A friend who's a costume designer is now the in-house designer for a local youth theatre group that is only a few years old. She was able to get the budget to hire me for 40 hours of labor spread out over a few weeks to help with a production of Cinderella. We've been able to use space in a church for rehearsals and a big room for a costume shop.
I can't express how much fun I've been having on the days I've been there! I did a big rack of easy alterations and now I'm building a couple of doublets for the prince. It is seriously satisfying to be able to trim the pieces before assembly to make them like REAL costumes! Takes a little more time up front, but it prevents tons of sewing trim on by hand in the end and will be so much more time efficient next time it gets pulled for another show.
#lifeasacostumer
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
Merry Christmas, everyone!
If you're looking for something Christmasy to listen to/watch over the next few days, here's the most recent episode of my favorite podcast Blurry Creatures. It's a really fascinating (and nerdy) deep dive into the Biblical story of the Magi.
Two days after my son turned in his last paper for his bachelor's degree, I finished my shirt sewing project. Eight shirts, made to measure. Most of the fabrics are linen. Yes, regrettably you can tell exactly when I got my sewing machine repaired... but I hope these help him as he moves through his master's program and in life.
We had a very quiet Thanksgiving, and I'm doing palate cleansers between the shirts in my shirt gift project, so I ran through the scrap pile and made myself an apron.
Aprons, IME, should be made of thicker fabrics in order to actually prevent splashes and stains from getting to your real clothes. Both of these were skirt leftover bits :)
