Since @thesciwriter recently brought up the question about what costume shops (or professional seamstresses) do with the muslin mockups after a fitting, I thought some of you might find this story interesting.
Eric Winterling's shop in NYC is where they build the costumes for the Mrs. Maisel series. TV shows have the most ridiculous scheduling, often with only a few days allowed for a full build. For such a costume heavy and costume focused show, I'm sure Mrs. Maisel has a little more prep time but it's still really necessary to work as quickly and efficiently as possible. Swipe to see the details about this dress and mockup according to Eric.
When we had some fabric pleated for a dress when I worked at the opera a few years ago, we held onto that pleated paper it came in for a while until one of my coworkers claimed it for some outside project. Things like that are way too cool to just throw away! (And anyone who works as a costumer tends to be at least a little bit of a pack rat when it comes to supplies and things that have potential future usefulness.)
#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
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.
