Blue plaid Edwardian Upcycle Blouse (Meet Me in St. Louis)
Example of upcycling a man’s dress shirt and a doily to make an Edwardian blouse.
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.
I was in the middle of making assorted Fun Fair costumes, and I had already made a number of the two piece jacket/skirt ensembles that I have previously blogged about, so . . . I was getting bored. One of my favorite “personal challenge” games is to find something inspirational 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…
Now that I bit the bullet and finished up with “High School Musical” I will turn back to “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. This has been a different experience for me since I am trying to create costumes for someone elses show without direct access to the other costumes, the cast, the set, or the “vision”…
It’s always a major bummer when you begin digging through your stock costumes hunting for pieces you can adapt for your next show and you come up . . . empty. When you combine that with a large chorus . . . it’s well, just a lot of work. My sister is estimating she needs…
I have a new project starting . . costumes for a production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. My sister is costuming this show and was planning on renting costumes. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out for her, so instead, it’s into the sewing room. The show hasn’t been cast yet, but in the meantime, it seemed…
My costuming life has been revolving around red and white these days . . hopefully finishing up “High School Musical” soon so I can move on without guilt! At some point I will share what I did . . . but I regret it is nothing too inspired. Anyone can order red & white uniforms…
It is Spring Musical time again . . . and I am working on costuming our local production of ” Disney’s High School Musical”. Let’s just say . . . I am already sick of red and white! Go Wildcats! In the opening number we will have a mini-marching band as part of the back-to-school…
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…