Young Frankenstein: Peasant Girl #3
Quick upcycle of a skirt & blouse to a colorful peasant costume.
Young Frankenstein: Peasant Girl #2
After completing my first Young Frankenstein: Peasant Girl #1 costume I was having a good time and decided I needed to make a thrift store run to look for some inspiration. I was hoping to find some white shirts, and maybe a vest or two, and some skirt possibilities. I really liked the border tablecloth and thought…
Zombie & Vampire Costumes: How To Make a Distressed Costume
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…
A 1920’s Flapper Costume: Variations on a Theme
There is something really fun about a Flapper dress . . . it probably has something to do with combination of the fringe and the feathers. The costumes I am going to show today are more of a Halloween-style costume than anything that would look remotely historically accurate. To make a Flapper dress you will…
Places I like to Order from: On the Go Linens
I am always on the look-out for great sources of fabric for costuming. I found On the Go Linens this Spring and placed a trial order. I have been waiting to share the link until I actually used some of the fabric. Well . . . fast forward several months, and I haven’t made anything (sad…
The Bum Pad revisited–Ideas for Quick Production, Assembly Line Construction and Storage
If you follow my blog you know that I used bum pads to create the historical feel in the recent production of “Cinderella” that I costumed. You can read my original bum pad post here. I absolutely fell in love with this silhouette during the show, and I went back and stuffed Charlotte’s pad fuller . .…
The Prince is Giving a Ball: Blue & Pink dress with ruffle trim (plus size)
I am finally getting close to the end of the ball gowns . . . if I counted correctly, this is the 20th post. In addition to the dresses that were upcycled, there were a number that were useable “as is”, particularly some late 1980’s taffeta Prom dresses. There were a few that other…
The Prince is Giving a Ball: Purple dress with Velvet insert (Plus size upcycle)
When I am out thrift store shopping if I come across a great garment in a plus size I am pretty excited ,and I have a low threshold for picking things up for my stash. These finds are typically infrequent, in part because the people wearing vintage clothes were often smaller than many people today…
The Prince is Giving a Ball: Damask Overdress
As word of our production spread, and a few teaser photos were posted on Facebook . . . donations of dresses started coming in. I would walk in to the costume room and a new one would be hanging there . . . someone would show up at my door . . . . a…
The Prince is Giving a Ball: Pink Dotted Swiss
This upcycle was another project that was happening in the last few days before the show. I always like to arrange my mental calendar so that I have a pocket of “free” time where I can fix costumes that either don’t fit the cast member, or just don’t fit in with the other costumes. …
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