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May of 2005, my high school opened our production of Roger and Hammerstein’s 'Cinderella' to rave reviews. Considering it was one of those shows where anyone who auditioned was automatically cast, we were pretty impressed it went so well. I had a ball (literally and figuratively) playing Queen Masie. I also costumed the entire production. Yup. All 63 cast members. All with double costumes. Sometimes triple. Yeah.
 
 The Queen's Gown 
 
"Queen Constentina Charlotte Ermantrude Guenivere Maisie- Maisie?- Marguerite Ann is giving a ball!!"
 
Made from JoAnn Fabric's Casa Collection satin. The first two pictures show the actual color of the gown. But you can see how cool my hair was in the next one. Yes, that's me :0P And for the record- the Fairy Godmother's horrid wig in the last picture was NOT my call; blame the director. Personally- I'd have liked to burn it.

 
 Cinderella's Dresses 
      
"Cinderella, you shall go to the ball!"
 
Our Cinderella (Katie) showing off her Cinderella rags, and her blue ball gown. Unfortunately, you can't really see the decoration the ball gown in the pictures, which sucks, cause it was cool. Her first dress was made from 2 yards of old calico I had, and the ball gown is JoAnn's Casa Collection satin.






 
 
"If you want him, come and claim him!"
 
Also known as Halloween 2004. I'm sorry I don't have better pictures of the costume, but my mom's digital camera, on which there were at least a few more decent ones (you know, where I haven't been sewing for 7 hours and am actually wearing makeup) was unfortunately sat upon *grumblemichaelgrumble* so these are all I have. I would like to point (heh, no pun intended) out that my pointy ears kicked ass and were amazing. I'm itching to re-do this costume, now that my sewing skills are- well, more developed :0P




Muslin Gown

   
Me trying out my new corset with my favorite petticoat and my roommate trying out her new digi-camera.
And please excuse the mess in the background- college freshman in their first apartment. :0)




Haunted Maze/Halloween 2006:
Dead Pirate Wench

 
Sorry about the picture quality, we had to take them with a camera phone, as Rachel's digital camera was still broken and I only just got mine this last Christmas.
So we had the incredible opportunity to work at a haunted maze this last October. It was so much fun. I played a dead pirate wench, and I scared the s**t out of people as they came up the hill. Lost my voice for about a month, but it was worth it. The costume was based on the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean, with seashells and the like. Since we were outside in the valley (in the Pacific Northwest. In October. At night.), I did have to be able to wear warm stuff underneath it. So basically, I have my under armor on under everything. There's a wool skirt, worn under two ripped up green petticoats. The shirt is distressed flannel. And the corset is faux-velvet with the boning painted with glow-in-the-dark paint. We were lit by a black light, which made us look sooo scary. :0P And my socks rocked. Yes, I'm wearing tennis shoes- we were out in the woods, I wasn't walking around in mud in my colonial heels. The makeup was the coolest part, though. Every night, I had to latex real seashells to my face on a stippled green and black base. It. Was. Awesome. And apparently I do green quite well :0P
I also wore this costume for Halloween at school, minus the seashells (I had class that day, they wouldn't have gone over well when we had to do neutral mask :0P)






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April to June 2007, I performed in 'Fiddler on the Roof', playing the part of Hodel, the second oldest daughter (and my mom's favorite character from when she was a kid :0P). On top of winning the Bentley Award for Best Female Vocalist and being nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Yay! We won 9 awards, including Best Show. Go us!!!) and having an all around  fantastic time, I also was one of the seamstresses. I made both of my costumes, and random petticoats, skirts, aprons, and head scarves for several other performers.

 Hodel's Work Clothes 
    
"This is a political question?"
 
Hodel's work clothes were worn- well, basically the entire play besides the wedding scene. This costume consists of a yellow blouse, taken from a reproduction pattern, a pink skirt, and a striped linen apron. It was worn with a dark yellow headscarf (and yes, that's my hair. The day after we closed the show, I cut about a foot off :0P). In Act II Scene 1, I also wore a yellow shawl (garishly not period, but hey, community theater :0P). For Act II Scene 3 (the train station), a black cardigan sweater and a shawl were added, with a second shawl to cover my head. Under I wore a petticoat, chemise, black stockings, and black ankle boots.
Hey , if you want to see this costume in action, you can watch the video of 'Matchmaker' here!!

