share the construction process with the rest of us.

So now she's hoping to go to Haiti with a relief team to help out there. Haiti is still in a mess, and a team of people are going to fly over and rebuild a community - at their own expense. And she wants to be part of it.

As a fundraiser, she needs to raise the $5000 for the support, plus her own flight and living expenses. So she's offered to make a copy of the Peacock Dress that she'll show off at Costume Con if she does. Actually, she's made a series of pledges, so if she only raises $500 she only makes the underclothes, and that's what she'll wear at Costume Con.

So if you'd like to sponsor a lovely lady on a quest to help out in Haiti, and also to see how she makes the outfit (because if you donate you get to see the process), or if you'd just like to see how insane she is, have a look at her journal.

Comments

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

I'm not very bright, I imagined her sitting in the parlor with a garbage bag full of freshly-fallen oak leaves blissfully stitching them into a dress for months...