My husband wanted drop front trousers to wear at Dickens Fair, so we hit the fancy fabric store, and found, in the sale section, wool/silk material, which he says is "like buttah". And he sewed them HIMSELF! And then went on to make a frock coat. Pretty good when you consider he had only made a very simple shirt 20 years ago to wear to a Ren faire. I started sewing in high school, self taught, with horrible results, so I took a home ec class to learn the basics. Then majored in Tech theatre in college, so took the costume classes-History, Design, and Pattern Drafting. I made all my kids' Halloween and dress-up costumes. I've done some theatre costumes, but for the last few years, have been working on Renfaire costumes-Household and noble costumes for my daughter and myself, and Dickens fair costumes. Now my daughter has taken a sewing class, so she is sewing her own costumes- good because we also go to local "period/fantasy costume balls", for which she and her friends sew madly (usually until the wee hours of the night before). Right now I'm beading my noble dress. I have decided I hate beading. Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] When and how did you start making costume? In a message dated 5/22/2006 11:19:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ended up buying three pairs of slacks to take on a trip last month. I must get around to making myself some modern clothes one of these days. But why waste your precious sewing time making what you can buy? And no way could I make a pair of lined wool slacks with fly front zipper as cheaply as I can buy them. Materials alone would probably be almost as much, and my time is worth SOMETHING! (As I'm not retired yet, I have to ration my sewing time!) Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