 Hodel's Wedding Clothes  Well everyone, I made a discovery as I was trying to update this page. I don't have any good pics of this costume! I'll photograph it on my dressmaker's dummy sometime soon, but for now, play 'Where's TLC?' with the photos above (Hint: I'm in pink).
Hodel's wedding clothes were worn for- you guessed it- the Wedding scene ('Sunrise, Sunset' and the wedding dance). This costume was a skirt and blouse of the same material to give the impression of a dress (pretty cool historical detail- you looked like you owned a dress but could swap different clothes in and out). The fabric is this really pretty pink floral print that 's actually the same fabric that Tzeitel's work skirt was made out of, with an embroidered lace collar basted to the neckline (If you saw the show the first night of the run, that lace collar was what I was sewing on stage right before Matchmaker instead of the usual pink blanket. Shhhh, don't tell! :0P). It's worn over the same underpinnings as the work clothes. The headscarf was exchanged for a pink ribbon.





(AKA 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Book Release and Halloween '07)


"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon..."
 
  Since post Fiddler, I had cut a foot off my curly (abet frizzy) hair, it seemed only natural to make a Hermione costume for the Book 7 release party several of my friends and I were going to be attending. Technically I guess you could call this two costumes.
Part one was the uniform. It was a black skirt, cream-colored button-down shirt, and grey sweater. I wish I had been able to find a v-neck sweater, but this was the day before the party and I simply had no time (Old Navy now has a grey v-neck sweater that I swear to goodness they stole right out of the film. Soooooo mad...). I made a tie out of fabric left over from the robe lining and a gold fabric marker. It was worn with black tights and a pair of black flats. And it looked awesome.
Part two was the school robe. It was constructed out of black and scarlet broadcloth cotton, altered from a Simplicity pattern that I can't remember the number of (It's their Star Wars Jedi robe one- I believe it's still in print). The biggest alterations were to lengthen the hood, alter the sleeves, and chop about ten inches off the bottom of the pattern (that thing was so freaking long!! Ridiculous!! And not in a boggart-blasting kind of way!). It's completely lined, but only the sleeves, hood, and front panels are lined in the scarlet. The rest is black. And other than the fact that I don't yet have a house patch, it is identical to the robes in the films. Go me!! The whole entire costume (robe, uniform, and wand- yes, wand) took 7 hours to make. I've never made a costume that complex so quickly. Ever. But it was sooo worth it.
Rachel, as you can see, went as Tonks. And it was so much fun. There was this little girl who came up to me and went "Hermione?" and just stared. It was great!  I've never been a photo op before! :0P I still don't know who the Dumbledore was. But he rocked. Best costume of the night, though, and I'm heartbroken I don't have a picture, was this couple who had come as Rita Skeeter and Bozo the photographer. It was truly incredible. :0P

This costume was also worn for Halloween 2007.



'Exit the Body'
Jenny's Costume

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**Photos coming as soon as TLC gets them uploaded!!**
"All righty-right!"
 
I had the good fortune this September to be apart of Nearly Stellar Entertainment's production of 'Exit the Body', for the 'Mystery in the Park' benefit dinner. I played the part of Jenny, the country-bumpkin maid with less common sense than a seagull (and yet excellent logic. "Well, a helicopter has no wings!" Brilliance.) The play is set in the 50's, and the costumer decided Jenny should wear- what else- a poodle skirt. Skirt was made from 2.25 yards of 72" black craft felt from JoAnn's. The poodle is an appliqué that's sewn on. Blouse is from the Gap ($10. Go me.), and the shoes- well, actual saddle shoes were non-existent on all my search days. So Sally, the costumer, decided to make her own. They're white tennis shoes with black Sharpie. Authentic? Nowhere near. Look right? Mostly... :0P



