I have to say, the pockets turned out so much better than I expected and they were so easy! As soon as I finished the pockets and added them to the skirt and apron the costume looked so much like Belle! It made me so happy!
What can I say, I'm really proud of the pockets. Not just because they turned out great, but because I pretty much made them from scratch. No pattern and I even painted the stripes onto the fabric by hand!
I could not find any fabric when I went shopping that matched Belle's pockets. Luckily the pattern on Belle's pockets was simple strips so I decided to paint the stripes onto the fabric myself.
I used acrylic paints because that was the only paint we had in the colors I needed. I cut out four rectangular pieces of cream fabric. The pocket that has red stripes is smaller than the one with blue stripes.
This was a new experience for me, painting the pattern on the fabric instead of buying fabric that already has the pattern. I turned up my music and started painting away.
After I finished painting the stripes on the pockets I sewed the pocket pieces together. I'm sorry I don't have many pictures of the progress.
Basically I looked at the picture of Belle's pocket and did my best to re-create it. I cut an opening in the pocket big enough for my hand to fit inside (I only cut one opening on one side of each of the pockets, not both sides) and then created binding from the red fabric I plan on using for the vest. I sewed the binding on over the raw edges.
Lastly I sewed the pockets onto a thin strap, just like I did for the apron. As you can see the pockets are not separate, they are both attached to the same waist strap.
There you go! The pockets are done! I absolutely love them! I am going to be making myself more of these amazing pockets for my other historical costumes!
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