Yesterday, Janet, another costumer friend, and I took a day trip up to Oklahoma City to see the Edith Head exhibit currently on display at the OKCMOA.
There was a nice collection of costumes to fill the whole third floor of the museum. The best thing about the exhibit was nothing was behind glass and they allowed photos. The low lighting on some things (especially the dark dresses) was frustrating, and I was disappointed they did not make the mannequins fit the clothing properly or even steam some of the glaring creases from storage. But we'll just blame my costumer eye and the fact that I was lucky enough to help set up that Dior dress exhibit back in 2019, so I know how it could have been elevated.
I'll post some of the pieces over the next few days in separate posts. For now, I'll share some banners and the framed design sketches that were hanging on a wall in the middle of the exhibit.
#EdithHead #okamoa #costumes
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.
