Variations on a theme

I copied a dress for a client and made a few changes to it.

The first version is the navy turquoise and lime dress.




































The second version has been lengthened and the neck dropped and armholes raised.




















One more version to follow.

Another from Killing My Lobster

Monkey - I accidentally deleted the photos of the headpiece so this is all I have for the moment.....
Back of the red vest with long curly tail - I couldn't make the wire straight so I weighted the tail with a heavy washer which made for some great movement when the actress was in costume.

More from Killing My Lobster

The Spiderman sketch was cut at the last minute - very sad but I'm sure he'll appear in another KML sketch at some point....

costumes from killing my lobster

I'm quite late in doing this as the show closes today
but better now than never.....






The first is my interpretation of orthodontic Headgear













The second and third images are the jacket part of a Benjamin Franklin costume

Birthday dress for Leslie

I made this to match the Carin room at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo for her birthday. The room is decorated entirely in pink and gold and yes, that is the lower half of a cherub above her head.

The parameters were animal print and pink. I used a vintage pattern and made a few alterations to it. I added the inverted box pleat at the front, lowered the neckline and made the sleeves fuller with a slit along the sides.

Heidi approved

January seemed to be for some reason the month of alterations and pet projects (literally, will you make something for my dog). She was on the blue bed till I came by and plunked this down. She sniffed and snuffled, then sniffed some more, turned around three times then laid down thereby signaling her approval.

...And now for something completely different....

This is a coat for a dog. First ever dog coat I've made. I decided to jazz it up a bit and using inspiration from Seminal Semana on Tumblr came up with this: