This costume was inspired by some fabric I found while helping with a youth sewing project this week. Our church makes school kits for refugees as a summer youth project. The quilting group saves donated fabric that is suitable for school bags throughout the year. I was helping trouble-shoot sewing machines for beginning sewers, and…
Have I mentioned that I am having the BEST time making these costumes? Mixing and matching patterns, colors and prints is so much fun . . . and much more satisfying than breaking off weeds that won’t pull out of my sun-baked clay, or cleaning . . . although I DID do a deep clean…
And here we are . . . on the last of seven variations on a theme. This post is a little sketchy–so if this is the first one you are reading, and it seems like I am skipping a few steps, I suggest you could look at the previous posts in this series. Not only…
The outfit for Peasant Girl #6 was a fairly quick upgrade, and required very little additional fabric, which is a plus if you don’t happen to have any lying around. I also did something a little different with the blouse, which, while (somewhat) unintentional, didn’t turn out half bad–and has given me a few other…
This post is about the 5th Peasant Girl outfit I made for “Young Frankenstein”. I think this is my favorite one. This particular tablecloth was floral with a plaid border. I love the large print and the built-in detail created by the border–with no additional work on my part. I don’t use a lot…
And here we are, in the fourth installation of the seven part “Peasant Girl” series from Young Frankenstein. For this outfit I went back to the round tablecloth method of making a skirt, and if I do say so myself, I think it turned out pretty cute. Circle Skirt Musing: I want to talk a…
This post is about the third costume that I made for a local production of “Young Frankenstein”. These costumes were brighter and more eclectic than the ones I had made for “Cinderella” and “Beauty and the Beast”, and I was able to incorporate more colors and patterns. The look is fun and colorful, and they…
