I have a short corporate costuming gig next week and the people who hired me needed a costumer who knows how to pull & prep things from rental storage. Someone from the California team discovered a secret gem of a rental store only a few miles from my house! I went to see what The Backstage Closet had for the four people cast in a convention skit.
I could have spent all day there and still not seen everything! I was able to pull wigs, jewelry, hats, sunglasses and other accessories along with a bunch of clothing options. I can't believe in my over twenty-year career no one I've worked with has known about this place!
There were rooms and rooms of costumes in the first building and the bigger warehouse was full of racks of costumes plus big props like bathtubs and couches. Pictures below are from the first building where I spent the most time.
#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 finally finished the quilt for my daughter. I couldn’t take pictures of the entire thing (her room is a disaster zone), but here’s some of the patchwork and the embroidered square I made because I ended up being one short. I did learn that I’m going to need to find a better way to lay out any future quilts that are twin sized or larger, because I had to keep shifting it around the slightly too small area of our basement carpet and the backing ended up getting doubled up in multiple places. By the time I discovered it, I couldn’t bring myself to unpick that much of the quilting, so it’ll have to stay. But I think it’s going to be awhile before I do any more quilts. Between this and the patchwork jeans (which I did end up having to shorten some), I’m feeling burned out on big projects for now. I did cut out a basic knit tee, so hopefully that’ll be enough of a palate cleanser to get me over the lack of motivation to sew that I was feeling by the end of this.
