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Alice in Wonderland The Red Queen Completed April 2014 Items Made: Skirt, Bodice, Collar This was made for a local college's production of Alice in Wonderland... The Opera. I like this costume in theory more than I like it in actuality.  I made this over 3 years ago... but I remember being really pressed for time and there are things I like about it and things I don't.   I was working on this after my real job and wasn't able to fit the bodice on the actress so that's why it's ill-fitting.  Also the bodice was drafted off a flat front corset and the corset she was wearing wasn't.  And I think I had intended to do a heart outline on the front out the of the same ruffles as the skirt.  I think I ran out of time.  It's hard to do this so after so much time has passed.  This was my original sketch,  I wanted more hearts and silhouettes of hearts.  (yes I drew it on a napkin at Starbucks.   I love the skirt! ...

    The Sorcerer Lady Sangazure, Mrs. Partlet, Villager Mother Completed March 2013 Items made: Jackets The Sorcerer is Gilbert & Sullivan operetta written in 1877.  The great thing about G&S operettas is that they're quick, quirky, and fun!  It's pretty much the SNL of opera.   For this show, we (the costume designer and I) went kind of Victorian but not completely and set it in the Spring so lots of color!   So the fun bit about the Mothers in this show is that one of them was double cast -- meaning that there were two actresses playing Mrs. Partlet.  So when an actress wasn't playing Mrs. Partlet, she had to be in a different costume.  But that's not the fun bit.  The fun bit was that one of the Mrs. Partlets got sick the week the show opened and never performed.  So one of the costumes I made (The Village Mother) never got worn.   With the women playing the mothers, w...

The Sorcerer The Sorcerer's Apprentice Completed March 2013 Items made: Coat, Skirt The Sorcerer is Gilbert & Sullivan operetta written in 1877.  The great thing about G&S operettas is that they're quick, quirky, and fun!  It's pretty much the SNL of opera.   For this show, we (the costume designer and I) went kind of Victorian but not completely and set it in the Spring so lots of color!   This particular character isn't actually in the script, but was added by the director.  Basically I had a sewing pattern for a Steampunk costume that I hadn't made, and since the show was set sort of Victorian and since this character was an eccentric, magicky type, we went with it.  (By the way the pattern is Simplicity 2172 ).  This was everyone's favorite costume from the show. For fabrics we went bold, bright red to really make her and the Sorcerer stand out from the other characters.   The...

The Sorcerer Aline Completed March 2013 Items made: Bodice The Sorcerer is Gilbert & Sullivan operetta written in 1877.  The great thing about G&S operettas is that they're quick, quirky, and fun!  It's pretty much the SNL of opera.   For this one, we (the costume designer and I) went kind of Victorian but not completely and set it in the Spring so lots of color!   Aline is the lead female role and it's her wedding day, so for fabrics we went with a white cotton embroidered with orange, green and pink polka dots.  Then we layered a floral embroidered chiffon over it.  The bodice is a 6 panel bodice with princess seams and a scoop neck, puffy sleeves with banded cuffs.  We called it the wedding cake dress because it reminded us of one.    

HELP! HELP! THE GLOBOLINKS! School Girl Uniforms Created April 2004   Items Made: Pleated Skirts Help! Help! The Globolinks! is a really weird opera that my college put on several years ago.  I don't really remember much except that aliens invade a music school and start to infect the teachers.  Anyway, it's just a bunch of pleated skirts. The blazers were pulled from stock and skirts were made to match.  The reason the uniforms are different colors is to differentiate the leads from the ensemble. Also... we didn't have enough of that style of blazer so we went with the theory that the leads are upperclassmen and therefore we ar different style uniforms.