The villain of “Beauty and the Beast” is Gaston, and he spends his free time hanging out in his tavern. This is also where he plans his dastardly deeds. In the opening there is a little ditty and the Tavern Wenches do a little dance. I wanted them to have a prop to dance with.…
The musical “Beauty & the Beast” starts out with a Prologue telling the tale of how the Prince was transformed into the hideous Beast. The Narrator describes the old witch coming to the door, offering a rose in exchange for shelter from the night, and being turned away by the Prince. She then transforms into…
When we did our production of “Beauty and the Beast” Babette was by far the easiest Enchanted costume to create. As luck would have it, I knew the director was thinking about doing the show . . . and one day at a thrift store I saw this wonderful tulip-shaped black dress that just screamed “Babette”…
This project started out in a round-about way. I have a friend who runs a thrifting craft store called The Create/Exchange (http://www.thecreateexchange.com/). I wish I lived closer because I think I would LIVE there. The concept is cool . . you bring in your extra crafting/DIY items for credit, and can trade for/purchase items that…
A couple of weeks ago it was that annual rite of summer for band kids: MARCHING BAND CAMP WEEK. If you haven’t been in a marching band . . that means long days in the August heat learning music, learning drills, marching and sweating. To make things a little more fun this year, each day…
So . . . . being a Dance Mom, in addition to the Band Mom, Musical Mom, 4H Mom and Mom-of-College-Kids-who-need-help-moving can keep a person a LITTLE busy. Therefore . . .very little costuming this summer 😦 One of my big summer projects was to update the Pom uniforms worn by our high school dance…
This is my third post relating to my eggplant colored bridesmaid dress. . . . today is “Historical Casual Friday”. Really, as nobility, it is a drag constantly walking around in a huge petticoat and formal clothes . .and . .maybe you just want to go to the market, or the local alehouse, or something…
What is a period gown without a coordinating headpiece? Not nearly as much fun . . THAT is for sure! I have to admit my favorite Princess hat is the tall pointed kind with a veil on the end. But, for this outfit, a French Hood is probably more appropriate. I started by doing an…
Medieval? Renaissance? Elizabethan? Tudor? This is where you start to see the difference between the “just wanna have fun” crowd, and the true historical re-enactment crowd. If you “google” search “Medieval costume” you get pictures of all of the above, wrapped up with some fantasy (wings, anyone?), Southern Belle & modern Prom . . . .which…
I am almost done working my way through the costuming of “Beauty and the Beast”. Sewing and blogging have sort of taken back-seats to some other goings-on in my life . . gardening, moving kids to-and-from college & apartments, WORK, trying to move my sewing area, and some other volunteer commitments. I have a whole…
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