A Tailor Made It

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

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Dress capes and fancy linings

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I seem to have a variety of capes to make this year and here are two of them. These are what I would call dress capes, something usually ...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

step two- prom dress idea/drawing/breakdown

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OK, the next step is to get the dress idea on paper. my daughter saw a dress she liked on the Internet. Yes, she could have ordered it fr...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Step one: measurements

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I have been so busy at work but I knew that I must get started on the prom dress before it turns into a problem, so the first step is measur...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

a very large cape

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Once upon a time I had occasion to make quite a few large garments and one of the things that makes handing large patterns and garments time...
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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...
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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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