Haunted Maze '07
Victorian Ghosts

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Spooktacular.
So I was beyond excited to get started on this year's Haunted Maze stuff for two reasons: 1) this year, we got paid, and 2) this year, we got PAID. :0) And when I found out that the theme for the graveyard (my area) was going to be Victorian Ghosts, I couldn't wait to get started.
Although I designed and constructed all 4 of the ghosts in the graveyard (after hand-stitching all of the bustling in place, I couldn't feel the tips of my fingers for a week), I'm only going to detail my costume, as it's the only one I have pictures of! I'm cool like that, apparently. :0)
My character was a dead Victorian child, and let me tell you, it was creepy. Who cares if most people thought I was a dead Alice in Wonderland or Tinkerbell? They all screamed the same.
The costume consisted of a whole network of warm under layers, white leggings, a white thermal shirt, over which was worn a tulle petticoat, muslin underskirt, and the dress itself. The dress was made from this cheesecloth-like fabric that didn't actually reflect the black light in the graveyard, but the underskirt and thermal shirt did, which made it look like I was glowing from the inside out. You can kind of see the effect in the photo (although the flash ruined it). You also can't see it, but when the flash isn't on, the only light that's in the graveyard is the black light. My face was painted over the white makeup with glow paint in the shape of a skeleton. You couldn't see my eyes at all. It was AWESOME. Also worn was a white wig with bow and my good 'ole sneakers.



Disney's

Wildcat Cheerleader

 
"Unless you speak cheerleader: 'Isn't Troy Bolton, like, the super hottie bomb?!'"
So this fall, I've been fortunate (depending on how you look at it :0P) enough to participate in a production of Disney's High School Musical (like Fiddler, we sold out our entire run. I think I have a magic touch). Now, when I told people what show I was in, I usually got one of three reactions-
1:"High School Musical? Like with Zack Efron?!" (uh, no, Zach Efron is not performing with us. Although Jesse does have the 'Efron shag' going on...);
2: "High School Musical? Aren't you in college?" (yes, and the only people older than me in the cast are Coach Bolton and Ms. Darbus); or my personal favorite,
3: "High School Musical? *insert hysterical laughter here*."
And yes. I played a cheerleader. Deal with it.
Even though technically I didn't make or design my costumes, I did find the shoes, pompoms, and make the hair ribbons, so the pictures are going up here (plus, I can then document that at one point in my life, I was physically capable of doing a cheer kick. Take that, Greg :0P).
Uniform, shoes, poms, and spankies from www.omnicheer.com.




Meg Brockie

Meg Brockie's Village Dress
   
"Now, Pa said 'Daughter, there must be one- someone who's true, or too old to run!"
Check out this costume in action in the video of "The Love of My Life" here!!
This spring I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to perform as Meg Brockie in a local production of Brigadoon, which was a dream come true for me. On the list of characters I've always wanted to play, Meg is definitely one of the top 5. EEEE!!! :0) I won't bore you with the costume details here, because they're chronicled on the costume diary page.

Meg Brockie's Wedding Clothes 

"And all of a sudden the weddin' affair had become a bonnie brawl!"
Check out this costume in action in the video of "My Mother's Wedding Day" here!!
How do I always end up in the shows with the weddings? Cinderella, Fiddler, Brigadoon... oh my. Anyway. Again, the details and more photos are all listed on the diary page, but here are some photos. We had an awesome time in the glen at ten! :0)







Ok. So technically this isn't a costume. However, my shirt was not only amazing, but Stephenie Meyer saw it and loved it. So it goes up on the page. Deal :0P
At 12:00 AM on August 2nd, along with probably two hundred fellow Twilighters, I welcomed in the midnight release of Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in Stephenie Meyer's addictive Twilight saga. Yes, I am one of those people who read the whole series and really enjoyed it. No, I do not think it is an incredible work of literature, but it is fun to read and it takes place in the Pacific Northwest. Where I live. 
For the midnight release at our local Barnes and Noble, they were encouraging people to dress up for the theme of 'Goth Prom'. Now, I love a good costume as much as the next person (obviously), but 1- 'goth' really doesn't fit in with the themes of Twilight, in my opinion, and 2- unlike Harry Potter, Twilight takes place in our very own Pacific Northwest. Literally my backyard. Soooo... it's just a liiiittle too 'real' for me, if you will, to dress up for the book release.
So I made a t-shirt instead. :0)
     
The first pictures are the front of my shirt, the next one is the back (And please don't steal my confessions- those are the result of many late night Facebook chat sessions with The Girls. :0P). The left sleeve reads 'L.O.V.E', spelled out in the Twilight covers (like on the front of Rachel's shirt), and the right sleeve reads 'Team Edward'. Then a few from the party (we had way too much fun, in case you can't tell :0P). I also have a shout out to Erika's group (the costumed kids)- they had every single character from the series. Seriously. It was incredible. :0) That last one is my favorite. Rachel made me a Breaking Dawn break-down kit, complete with hyperventilation supplies (a paper bag that reminded me to breathe) :0P Rachel is the bestest best friend ever.

