Over Thanksgiving break, @rwtrekker and I watched the new Beatles documentary mini-series on Disney+. As a costumer, I was amused how the random personal clothing choices of everyone ended up being "good costuming" so much of the time (behind the scenes footage like this doesn't have anyone planning what people wear).
I especially loved the combination of shirts on the day pictured below. One striped shirt, one with a print, two solids - one with and one without a collar. All in colors that look good together. It reminds me of the days I worked on Barney and Friends because we would purposely plan this kind of "random" (which isn't always easy to do!).
There was also a day that the guys all wore shirts in shades of green (one may have been in a white shirt, I don't remember for sure) and even the carpet at Apple Records was bright green. Ahh the late 1960s and early '70s! The clothing was just fun in this footage!
A few things that didn't surprise me: John wore the same thing a few days in a row. Ringo had the best printed shirts. And Paul had a very colorful closet (he still does from when I got to steam all his costumes once for a concert).
And all the fur coats! It was very Muppet-like! Which reminds me, I really need to get back to working on my hot pink faux fur coat!
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSS....... Folkwear Croatian Shirt Faillll...
I thought, "This shirt has no fitting whatsoever. Surely I don't need to muslin this, just use my measurements... " HA.
I'm sending you to the link b/c I think you should know about patternreview.com if you don't. But yikes.
https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/208009
Oh, I got the fabric from a deadstock place in Singapore (which ickily shipped from China) and I'm 75% pleased with that. The fabric is super comfy and soft, and it showed up quickly... but there were a couple of holes. Bubbo, fwiw.
So this is my plan for all those fabric covered triangles. Make eleventy million little triangles into a million slightly bigger triangles. Then make those into a bunch of hexagons and put them all together into a giant hexagon.
The last photo is my "map" once I've made all the triangles. Colored outlines are just so I can see the hexagons because I'll get better joins at the points if I assemble like this instead of long straight runs of rows of triangles. Plus it will be easier to hold smaller sections as I hand-stitch.
I think I only have about 150 papers left to cover with fabric, but I need to start laying what I have out to see if I need any specific colors (maybe some lighter highlights).
Any guesses what my inspiration is? I'll put the answer/photo in the comments.
#epp
