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
Why do you have to be so pretty, brocade? I love you, but you are so fussy to work with!
#derbydress
I made a rub-off dress... the only change I made was to increase the width of the waistband from 2" to 3", which I am more-or-less satisfied with. I'd do a few things, construction-wise, differently next time, but this is an easy, comfortable dress.
The original is from Talbots.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had something to show, but I’m finally getting the pictures up! Both of these were from the Paloma pattern in the Itch to Stitch “Sew Beautiful” book. I did the top first to test the pattern, and tried to add some length to the sleeves, since 3/4 length only works here about 3 to 4 days of the year! I apparently underestimated the length I needed to add, but I had to cut crosswise even to add this much, so I couldn’t have done more.
For the dress, I did add more sleeve length (slightly overestimated this time). I also added ties to the neck and pockets, though in retrospect, I probably should have put them in higher. Based on the shirt, I’d thought putting them in the top part would be too high. So I inserted them in the first ruffle layer and it is maybe a bit too low.
Overall, though, I think this was a worthwhile pattern to play with.
