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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
DIY Fabric Mask Cover–Covid 19 PPE helper
DIY tutorial for making a fabric mask / mask cover.
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…
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…
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