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A Tale of Two Dresses & One Curtain: Two Different Upcycles 1950’s & 1980’s

This is a tale of two dresses . . and one curtain. Here is the beginning of the tale: The first dress is a two piece blue long ensemble with a button back.  The second dress is a one piece blue satin strapless dress with front pleating.  The third item is a very long, somewhat faded,…

April 10, 2015 in Costume, dress, Grease, sewing, upcycle.

Concept Costume: Upcycle possibilities inspired by “Gunne Sax”

I have been wanting to do a “start-from-the-beginning” post and had been trying to decide what sort of costume to create.  I have lots of ideas rattling around in my head, it was just a direction of picking a direction to go 🙂  I got inspiration from a comment my sister made on on of…

April 8, 2015 in alteration, Costume, dress, Fairytale, historical, Musical, sewing, upcycle.

“I can aallllmmmoooooosstttt get the zipper up . . .NOT” or “How to Upcycle a too-small zipper backed dress”

We’ve all been there . . . in the costume room . . .sizing the cast into costumes, and you have THE.PERFECT.DRESS.  Only . . . . you juuuusssttt can’t quiiiiittteeee get it zipped up.  And, even if you could . . .you don’t want to count on being able to do it during a…

April 3, 2015 in alteration, Costume, Grease, Musical, upcycle.

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