Scarlett and Rhett...

at the Beaufort Film Festival.

After several weeks of preparation Scarlett and Rhett appeared at the gala for the film festival this evening.

 Of course, we weren't the only stars there!

Everyone from James Dean to Diana Ross to Captain Jack Sparrow showed up.

 But I must say Captain Butler was my favorite:).

What a charmer!

After spending the evening greeting film festival attendees it was time to return to our true selves...

which for me is none other than...

Scarlett, of course!

But I won't think about that today.

I'll think about that tomorrow.

Gone With the Wind...

but not the budget!

For those of you who have followed my blog for a while you may remember that I made a replica of the infamous BBQ dress that Scarlett wore in GWTW.

http://budgetreenactor.blogspot.com/2011/07/gone-with-budget.html

Today I decided to make the coral necklace that Scarlett wore with the dress.

I went to the annual jewelry sale at The Red Door thrift shop this morning and found several coral colored beaded necklaces and earrings to use for the project.

I studied the necklace carefully (I surfed the Internet and watched the movie again:) and although the one I made is not an exact copy I think it is a good replica.

I took apart the beaded necklaces and earrings and reconfigured them into the florettes seen on the orignial necklace.

Then I added the chain with swags.

The original has three chains but I went with two.

And here is the finished project.

For about $4 I was able to create a pretty good replica of the necklace Scarlett wore to the BBQ at Twelve Oaks.

I will be working on the hat this week and will post pictures when it is complete:).

Until then, don't let your budget be gone with the wind-find creative ways to achieve the same impact without spending a fortune.

Gone With the Budget!

Gone With the Wind is one of my favorite movies!

I am actually fluent in GWTW being that I can quote most of the film:).

In addition to being a fan of the movie I also enjoyed reading the book as well as reading books about the making of the movie.

Aside from being a big fan I also love the dresses.

Of course, my favorite is the BBQ dress.

So I decided to make the BBQ dress.

 Reproduction fabric is available but at $35 per yard with 18 yards needed another option had to be found.

And so the search began for a fabric close in appearence to the original. I decided to find a comparable green and white fabirc and cover it over in sheer white organza in hopes that it would have the same effect as the original dress.

I finally found a fabric that would work at Joann's on sale for $5.60 a yard.

The organza was also on sale and I chose to use dark green crushed velvet for the belt instead of real velvet (a difference of about $20 a yard:).

The boning was leftover from a dress I purchased at a thrift shop for $1.

I used a bodice pattern from an old Simplicity ball gown pattern and made the skirt without a pattern.

This allowed for only about 7 yarrds of fabric as opposed to the 18 yards required for the actual BBQ dress pattern (yes I have the reprint pattern which can be purchased at the gift shop at the GWTW/Marguaret Mitchell museum in Atlanta).

It took some creativity but I think the overall effect is very similar to Scarlett's BBQ dress.

Instead of spending $600+ to make an exact copy, my dress came in just under $100.

Frankly Scarlett, I saved some money!

What's your favorite GWTW dress?