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.
Peach turn-of-the-century blouse DIY upcycled from man’s shirt and doily.
Ideas on how to make a ruffled turn-of-the-century inspired skirt from a bed skirt.
Example of upcycling a man’s dress shirt and a doily to make an Edwardian blouse.
Overview of constructing an upcycled Turn-of-the-Century young woman’s costume for stage use.
This is my last post about “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The show will be performed next weekend, and the costumes are set and ready to go. Now that I am done writing up these posts, projects will probably start coming a little slower and with a more eclectic inspiration. I have a long list…
This project began with the need for a costume in a specific size. I didn’t have anything good for a base dress in my stash, so I went on a quick thrift-store run. I did not have anything specific in mind other than I thought I would like to start with a dress. I found…
My sister had sent a list with all of her costume “needs” on it and one of the items they still needed was a dress for Jemima to wear to the beach. They wanted something “beachy”, but leaning more dress than a bathing suit. I happened to see this dress at a thrift store and…
After my last less-than-stellar blue outfit, I felt like I needed to make one more outfit in the same genre just to redeem myself in my own eyes. This would allow me to create some closure in my own brain and sleep at night. Seriously . . . costume induced insomnia is a real thing. During…
This project began with a lovely burgundy colored satin skirt with a small train. The waist was smaller than the majority of the cast members on my list, so I wanted to make the skirt larger. I began digging in my “pieces of things” box and found a leftover skirt from a previous project to use…
Creating a two piece early Edwardian inspired costume from a woman’s suit