A Tailor Made It

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

Saturday, March 29, 2014

I'm glad you are making that

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As a tailor, there are fabrics that are difficult to work with, (silk velvet) ones that I would prefer not to work with (silk velvet), but a...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Velvet and fusible thread

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Oh, well it has been really crazy around the cutting table for the past few weeks and the next month promises more of the same. I don't ...
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Monday, March 3, 2014

Ruff details

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Just a few more thoughts and pictures of a couple of ruffs we are working on. As I mentioned, these ruffs are simpler than the circular kin...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

more ruffs!

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Was it only just last year that we made some big circular  figure eight ruffs ? Well, this year I think we will make more and just to keep ...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Dart manipulation and doublets

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 I am making a few doublets this year and this one  happens to have horizontal lines of trim which means I will want to move my dart shapi...
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Monday, February 3, 2014

vintage shirt donation

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I was walking by the office the other day and noticed a number of shirts, freshly laundered and just hanging on the back of the door. It tu...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Last minute costuming

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I am tired. Exhausted actually, but I finished a very last minute project tonight after "work". A pair of jeans, a shirt and mo...
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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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