I've started sewing.
I mean, I've sewed before with a needle and thread, attaching buttons where I need to and occasionally altering a halloween costume to fit my needs. But I've started sewing FO REALZ.
Update: a friend of mine kindly reminded me of how we took Home Economics in Grade 9 and made frogs with a sewing machine. I called mine Gimpy for a reason. Here he is:
It all started with a class I took last year that was, at the time, called Production 2, which is one more than Production. In this course, we looked at set design, building set maquettes, makeup design, prop construction, and costume design. Each of us picked a play and had to do all the above things for it. My selected play was The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Now, if you know me, I love this play. My first introduction to it was the movie with Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and some other people. I LOVED that movie, fell head over heels in love with Mr. Everett, and that was that. If you know me, you'll also know how much I adore steampunk. It's just so... classy! So elegant! So rough. So vintage! I LOVE IT! So I put two and two together.
So there were a lot of buckles and such. You may say that Lady Bracknell isn't very steampunk, but that's how I designed her.
ANYWAY. Once I had finished my assignment, I realized that I loved doing this kind of thing! Creating fun, crazy costumes! But, there was one problem.
I don't know the last thing about creating costumes from scratch.
So I hatched a plan. I applied for an independent study in costume design and got it! So I am currently the assistant costume designer for a play and next semester I will be a STRAIGHT UP costume designer!
One thing my mentor recommended I do was take sewing lessons. So I found a second hand sewing machine and have been taking lessons with a friend of mine all semester. We've done a couple of projects, which include:
I mean, I've sewed before with a needle and thread, attaching buttons where I need to and occasionally altering a halloween costume to fit my needs. But I've started sewing FO REALZ.
Update: a friend of mine kindly reminded me of how we took Home Economics in Grade 9 and made frogs with a sewing machine. I called mine Gimpy for a reason. Here he is:
Alright. Now back to the regularly scheduled post.
Update update: one of his eyes just fell off.
It all started with a class I took last year that was, at the time, called Production 2, which is one more than Production. In this course, we looked at set design, building set maquettes, makeup design, prop construction, and costume design. Each of us picked a play and had to do all the above things for it. My selected play was The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Now, if you know me, I love this play. My first introduction to it was the movie with Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and some other people. I LOVED that movie, fell head over heels in love with Mr. Everett, and that was that. If you know me, you'll also know how much I adore steampunk. It's just so... classy! So elegant! So rough. So vintage! I LOVE IT! So I put two and two together.
For our final assignment, we were required to create costume renderings for each of the characters in the show. HERE are mine!
Jack
Lady Bracknell
Gwendolyn
Algernon
And my personal favourite... Cecily!
So there were a lot of buckles and such. You may say that Lady Bracknell isn't very steampunk, but that's how I designed her.
ANYWAY. Once I had finished my assignment, I realized that I loved doing this kind of thing! Creating fun, crazy costumes! But, there was one problem.
I don't know the last thing about creating costumes from scratch.
So I hatched a plan. I applied for an independent study in costume design and got it! So I am currently the assistant costume designer for a play and next semester I will be a STRAIGHT UP costume designer!
One thing my mentor recommended I do was take sewing lessons. So I found a second hand sewing machine and have been taking lessons with a friend of mine all semester. We've done a couple of projects, which include:
Writing my name on fabric and working with appliques (it's a mustache!)
And making a pencil case! Outside:
And inside:
And that's been it up to now. I'm the process of making a really cute skirt, but thanks to a really shitty sewing day on Monday, it's still not done. Oh well. Give it a couple more weeks and I'll have something more to show you!
I promise to myself to update more. I promise...
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