A Tailor Made It

costuming, tailoring and pattern making for the theatre with an emphasis on menswear

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A few finished doublets

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 Before I get going on this post, I have to say something about the weather. It snowed today. Last week the temperatures were in the mid to...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

More ruff construction

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I have been grabbing photos here and there during the construction of the ruffs. The top phot...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Ruff- moving onwards

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 The ruff continues.......... Jumping ahead! The sandwich of silk and crin was basted together, then machine stitched to hold all th...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Ruff, second post

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 I have to say that it is difficult to get photos of the ruffs being made. I get something cut, then voila, it is being sewn together and ...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Figure Eight Ruff

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 One of the things on our to do list is making a large figure eight ruff.  It has been a few years since we made one, but luckily Susy had ...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Costume designer: job description

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It has come to my attention that a description of the various jobs in the theatre wardrobe is in order. I am referring to the large theatr...
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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Designer decisions

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In the early days I thought I wanted to be a designer. I guess that is because no one talks about all the other jobs like seamstress or tail...
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Terri
I am a theatrical costume cutter/tailor at North America's largest repertory theatre. I've been working in the theatre since 1986, and have the privelege of working with many of the top-notch designers in Canada, the US and the UK. These include Desmond Heeley, Ann Curtis, Santo Loquasto, Patrick Clark, Christina Poddubiuk, John Pennoyer, Charlotte Dean, Susan Benson, Meredith Caron, Dany Lyne, Francois St.Aubin, Paul Tazewell, Jonathan Fensom, Debra Hanson among many others.
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