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…
Quick upcycle of a skirt & blouse to a colorful peasant costume.
This next costume is a quick & dirty costume that I made in less than 90 minutes one night–finishing shortly after midnight. I originally wasn’t going to post about it, but, I like how it turned out, and so I thought the idea was worth sharing. Please bear with the after-the-fact pictures. I think you…
I love peasant/villager outfits . . . there are so many variations and combinations, and it is fun to mix and match to make different looks, time periods and social standing. What I really like are LAYERS, and VOLUME . . both of which can take some time and money to achieve. We have…
In the production of “Cinderella” that I saw, one of the Villagers had an outfit on that intrigued me as it was a little different that the “typical” corset look. I liked it because I thought it had a lot of potential for versatility, and a mix-and-match approach with other skirts and peasant style shirts.…
