Costuming DIY

Three Day Assiut Challenge – Day Two

October 13, 2011

Three Day Assiut Challenge – Day Two Hello Friends in Dance and Costuming, It’s day two, and boy, am I worried about not getting this all done! But you know, I only really need to get it “done enough” because my motto of the moment is “Done is GOOD!” Actually, that’s sort of the motto [...]

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Three Day Assiut Costume Challenge – Part One

October 12, 2011

Three Day Assiut Costume Challenge – Day One Hello Friends in Dance And Costuming, OMG – I’m performing this weekend and I don’t have a thing to wear! This is a classic case of the cobbler’s kids have no shoes! How can I, a costume guru of sorts, appear at a show wearing.. well.. off [...]

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Thimbles

September 28, 2011

Davina repairing vintage assiut using a milliner's needle and a jelly thimble.

Jelly Thimbles Hello my friends in costuming and dance, I’ve recently taught a private workshop on making bras, when I got a unique question. When I was demonstrating a finishing technique that involved hand sewing, a woman in the class asked, “Where did you get that weird thimble?” I had to pause for a moment [...]

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Assiut – Vintage Photos

September 21, 2011

Hello my friends in costuming and dance. I just wanted to take a moment and share my latest find with you. As many of you know, I adore working with assiut and have been doing a ton of research on the history of this luscious cloth. As I have combed through dozens of books on [...]

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Costuming Pattern Lines

August 7, 2011

Hello Gang, I’ve been working on a an article and pouring through old photos. In my world, photos can represent a moment in time or serve as documentation for a project. Today, however, while looking for something very specific, I surfed past this photo on my harddrive. It made me think back to the days [...]

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