I love this textured, pleated outfit Ariel wears on land. All the volume, ruffles and wavy pleating need good structure for contrast, and the corset belt provides that opportunity. My Once Upon a Party brought us this corset belt to add that extra definition. I measured out bias strips the…
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Isn’t this Great? Ariel Alterations
Our friends at Once Upon a Party have a dainty Ariel who needed alterations so she wasn’t swimming in her gown. (Get it? Ariel swimming in her gown? Anywho…) Ariel’s dress is 4″ too wide around her bodice, and the front and back yokes need to be more narrow. The…
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Legally Blonde Elle Woods’ Majorette Jacket
I’ve wanted to try couching on my Bernina 790+ and our theater recently (March 2024) produced Legally Blonde. That majorette jacket in the law school application scene was the perfect opportunity to give it a try! Our talented Elle is tiny but mighty, so the first step was getting a…
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Altering Jeans Gap!
Do you have a problem finding jeans that fit just right in the seat, but then gap at the waist? Ugh! No worries – there’s a pretty simple fix for this! After taking measurements to see how much to shorten the waistband, I seam ripped the top of the center…
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Altering Pants to Look Better
My client had a pair of pants she almost really liked. See these odd pleats across the knees? And then the legs were wide but too wide without being wide enough to be cute, flared legs – know what I mean? I told her I thought we could help her…
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Newsies! Medda Larkin Work Dress
Even the most famous people have stay-home-and-work days, and Newsies! Medda Larkin is no exception. Director Bobby Tschoepe and I decided Medda’s work that day was at her desk, paying bills and working on paperwork, and that she still dressed for success, knowing her important customers could drop by. I…
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Newsies! Medda Larkin’s Vaudeville Dress
The first time we meet Medda Larkin, is Act 1, Scene 5 at Medda’s Bowery in New York. The scene is full of colorful characters and Medda’s vaudeville outfit needs to shine brightly. We made her look by sewing a skirt based on Butterick B5969 and embellishing an Amazon corset…
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Newsies! Medda Larkin’s Suit
Our theater asked us to create costumes for Newsies’ Medda Larkin, a 19th Century Vaudeville actress who worked in New York and also provided haven to the “newsies” or news boys who had no place to stay. (1) Medda is a dynamic, high-spirited character and needed to bring a jolt…