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
I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.
I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.
#ruffle #fiestabuild
I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.
