The waist piece from my Nefertiti costume is from
Simplicity 1770, view E (the same as the dress). The pattern doesn't call for any trim on this piece; it's just cut from brocade. My intention had been to get a bunch of jeweled trim and sew that on, or perhaps some sew-on rhinestones, but as I mentioned last time, the selection at my JoAnn's seems to be going down. I rather liked the gold and black braid that I sewed on the edges (by hand, ew). I had enough left from this and the neck piece to do the ankh on the drape. The gold trim I sewed on by hand and just eyeballed it down the middle.
Again, this called for hook and loop tape for the closure, but I just hooks and eyes instead.
The neck piece of my Nefertiti costume was the one I was least satisfied with. I used the same black and gold trim as I did on the waist piece, but the gold trim was not flexible enough to curve for this. It was a stupid mistake on my part. Once again, I hit JoAnn's, only to be disappointed anew by their lack of selection. Out of desperation, I bought six big gold buttons and the pendant piece. Once again, I eyeballed the placement, rather than measuring. And once again, I used hooks and eyes, rather than Velcro, for the closure.
