I am always on the look-out for great sources of fabric for costuming. I found On the Go Linens this Spring and placed a trial order. I have been waiting to share the link until I actually used some of the fabric. Well . . . fast forward several months, and I haven’t made anything (sad…
Several weeks ago my local Goodwill had a really nice bright neon green Prom dress with a lovely tulle skirt in stock. I looked at it multiple times, but each time, I walked away. It was in great shape, but WHAT could I do with neon green???? About the time I had the inspiration to…
This project began with a curtain and an idea: The curtain was a double panel ruffled curtain joined with a curtain rod pocket at the top. The panels were about 30″ x 72″, with the double ruffle along the inner edge and the bottom. I also had two ruffled curtain tie backs. I paired this…
When you have an 18th century-esque dress that looks like this: It just begs for a hat. And who am I to deny the dress what it wants? I began by looking for a base hat: I would have preferred one with a flatter crown, but, I didn’t have one, and I didn’t feel like…
Sometimes costumes have a way of creating themselves. I fully started out intending to make a zombie/corpse bride costume. I picked a somewhat bedraggled wedding dress, and was all set to slice, dice, stain and destroy. But, the dress had different ideas . . . This was the original dress: As with most garments,…
If you have been following along with my blog, you have seen a few posts along the way detailing how to make this sort of adjustable tie-waist skirt (Peasant Skirt/Petticoat Tutorial for “Cinderella” Sewers: Over the Bum Pad and Eggplant Bridesmaid Dress Post #3: A more Medieval Look)–so sorry, nothing new. I recently posted a youtube tutorial and…
I recently saw a youth summer production of “Little Mermaid” and I was inspired by some of the fun costumes that I saw. Of course, once I see some costumes and get inspired, then I have to try to make some myself! The base garment I used for this upcycle was a vintage woman’s…
It is hard to believe I began seriously thinking about “Cinderella” just about a year ago. I knew it was on the “short list” for my Director, and I happened to find a really gorgeous tulle wedding dress (which we didn’t use) and so I contacted her saying “How serious are you about “Cinderella”?”…
If you follow my blog you know that I used bum pads to create the historical feel in the recent production of “Cinderella” that I costumed. You can read my original bum pad post here. I absolutely fell in love with this silhouette during the show, and I went back and stuffed Charlotte’s pad fuller . .…
I am finally getting close to the end of the ball gowns . . . if I counted correctly, this is the 20th post. In addition to the dresses that were upcycled, there were a number that were useable “as is”, particularly some late 1980’s taffeta Prom dresses. There were a few that other…
When I am out thrift store shopping if I come across a great garment in a plus size I am pretty excited ,and I have a low threshold for picking things up for my stash. These finds are typically infrequent, in part because the people wearing vintage clothes were often smaller than many people today…
As word of our production spread, and a few teaser photos were posted on Facebook . . . donations of dresses started coming in. I would walk in to the costume room and a new one would be hanging there . . . someone would show up at my door . . . . a…
