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{Out and About: Waitress, Take Three}

January 22, 2018 by kelerr

I wrote a review of Waitress the Musical last June after I had seen it for the second time (access it here), and my opinions of the overall show are more or less the same. However, this third time around was really something special. Thursday night I headed into Manhattan again to see Waitress for the third time. I believe there is only one other musical I can say I saw more than twice, and that’s Spamalot. Waitress is in […]

Categories: Out and About, Theater, Watching

{Out and About: Anastasia}

January 15, 2018 by kelerr

Thursday night I sat in the front row of Anastasia on Broadway, and confirmed the reason I love costume design. Sitting that close to the action, I could see every seam and every details – right down to some of the structures under the dresses – and I loved every minute of it. I always get a thrill from live theater, but it’s the costumes that get me every time. I love how atmosphere, character and setting can change […]

Categories: Out and About, Theater, Watching

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{Shaker and Spoon: Houston Without Limits}

December 24, 2017 by kelerr

Recently, I got it into my head that I would really like to take a mixology class or two. Ever artistic, I also love creative and fancy cocktails, and I thought it would be a fun way to shake things up as well as a way to learn a new skill. Shaker and Spoon was recommended to me by a friend months back. Basically, it’s a monthly cocktail club that sends the ingredients (minus the alcohol) to make three different […]

Categories: Cocktails

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{A Homemade Halloween: Stick Figure Stickers}

October 31, 2017 by kelerr

This year’s work Halloween costume was a process. Well, not to make but to decide on. I threw around a ton of ideas before finally deciding on the final verdict: stick figures! The twist came to me a couple of weeks later when I decided we would be those stick figure people that are on the back windshields of cars. I’m going to be honest here and say that I really didn’t get to this costume until the last possible […]

Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Uncategorized

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{The City Toile Dress: Part One}

August 28, 2017 by kelerr

After an extremely lazy morning yesterday, I got started on my latest: the city toile dress. This was a dress I had in the works for a while, in varying stages. I picked the fabric a long time ago, another one from Rifle Paper Co that I coveted for a long time before finally buying. Fabric in hand, I originally planned to make the same shirt dress as my flamingo dress, but I ended up finding another pattern I wanted to try. […]

Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing

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{Chantilly & Rosa Dresses: Finishing Work}

August 27, 2017 by kelerr

My last two dresses went together so easily I barely stopped to take pictures of the progress. The Chantilly dress is now completely finished and the Rosa dress will soon follow. I did manage to get a few pictures of the finishing up progress. Let’s start with the Chantilly. This dress suffered a bit due to my error in judgement when it came to the lining. It was supposed to have a full skirt lining, but I decided to skip […]

Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing

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{The Rosa Dress: Part One}

August 26, 2017 by kelerr

The Rosa Dress has been on my “to sew” list for a while now. I’ve had both the fabric and the pattern on hand, ready to go but have been waiting. For what, I couldn’t tell you but I finally decided to wait no more! I wanted to put this dress together. I started with the bodice, of course. It consisted of this center piece with bust darts which got attached to the two side pieces creating diagonal, shaping seams. […]

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{The Chantilly Dress: Part One}

August 25, 2017 by kelerr

Normally I name my dresses after the fabric I’m using but in this case I went with the pattern. I veered away from the major pattern companies and finally tried out the Chantilly Pattern from Colette Patterns. The last time I attempted it, I stopped while doing the yoke because something about it was off and my skills were just not what they are currently. However I still loved the pattern and I knew it would work perfectly with some rayon […]

Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing

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{Upcoming Projects}

August 24, 2017 by kelerr

Cutting out patterns and fabric is usually the step that makes me procrastinate the most at the beginning of a project. It’s not particularly difficult but I always dread it for some reason. I think it has to do with making sure I keep the pattern organized as I work and making sure all the pieces are together. Sometimes it’s just easier to have a “cutting day,” in which I take all my fabric and patterns and cut out my […]

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