by kelerr
No one is as shocked as I am at how much I managed to make for myself over this past month. I have not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE makes to show you. Now, in all honestly, the first make I’m going to show you was started a while ago (so long ago that I can’t remember when exactly), and this month I polished it off and added the sleeves and did the hems. It really […]
by kelerr
It’s an all sewing-centric week on the blog! My original post for today was going to be about my makes for February (I shockingly have several). However, some nasty weather thwarted my ability to get photos of everything last week and so I’ll save that post for this Friday. Now that The Little Mermaid, Jr. is over, it’s time to get back to sewing for me! I have missed making my own clothes so very much and have found myself […]
by kelerr
I’m sad to say that I do not have a ton to show you this month, however to make up for it I’m going to post some previews of my costumes for The Little Mermaid once I show you the one thing I’ve managed to make for myself recently. I’m actually cheating because the dress I’m going to show off here was actually made at the very, very end of December, right before my Christmas vacation ended and I had […]
by kelerr
Instagram is a funny thing, isn’t it? Through the power of social media, I have learned so many little challenges and hashtags that I can participate in. One fine example of this is the #makenine challenge, in which you post a grid image of nine patterns that you plan to make in the upcoming year. I’m sharing my Make Nine a little more officially here, with some fabric choices and ideas, and with the full knowledge that I will almost […]
by kelerr
In 2018, I began transitioning my wardrobe from ready-made to “me made.” It kind of happened by accident at first, but after a while I realized I was buying more fabric than ready-to-wear clothing, and preferring my makes to the items I had bought in the store. After a lot of summertime sewing, I actually had wearable pieces that I had created with my own two hands, and I was excited to show them off. I feel the need to […]
by kelerr
Looking at this blog, you would think I’ve turned all my attention to reading lately, which is so far from the case it’s laughable. It’s just that I’m determined to complete that reading challenge and to do so the same way that I’ve done the past ones: by writing posts about it. My reading time, however, is actually very limited. Even though I’m off for the summer and not working, between driving upstate and seeing friends and doing various activities, […]
by kelerr
Cogsworth was the second character that came to me fully formed, costume-wise. I knew exactly what my plan was, and though it got tweaked here and there as we were going along, he ended up looking exactly like what I pictured when I originally started doing my designs. The first step was planning. For months I had asked my coworkers to send me cardboard that they would otherwise be throwing out, and as a result I had tons to choose […]
by kelerr
Every year, there are some characters who seem very simple on the surface but it takes me forever to come up with a costume idea. This year those characters were the Silly Girls (a.k.a. the “groupies” who follow Gaston around everywhere he goes). In the end, I took inspiration from both the animated and live action versions. I liked that the characters in the animated version wore matching dresses, but I also liked that in the live-action they wore different […]
by kelerr
For whatever reason, two of the most challenging costumes came to me immediately. Mrs. Potts was one of those. As soon as I knew we were doing Beauty and the Beast I knew I wanted to fashion a oblong teapot, and I knew I could do it with hoop skirts. The original intention had been to construct them myself, but they weren’t very expensive so ended up buying two and working with that. I found the fabric I wanted at Materials for […]
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