Mermaid - Panne' Problems
As it turns out, the velvet panne' that I used for the mermaid skirt is NOT 4-way stretch. When I had the actress try it on last night she couldn't get it up past her hips. I suggested that it was...
View ArticleOpening Weekend Craziness!
There's going to be a post-game wrap up complete with pix, I promise! I've just been too swamped with costuming to blog. To date I have made:Captain Hook: Fully lined swing coat, vest, 2 pairs lined...
View ArticlePeter Pan recap with photos
As Promised!I did take photos but cast photographer, Nancy Slattery, kindly gave me permission to post her photos of the cast in their costumes here. Since her pix were a lot better, action shots and...
View ArticleHello Birdie...
I may have mentioned that the spring play is Bye Bye Birdie. Costume Shop is open and ready for business. I think we are going for a Glee sort of feeling with bright bits of color all over. One of...
View ArticleFan Club Jacket
Conrad Birdie Fan Club logo design. The font is a modified Giddy Up and the inspiration was basically an Aeropostale hoodie. I had to print it backwards, trace onto Wonder Under and then carefully cut...
View ArticleLocal Paper Article
Our local paper, The York Daily Record, did a feature piece on our preparations for Bye Bye Birdie. If you look you can find me ironing there in the background. Those are my own personal scissors and...
View ArticleConrad's Jacket
So I started this a week ago.This is going to be the gold Elvis-ish jacket that Conrad Birdie wears on the Ed Sullivan show. Since Birdie is supposed to be going into the military the 'feel' of the...
View ArticleSleeve Alterations
One of the great things about working in a costume shop is that we have many things in stock to use but they are not all ready to wear. We're creating costumes for high school students and by nature...
View ArticleBye Bye Birdie -- here's what happened...
During tech week of Bye Bye Birdie, I was tired. After Bye Bye Birdie was over, I was tired. After I got over being tired, my laptop had some I-don't-wanna-turn-on-anymore issues that turned out to...
View ArticleBye Bye Birdie, Fangirl outfits.
All told, Costume Crew made 15 fanclub outfits in all. That's 15 jackets, 15 Conrad Birdie Fan Club appliques on each jacket, 15 skirts and 15 guitars and 60 notes for each skirt. This was definitely...
View ArticleBye Bye Birdie, Iconic Story Skirt
You can't do a play set in the 1950s without someone asking, "Are you going to make Poodle Skirts?" I had to do at least ONE poodle! Back in the 50s, they were called story skirts or just circle...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day!
To all of you Moms out there! I hope you have a great day doing everything (or nothing) you want.
View ArticleThe Slenderman Lesson
Slenderman drawn by K (when she probably should've been working.)By now I am sure that you've heard of the genuinely scary story of the two girls that lured their friend into the woods and attempted...
View ArticleHello Again
I didn't plan on taking the summer off from blogging, I just sort of did. But now the school year has started up and I'm slowly getting back into the groove of a creative routine once more. A new...
View ArticleI've been away...
The Costume Shop - from very far awayThe Fall Play was one called The 39 Steps and it was great fun. I am going to post the backstory of all of that once I get my pictures on to this laptop. My camera...
View ArticleAnother Red Coat
This year's production is going to be very exciting! We are putting on Mary Poppins and it should be a challenge for me. Already, I have had to alter a pattern. I sewed a muslin of one of Mary...
View ArticleI hope...
That you all have had a very Merry Christmas. Here's wishing you all the Happiest of New Years!
View ArticleLoving the Alien
The Bowie-lage was compiled from 1983-1996"I'm bustin up my brains for the words..." Moonage Daydream, David BowieIn the early 80s David Bowie was like my life. He was the reason I dyed my hair, wore...
View ArticlePeter and the Starcatcher Jacket
Peter and the Starcatcher is a play that speculates about the origin of Peter Pan and Neverland. The play is based on the books written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. I have not read them yet but...
View ArticleBlack Stash Jacket part 2
I cut the front of the blue blazer using this tutorial. Then I added navy blue bias tape to the edges. I want the jacket to have a military feel to it without copying any actual military uniform....
View ArticleBlack Stash Jacket part 3
I added more yellow around the edge of the jacket to hide the raw edges of the yellow and blue bars.The very last bar was meant to wrap around the edge of the bottom of the jacket,but the fabric had...
View ArticleBlack Stash Jacket parts 4 & 5
So we wrapped up our production of Peter and the Starcatcher. Black Stash's jacket was (I thought) complete. I had the collar buttoned down. Note our poor mannequin with burn marks on the neck from...
View ArticleIf everybody's off being an engineer, who's going to do my highlights?
Lately all around the internet I’ve been seeing memes that look like this:On the right we have a little girl with a ‘look at what I made!’ grin proudly displaying her creation. On the left we have a...
View ArticleFabric Organizing & Inventory
Today I'm sharing this inexpensive and effective way I'm organizing my fabric stash. I have lots of fabric in lots of containers and when I want to use something I usually empty out the entire box to...
View ArticleA Midsummer Night's Dream
I haven't posted here in a while. I've mostly been putting things on Instagram. Lazy I know! This season Susky Theatre is doing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's going to be set in...
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