And so the Nutcracker project continues. There was a borrowed Prince jacket, however, it was about 3 sizes too small. (Measurements anyone???? That’s just me, I know. Obsessive with the tape measure. They think I’m crazy. I’m such a micromanager. Inches make a difference!) The Coach really wanted a red jacket. (I sort of…
More Dance Team stuff! Tulle Tree: We needed a big Christmas tree as part of the set for the “Nutcracker”-themed Production Dance. The tree needs to be larger-than-life because this dance will be done on the floor of a 17,000 seat arena. Originally I had the idea to use a round clothing rack. It sits…
The name of this post makes it sound like this is going to be quite a mixed-up disaster of a costume! My daughter is playing the part of the “Mouse Queen” in a Nutcracker-themed Production dance that her high school Dance Team is doing for a competition. One idea that was suggested was a “Cats”-like…
It feels like it has been WAY too long since my last post . . . largely because that means that no costume sewing has been happening in my life, which means no “me” time :(. I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for my current time-sink…
Every costume starts somewhere . . .either with a picture, a vision in your head, or an inspiration. This post is about a costume that started with an inspiration. I was browsing a thrift store one day and found this set of four awesome valances: They were a little faded here and there, but overall,…
Rapunzel is a relatively “new” Princess on the scene. While I imagined Rapunzel as being defined by her long hair . . . I was quickly corrected by my (much) younger and more “in touch” daughter, lol. Rapunzel, as presented in the popular animated movie “Tangled”, wears a purple and pink dress. She DOES have…
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…
My last post was an Edwardian dress upcycled from a peacock blue Prom dress that I have loved for years. A beautiful dress is one thing . . . but when you add an over-the-top, oversized picture-style hat, well, there are no words. So, I have never made a hat, but I have read about hat…
This was a project that went TOTALLY astray, lol. If you’ve been following along you know I’ve been making “Fairytale”/Cinderella dresses. In the last post I had a red skirt that was a combination of two skirts–one ruched and one not–and I wanted to try to do a variation on that using a different ruched…
Wait? Was there a Red Dress #1 post? Well, sort of. It melded in with Gray Dress #2. So . . . there was this really fun red skirt: and this leftover top: Which just seemed like something pretty easy to finish (a quick row of stitching across the bottom) and now it was time…
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