The theater is having a “Beatles Night” fundraiser and I am going to help out by passing pupus during the event. (Pupu is Hawaiian for appetizer). While helping out I will be dressed as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” from that oh-so famous Beatles ditty falsely attributed to LSD.
After listening to the song – which doesn’t describe Lucy much beyond saying she has kaleidoscope eyes – and watching the segment in the “Yellow Submarine” movie – which basically shows a womanly-doodle that changes colors – I decided to go literal.
I found a pattern for a coat (New Look 6788, view D – without the pockets) that looked 60’s-ish to me and bought some sky blue fabric. Once the coat was made I took a half yard of fabric with a psychedelic floral pattern and used Heat-n-Bond Ultra-Hold to make iron-on’s of the flowers and squiggly designs for the bottom of the coat.
With the left over iron-in interfacing from the coat I made clouds which I overstitched to secure in place. I used the embroidery foot for my sewing machine that I normally use for quilting to get the cloud shape for the stitching.
Then I took my trusty As-Seen-On-TV GeMagic (knock-off Bedazzler) and added a bunch of “diamonds” in the clouds. I wore this over an orange floral patterned dress that I found at Savers with some cute orange wedge-heeled sandals that I got at Payless.
Although it was a little warm in the AC-less theater – especially with all the running around and dancing I did – it was an awesome, easily-recognizable costume for Beatles Night.
I couldn't find any novelty sunglasses for the "kaleidoscope eyes" so I decorated a pair of sunglasses with puffy paint. Though I didn't wear them because the theater was too dark.
