Ruffled Turn-of-the-Century Inspired Skirt (Meet Me in St Louis)
Ideas on how to make a ruffled turn-of-the-century inspired skirt from a bed skirt.
Pattern Testing: Turn-of-the-Century costumes; Pink Ensemble (Meet Me in St Louis)
Overview of constructing an upcycled Turn-of-the-Century young woman’s costume for stage use.
Purple Jumper: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
I needed to make a few more costumes for the chorus to wear to the Fun Fair, and so I searched images on the internet looking for turn-of-the-century fashion for inspiration. I found several pictures that showed a jumper look: The nice thing about these looks, especially the one on the far right, is that…
Burgundy Fun Fair Costume: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Curtain upcycle)
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…
Lace and ribbon to the rescue: A historically inspired upcycle
This project began with a lovely burgundy colored satin skirt with a small train. The waist was smaller than the majority of the cast members on my list, so I wanted to make the skirt larger. I began digging in my “pieces of things” box and found a leftover skirt from a previous project to use…
A Victorian-inspired Steampunk Blouse Remodel.
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…
Concept Costume: Upcycle possibilities inspired by “Gunne Sax”
I have been wanting to do a “start-from-the-beginning” post and had been trying to decide what sort of costume to create. I have lots of ideas rattling around in my head, it was just a direction of picking a direction to go 🙂 I got inspiration from a comment my sister made on on of…
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