I've got magic to do

Just for you~

My lovely friend Paula invited me out to see pippin and I knew just what I was going to wear! 

I just had to fix it first! 

This sweater is from goodwill, another lovely friend saw it and thought of me. 

Well... She thought of my rabbit 

As much as I ADORE this sweater I never really wear it. It's just so...pizzazzey. 

Don't  get me wrong I love a grand finale as much as the next guy. 

But I wasn't ready to take the leap with all this glitz. 

I've already found my corner of the sky~

(punny Gif)

So I unpicked the stitches on half the gems 

Such {glory!!} ;) 

So far that's 4 pippin references ;) 

It was a Great show! And I wore a great sweater.

And just in case you haven't seen the show, or caught my puns~

 ~here's just the opening number.

cloche Hats~

Who doesn't love hats!

Jerks that's who!

I Scoped out the inter-webs and found a free pattern with KILLER instructions

And I made three right away! 

One wool in size 25"

A brown canvas hat in size 24". 

And a "big sister" in the same fabric but made in size 25". 

I opted not to use interfacing, my fabric was stiff and I wasn't in the mood for a Walmart run.
I'll let you know if I later regret the decision.

But I'm sure you are all wondering about the juicy construction details!

The construction was simple, the hardest part is attaching the lining and brim. 

I just treated the brim like it was bias tape and stitched it in that way. 

This pic is probably a bit confusing to look at but I have the lining inside the hat and it's being sewn in with the brim. 

After connecting the brim I stiched it down and it turned up looking like top stitching. 

I'm planning on decorating them somewhat simply. 

But since I don't know which costumes they will be paired with I'm going to hold off on that a bit.

But they will be extravagant!

Pants party

As you know if you read this post I recently Costumed 1776 the musical. 

And that means I sewed pants.

Colonial era pants.   

I forgot about these more or less until I brought them up to my Insta buddy Kate.

She was intrigued, as she should be.

So I held a fashion shoot and brought sexy back to the colonial era!


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Honestly I feel like the world would be a better place if there were more fun pants!

I drafted the pattern myself, it's just two seams and three channels with elastic strung though.

Oh and look at that Jabot~

 And this one will have a matching hat eventually. 

There's a bit of a side project in the works.

*cough cough* You- Tube mini series *cough cough*

The man that wore thes in 1776 managed to rip them three times... 

But whats a musical without some ripped seams and frayed nerves!

and My lovely assistant Annette helped me though all of the rough patches.

She also sewed three pairs of pants! 

I have some odd things lurking in my closet 

What strange things do you have hiding in your closet?

Dress Distress Deflected

As mentioned in my introduction to you all I'm costuming Brigadoon~

and its going fabulously~

well it is now at least...

 When we started into the show the costuming department had nothing.

(like always)

we started collecting all sorts of odds and ends, but we had no were near enough clothes to dress a whole cast!!

but then, on what was the most glorious Tuesday to date, I received a call.

The Director had found three bins worth of Scottish garb!

It turns out a director buddy of his had done the show a few years back and saved most of the stuff!

I COULD HAVE DIED!

Some of the pieces need some work, and the sizes don't line up with our cast perfectly,

 but I'm not complaining. 

 We are allowed to make minor changes to the costumes, such as in fixing holes and making items fit our cast better.

Our first specimen is the dress I will be wearing in the play.

There is nothing wrong with it....
aside from the lack of coverage up top....

what better way to fix that than with lace!!

Two whole layers of it too!

the thin layer seen on top was layered over the larger one, for more coverage.

I debated tea dying it so it wouldn't be so stark white, but the lacing on the dress was the same shade.

oh well

I chose to hand stitch the lace in because I'm possibly going to need to return it in the same condition we found it.

(even though its much better this way)

I stitched it so that it would pull tight and not flop downwards while I'm dancing.

I would be far from comfortable that way 😅

As you can see below i pulled the upper part of the lace toward the edge and just did one quick stitch and a knot.

And now it's much better, i know its only an inch but when your dancing under those lights (and eyes) an inch feels more like a mile.

Plus I think it adds a bit of refinement.

What do you think?

Do you like it with lacey's or laceless?

Or do you have an idea of your own that would have looked much better?

(Oh dear I hope not)

let me know in the comments below!