Just you wait to see what I come up with for the movie release in November. Just you wait.
**Update 11/22/08: This is what I came up with for the movie release, among other things. :0)




Haunted Maze '08
Victorian Ghosts Take 2

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And the ghost will follow you home...
This year's maze was a special request repeat of the Haunted Victorian Graveyard- we had been such a hit in '07, the owners of the maze specifically requested we repeat our performance. So we did. I decided quickly that I didn't want to be wearing knee-length skirts in October in the valley again, though, so I pulled one of my abandoned designs from '07, and voila- the Victorian Bride. This is quite possibly one of my favorite costumes I've ever done.
Full costume diary here.
UPDATE: TLC made the Maze website! Check it out here!






Alma Hix
"We're all agog- simply aGOG!"


To tell you the truth, this was one of the worst times I have ever had during a show. This was due to a variety of factors (nepotism, a pregnant-alto-Marian who blackmailed her way into the part, a director so out of touch with reality it was hell- take your pick), and there are times I honestly wish I had turned down the part.
But I didn't (because apparently I'm incapable of saying no), and I'm glad if for no other reason that I got to play Mrs. Alma Hix of Pick-a-little fame, who is a hoot and a half. But there is another reason I'm glad I didn't turn it down- my mom was in the cast, too! :0)

I made my two costumes and one of my mom's, along with my hat, and helped with the Shipoopi dresses for the teen girls (I. Hate. Invisible. Zippers.).

Alma Hix Daywear
This dress was made from a combination of the Edwardian Tea Dress pattern from Sense and Sensibility Patterns and an old dance skirt of mine (severely altered). This is without a doubt one of my favorite costumes I have ever worn. You know that dress you put on that just makes you feel awesome? This is one of them :0)
Fabric was a very weird poly-wool blend that moved beautifully and had the perfect weight, lined with cotton. Sash was made from two different cottons I got from the red-tag section at JoAnns back during Fiddler. Hat was a basic straw hat with fabric trim and bow and silk flowers (and one of my favorite parts of this costume). Worn with a camisole, bloomers, petticoat, 1860's corset (yes, I know Music Man is set in 1912- there was no way in hell I was dancing in an Edwardian corset), white dance tights, and my beloved tan Capezio Phantom ballroom shoes- Best. Shoes. Ever.
Photos with my hair down were during the costume parade/first dress at our rehearsal hall, all other pictures are backstage and onstage at the theater.

Mom's Daywear
            
My mom being a cutie-patooti in her Pick-a-little Lady #1 daywear.
Skirt is a floral striped cotton from my stash, with a built in muslin petticoat underneath. Belt is contrasting floral cotton (I always try to use printed or textured fabric onstage- you can't tell from the audience, but it actually helps with the dimensions of the fabric. Not sure why, but it does :0P) with yellow rickrack trim. Her blouse is a basic white button-up blouse. Worn with white dance tights, tan Capezio character shoes, and her equally awesome hat. I call it the Tiger Lily hat. And that last pic is just because I can. :0)

Alma Hix Shipoopi Getup
                
I'll try to remember to photograph this one on the dressmaker's dummy, because I really don't have that many good pics of it (I was in the blue dress for most of the show). This is also made from the Sense and Sensibility pattern, with the skirt from an out-of-print Butterick pattern (#3418). It was made out of purple and white plaid fabric with a really pretty floral pattern and lined with pink cotton. The sash was pink poly chiffon. Worn with the same underpinnings as the blue dress.
 

My shelf o' shoes and hats. <3



Coming Soon:


Haunted Maze '09: The Three Witches from Shakespeare's Scottish Play
Double, double, toil and "BOO!"

Wizard of Oz: Glinda the Good
Can *you* come and go by bubble?

Wizard of Oz: The Wicked Witch of the West
It's all about the cape and the hat.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Barn Raising Dress
If you have to pick one of seven, better look pretty doing it.

Finding Dade: Suzie's Burgundy Ballgown
Who cares if he's the bad guy- it's a ball and a pretty dress.

Finding Dade: Suzie's Blue Gown
It's not like you can wear jeans when you're in Once-Upon-A-Time.






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