Filter Pocket Fabric Mask with stretchy straps, DIY
How to make a shaped mask with filter pocket.
Costumecrazed Scrub Hat: Bouffant Pattern & Tutorial
Well, here we are again with another Covid oriented post. This time it’s scrub hats. At my work we are all required to wear face shields with all patient contact within 6 feet (no complaining here). The hats are heavy, and they make your face sweat. We are also sharing them shift to shift, and…
DIY Fabric Mask Cover–Covid 19 PPE helper
DIY tutorial for making a fabric mask / mask cover.
Introducing the Costumecrazed “Sewing Circle” on Facebook
When I began this blog several years ago I had the desire to share some of the struggles and successes my volunteers and I had with our costuming attempts. My first show was “given” to me, without warning, about eight weeks in advance . . . that was “Beauty and the Beast”. I learned…
Skirt-to-Cape Project: Fairytale
There’s nothing like a good cape. It swirls. It flows. It billows around with movement. It can be playful . . mysterious . . . evil . . . elegant. . . heroic. It can be a statement of wealth or an indication of poverty. Above all, though, it takes you to a…
Blue “Fairytale” Peasant Dress: Upcycle
A “little blue dress” is to Fairy tales what a “little black dress” is to cocktail parties . . . it is highly favored by Belle, Little Red Riding Hood, Dorothy, Alice, Cinderella and even Jasmine & Ariel wear variations on the theme. So, for a generic dress-with-no-specific purpose, choosing blue seemed like a good…
Dressing ‘Paulette’ in Legally Blonde
Paulette is one of the BEST characters in ‘Legally Blonde’. She has wonderfully powerful songs, a quirky character, and some of the best comedic lines. Her character can easily steal the show. I chose to see my Paulette as a Hippie-esque free spirit. At this point in the show the Harvard-types are in their staid…
Costuming Belle: Beauty & the Beast
Costuming Belle is not a particularly creative project. Every small child who comes to see the production expects to see Belle wearing her iconic blue jumper with a blue bow and white apron. And, again, she is expected to wear a yellow poofy ball gown. There are some things you just can’t fight. THE BLUE…
Costume Crazed!
Welcome . . . if you are here it is probably because you need to make some sort of costume . . . I have spent plenty of time on the internet myself trying to figure out how to make a certain costume (non-scary Beast mask for “Beauty & the Beast”?????) I don’t claim to…
