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 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.
