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…
My nephew recently messaged me asking for help with a costume. He sent me this picture and wanted to know if I had any tips or tricks to help make the blue shirt costume. Well . . .let’s just say I fired up the old computer and sent him a LONG email suggesting where to…
So . . . this isn’t my normal sort of costuming adventure, but, it is what I’ve been doing for the last while, so I thought I would share what I have learned/done. If you follow my blog, you know that I opened an Etsy store this summer. I am excited that I just…
