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Gray & Peach Edwardian Costume Part 1 (Meet Me in St. Louis)

Peach turn-of-the-century blouse DIY upcycled from man’s shirt and doily.

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bedskirt project / Costume / dress / Edwardian / historical / Meet Me in St Louis / Music Man / sewing / Tablecloth projects / upcycle / Victorian/1800

Ruffled Turn-of-the-Century Inspired Skirt (Meet Me in St Louis)

Ideas on how to make a ruffled turn-of-the-century inspired skirt from a bed skirt.

alteration / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Costume / Edwardian / historical / Meet Me in St Louis / Music Man / sewing / shirt / steampunk / turn-of-the-century / upcycle / Victorian/1800

Blue plaid Edwardian Upcycle Blouse (Meet Me in St. Louis)

Example of upcycling a man’s dress shirt and a doily to make an Edwardian blouse.

Accessories / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Costume / dress / Edwardian / Fairytale / hat / historical / jacket / Meet Me in St Louis / Music Man / Musical / sewing / shirt / steampunk / turn-of-the-century / upcycle / Victorian/1800

Pattern Testing: Turn-of-the-Century costumes; Pink Ensemble (Meet Me in St Louis)

Overview of constructing an upcycled Turn-of-the-Century young woman’s costume for stage use.

Costume / Covid / sewing / Uncategorized

Filter Pocket Fabric Mask with stretchy straps, DIY

How to make a shaped mask with filter pocket.

Costumecrazed Mask DIY Part 2: Filter pocket and metal nose piece

How to add a filter pocket or metal nose piece to your fabric mask.

March 31, 2020 in Covid, sewing, supply sources.

Costumecrazed Scrub Hat: Bouffant Pattern & Tutorial

Well, here we are again with another Covid oriented post.  This time it’s scrub hats.  At my work we are all required to wear face shields with all patient contact within 6 feet (no complaining here).  The hats are heavy, and they make your face sweat.  We are also sharing them shift to shift, and…

March 30, 2020 in Costume, Covid, hat, sewing, Uncategorized.

DIY Fabric Mask Cover–Covid 19 PPE helper

DIY tutorial for making a fabric mask / mask cover.

March 20, 2020 in Uncategorized.

Next steps . . .destash . . . looking for feedback!

So . . . my costuming life is going to be changing.  I am officially “done” costuming for my local high school.  My personal stuff is removed from the costume room . . . my school key is turned in . . . and I’m looking at what comes next. I will continue to make…

October 25, 2018 in Costume.

Dying a wedding dress: Fails (Kool-Aid, Tomato sauce & Coffee) & Thoughts

Wedding dresses are a great source of trim, fabric, petticoats and base garments for an upcycling costumer.  The biggest drawback to these dresses is that they are WHITE.  Unless you are Ella-going-to-the-ball, an “Addams Family” Ancestor, or perhaps Eliza Dolittle, a fancy white dress pretty much screams “BRIDE”.    Most wedding dresses are made of…

October 24, 2018 in Costume, painting/distressing.

Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant Costume #7

This costume was inspired by some fabric I found while helping with a youth sewing project this week.  Our church makes school kits for refugees as a summer youth project.  The quilting group saves donated fabric that is suitable for school bags throughout the year.  I was helping trouble-shoot sewing machines for beginning sewers, and…

July 25, 2018 in Costume, Fiddler on the Roof, peasant/villager, sewing, upcycle.

Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant Costume #6

Have I mentioned that I am having the BEST time making these costumes?  Mixing and matching patterns, colors and prints is so much fun . . .  and much more satisfying than breaking off weeds that won’t pull out of my sun-baked clay, or cleaning . . . although I DID do a deep clean…

July 23, 2018 in Costume, Fiddler on the Roof, peasant/villager, Tablecloth projects, upcycle.

Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant Costume #5

I am now moving into the “variations on a theme” sort of post.  Shirt + skirt + linen = outfit.  I have a few more ideas for different base garments, and hopefully I will get to those in the next couple of weeks.  This is college-apartment moving season for daughters #3 & #4, and I…

July 18, 2018 in Costume, Fiddler on the Roof, peasant/villager, Tablecloth projects, upcycle, youtube companion.

Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant costume #4

I’m continuing to work on some potential chorus costumes for an upcoming production of “Fiddler on the Roof”.  This project did not end up being one of my favorites, but the components have potential, even if the end outfit is lacking. I began with four pieces:  a black/white stripe blouse, a cream knit peplum top,…

July 17, 2018 in alteration, Costume, Fiddler on the Roof, peasant/villager, sewing, upcycle.

Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant costume #3 (navy blue)

My last project began with a woman’s blouse that was already fitted through the body, and I liked the shape of that shirt (see Fiddler on the Roof: Peasant Costume #2).  So, for this project, I wanted to do a little remodeling with the shirt.  I also liked the look of the blouse worn outside the…

July 9, 2018 in Costume, dress, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma, peasant/villager, pioneer, sewing, upcycle, youtube companion.

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