I had a friend contact me looking for 1800-ish historical looking nightwear for a production she was costuming in two weeks. I didn’t happen to have any in my “stash”, or at school, and it was two days before Thanksgiving, so I my response was “Sorry, I can’t help”. Of course . . . making…
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,…
After a little interruption writing the posts about the Transforming costumes, I want to turn back to Gabrielle. As I described in my initial post, my perception of Gabrielle is that she is a bit “off”. I chose not to dress my Stepsisters as the comic book, over-the-top stereotypes that they often are portrayed–complete with outlandish…
Charlotte’s first appearance in the musical is returning from shopping and handing her package to Ella to be carried in to the house. We found some tiny boxes for her and Gabrielle to carry and tied them with bows to match their dresses. Charlotte’s hair is discussed here. She wears a little pillbox hat that we…
What would YOU wear to cover your ball gown when going to the ball? Well, a voluminous, flowy cape of course! Knowing it would take a TON of fabric to make a floor length cape to cover a ball gown, and having a real dislike of doing more work than I need to . .…
So . . . . this is Part 2, the second try to make a Ball gown out of the top of this dress. In the last post I had detached the bodice from the skirt (and used the skirt for the other project). I had also added some black lace in the process. I…
We have sent out the call for donations for the show, and I have had a number of dresses donated which is really awesome. I want to make a point of using them if at all possible. Some may be disguised beyond recognition, which is OK too. If I have contact information for the…
Work on “Cinderella” is progressing . . . right now I am in the “there is no WAY we will get all of this done in 8 weeks” state of panic. Where do you even start? For me, it was an easy decision to start with Charlotte, since that is the part my daughter…
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