Construction Examples

Stitching/Alerations for The Dragon of Wantly at Boston Early Music Festival

Directed by Gilbert Blin
Costume Designer: Seth Bodie

Stitching for Circe at Boston Early Music Festival

Directed by Gilbert Blin
Costume Designer: Jérôme Kaplan

Duck Spat Patterning and Prototype for Make Way For Ducklings at Wheelock Family Theatre

Directed by Emily Ranii
Costume Designer: Kathleen Doyle

Draping, Patterning, and Construction for Macbeth at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Directed by Rosha Joshi
Costume Shop Manager: Becca Jewett

Formal Banquet Dress

For my Senior banquet, I decided to make a formal ballgown from scratch without a remade pattern. After finding materials, I made a long full circle skirt, then I edited a basic tunic block, made with my measurements, in order to create the shape I liked for the top part of my dress. after several trial and error muslin versions, I settled on the shape seen in the third picture of the slide. I added a bit of boning and patched sectioned of the purple embroidery to the front. By sourcing fabrics through a local b bridal shop, I was able to buy wholesale, and spend under $50 for all of the materials needed.

Cow Puppet

This is a realistic cow I wanted to take inspiration from.	This is the puppet version of a cow I wanted to take inspiration from.	I made a very quick sketch of my end goal, a cow puppet named Lola, and I planned to use furry fleece as well as felt in dark and light tan.
I took the pattern from Project Puppet and altered it to fit the shape I was looking for.	I started by making the extended mouth, and adding foam to fit my hand.	I carved this foam ball to give structure to the head, making sure there was enough room to put the hand in.
I formed the sides of the face and head, and I added ears.	I carved smaller foam balls and glued felt around them to make the eyes.	I sewed a glove that perfectly fit my hand into the mouth in order to keep the foam in place.
Here is the back of the head sewn on with the foam hand-sewn together.	I glued on the eyes, forming felt around them for depth and to give pupils. I also added lips and nostrils.	I added lashes to give the feminine look of my puppet inspiration. I also sewed flowers behind her ear to match the sketch.
I filled the rest of the space around the foam head with clippings, remnants, and cut threads to waste less materials. I then whip-stitched a piece of fabric on o keep everything secure.	Here is a side view of Lola.	Here is a front view and final image of Lola the cow!

Sundress

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A friend of mine reached out to ask for a garment made out of these fabrics. I customized a free MOOD pattern to her liking (including the ungathered sleeves), and sent it when finished.

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Construction Examples

Stitching/Alerations for The Dragon of Wantly at Boston Early Music Festival

Directed by Gilbert Blin Costume Designer: Seth Bodie

Stitching for Circe at Boston Early Music Festival

Directed by Gilbert Blin Costume Designer: Jérôme Kaplan

Duck Spat Patterning and Prototype for Make Way For Ducklings at Wheelock Family Theatre

Directed by Emily Ranii Costume Designer: Kathleen Doyle

Draping, Patterning, and Construction for Macbeth at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Directed by Rosha Joshi Costume Shop Manager: Becca Jewett

Formal Banquet Dress

Cow Puppet

This is a realistic cow I wanted to take inspiration from.

This is the puppet version of a cow I wanted to take inspiration from.

I made a very quick sketch of my end goal, a cow puppet named Lola, and I planned to use furry fleece as well as felt in dark and light tan.

I took the pattern from Project Puppet and altered it to fit the shape I was looking for.

I started by making the extended mouth, and adding foam to fit my hand.

I carved this foam ball to give structure to the head, making sure there was enough room to put the hand in.

I formed the sides of the face and head, and I added ears.

I carved smaller foam balls and glued felt around them to make the eyes.

I sewed a glove that perfectly fit my hand into the mouth in order to keep the foam in place.

Here is the back of the head sewn on with the foam hand-sewn together.

I glued on the eyes, forming felt around them for depth and to give pupils. I also added lips and nostrils.

I added lashes to give the feminine look of my puppet inspiration. I also sewed flowers behind her ear to match the sketch.

I filled the rest of the space around the foam head with clippings, remnants, and cut threads to waste less materials. I then whip-stitched a piece of fabric on o keep everything secure.