Maybe this is what I should be doing...

[isha]

Last Halloween, I made a Victorian overskirt out of a faux-leather fabric. I didn't think it turned out like I wanted, so I made a second one that I liked better. I finally got the first one up on ebay. It sold well and this is the feedback they left for me.

"This is AWESOME, thank you!! I will be wearing this at Dragon*Con in a month!"I bought

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[xarx]

Go for it, especially while steam punk is still popular.

So how much did it sell for?

[isha]

I sold it for $25 +shipping. I paid $32 for the material, but I was just happy to get it out of the house and get -some- money for it. I figure the next one will look better and I'll put it up for $35 to start (this material only cost me $15).

[artrx]

Yeah, if nothing else it would be a great way to nourish your creativity. And there is some really damned cool stuff on etsy that goes for a pretty penny. And you don't have to do just steampunk, there's apparently a good market for gothic stuff on etsy too.

[sacra_imbri]

How are you at bodices?

[isha]

Not as good as I'd like to be. I've never made one that I've been happy with. I think my big problem is I've never used corset stays in any of them. And I always get stuck trying to put them together. I've got 3 half-sewn sitting in the craft room. I can't figure out what the instructions are trying to tell me. Maybe that should be my next big project; get the corset stays and finish one of them. That may give me the momentum to finish the rest. :)