Alexandria Doyle wrote:
...As to costume sewing I regularlly look for "garbie dolls", people
who need
costumes, but don't sew for whatever reason. Since they pay for the
fabric,
and sometimes for labor, I get to "feed" my habit without cost to myself.
*snicker* I love it! Garbie dolls. I'll remember that one. :)
I started sewing as a kind as well, don't remember how young. My
birthday is Halloween, so, obviously, I was born with the costume bug.
My mom would sew at the table and she taught me how to do hand stitches
and work the machine. I don't have a machine these days; I do my work by
hand because it always looks better and gets me in a Sewing-Zen sort of
state. But I think I still have barbies with costumes on them. I vividly
remember reading about Elizabethan corsets and using cardbord and
masking tape to make poor barbie into the proper shape. I think my first
real complete costume was a Jedi outfit. :D
Marie
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