I’m continuing in my exploration on different ways to upcycle thrifted garments and lines to create the peasant/villager outfits for an upcoming production of “Fiddler on the Roof”. I am continuing to work with combining different patterns and textures, and hoping to end up with an Eastern European feel. In my first costume, I ended…
One of my friends is costuming “Fiddler on the Roof” this fall. This is a new musical for me (well, to costume . . . my kids were chorus members years ago 10-12 years ago). I began by doing an image search of the costumes, as well as looking for costume plots. I also…
The fourth Bombie Samba chorus dress was embellished using organza table runners from Tableclothfactory.com. The table runners are 14″ wide and 108″ long, which makes them a great size for creating ruffles. The really nice thing about them is that all the edges come pre-finished, which makes the project really zip along. I began with a black…
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…
I had a friend contact me looking for 1800-ish historical looking nightwear for a production she was costuming in two weeks. I didn’t happen to have any in my “stash”, or at school, and it was two days before Thanksgiving, so I my response was “Sorry, I can’t help”. Of course . . . making…
As you can guess from the title of this post . . . I am making some costumes for a local production of “Young Frankenstein”. This little costuming adventure is a new experience for me as I am getting to play the role of worker bee and am NOT in charge of the whole thing.…
The musical “Cinderella” (Broadway Version) ends with a grand wedding scene and the marriage of Ella and the Prince. We did not have a costume suitable for the officiate at the wedding in our costume stock, so we needed to create one. I did want to be careful that it was strictly “representative” of a…
My second dress for the wedding was amazingly quick and easy. I began with a pale tan sheath-style dress, with an almost-corset look top. I took a pair of lace curtains and stitched them together. I measured the skirt length, and folded the top edge of the curtains over at that length. I ran a…
I have posted a couple of times previously with suggestions on how to make a simple costume overskirt using elastic and a bias tape casing. The drawback to the elastic version is that it is a little harder to put extra fullness in the back, and while the elastic has stretch, the skirt is more size limited. The bias…
Work on “Cinderella” is progressing . . . right now I am in the “there is no WAY we will get all of this done in 8 weeks” state of panic. Where do you even start? For me, it was an easy decision to start with Charlotte, since that is the part my daughter…
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