Malice Dress

Malice Dashing Dress

We put on a big show for Halloween with a horror theme every year. This year I have adopted a Alice/Malice character and created a Victorian-esque dress to wear. I used sweater knit for the bodice that I lined with DBP. I was almost sad to use the white and black ruffle for this project because it is so pretty, but it just worked so well! The skirt is a full circle made with DPB. I made the Puff Sleeve Peplum sleeves with DBP also.

Dress Pattern: Dashing Dress from Ellie and Mac
Sleeves Pattern: Puff Sleeve Peplum from Ellie & Mac Patterns
Double Brushed Polyester Fabrics: Joann
Sweater Knit: Walmart
Trims & Buttons: Hobby Lobby

Blood Splatter
I mixed matte dark red acrylic paint with about 1/4 teaspoon water and flung it at the dress with a large paint brush. After that was dry, I hand-painted glossy red acrylic paint through the center of the dark red splatters. 

Bloody Props
For the pins, I made "drips" with hot glue on parchment paper, holding a pin at the top until the glue hardened. Then painted with dark red, red and black glossy acrylic paints. I repeated this for the big button and painted "blood" coming out of the holes.

For the blood pools, I used resin mixed with red and black mica. I also mixed in some brown to make a small part darker and bright red to get a more "fresh" look in the other part of the resin. I made frames with hot glue on parchment paper and poured the darker resin around the edges, then filled them in with the brighter red. Next time, it would probably be a lot easier to let the resin thicken a bit, then simply pour it onto the parchment without creating hot glue frames as it is not easy to get the hot glue off the resin and I need to sand the edges.

Here is the Trailer for Halloween 2021 Trick-Or-Treating. You can see the full effect in the Demonic Antechamber Coat post.