AJS Costumes

04/13/2025

It's going to be a busy summer.
Costuming "Much Ado About Nothing" for Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

04/13/2025

10/31/2024

Help needed this weekend! Please! We are moving out of 2 more storage units into a better warehouse space. This will help us get most of our stuff together in one place and save us a lot of $$$. If you can help give us a hand, we would very much appreciate it. Saturday - Pacoima. Sunday - Glendale to Pacoima.
Please and thank you.

09/03/2024

We have been going to the New Space almost every day and it's really starting to take shape. I've been bringing more and more boxes and bins from storage, some of which haven't been gone through since we had to give up our shop 6 years ago. Since we have had to pack in haste several times, there have been too many "Just shove it al into a bin" bins, and now is the time to go through them all.
I'm coming across a lot of "Yes, it's beautiful, but there isn't enough to do anything", the occasional "That's where that got to", and of course, plenty of "What the hell was I saving that for?" And yet I am still running into "I know I have that specific thing somewhere, but where?"
I've been putting together some big care packages for friends who do patchwork quilts and such. and I have a few "Sell or give away" bins, but it's slowly getting dealt with. I almost have real workspace on the cutting table.
Almost ready to go back to tilting at those windmills again.

08/02/2024

Yesterday's move efforts were pretty hefty. We moved a lot of the heavier cabinetry. (Boy, there sure are a lot of shelves needed for this enterprise!) Now to organize those shelves and cabinets. Our thanks again go to Peter (the Great!) who helped these two old guys move all the heavy stuff into the truck and then into place.
The other good news has been that we have emptied one storage unit and should have another empty by Sunday. That will save us a lot of dough.

07/31/2024

Another moving day and it was terrific! We got lots of fabric moved. And patterns. And more fabric. (Did I mention that we moved a LOT of fabric?) Still have to sort and organize it all, and yes, there were many "that's where that was" moments.
As always, we are so thankful for the help of our friends Rob and Joanne who were champions.
Also huge thanks to Jane and Paul who helped us bring over lots of shelves and supplies over the weekend.
Our next big push will be Thursday when we move some really heavy cabinets, hopefully the ironing table, and yet more fabric.

07/29/2024

Our move into our new space is progressing, but is not a rapid process. We moved out of our shop space in Burbank exactly 6 years ago. We had to move quickly and there was a huge amount of stuff. Our focus was getting out in a hurry and not on packing the storage spaces for efficient unloading into a new space. As we are trying to set up our new space, inevitably we find that things that we need are all the way in the back, or have a dozen things stacked on top of them, or ...
So, it's not like we spend a week moving everything and it's automatically ready to go. Packing in haste means that cartons have to be gone through, decisions made on what to keep, what to throw away , and what to try to sell.
We celebrate the progress we've made and give great thanks to everyone who has helped, or will be helping us turn this into a working space. Soon, please G-d, soon.

07/26/2024

We did great today! Moved all the sewing machines, my cutting table, and a bunch of other stuff too. Hero of the day is , along with Lee & Marc. Also a huge thank you to Zad who helped us set up a lot of shelving yesterday! Much gratitude all around!

07/25/2024

Tomorrow is a big moving day. Begging for any available muscle. Please!

07/20/2024

The move is going slowly and quickly but much progress. Big thanks to our heroes Mateo and Wendy! They truly saved us.

07/17/2024

Moving day #2 tomorrow - Moving from storage in Glendale to new location in Pacoima. Would greatly appreciate any who can help!

05/07/2024

Asking for strong helpers on Thursday to move my sewing machines and much other stuff into storage. Please DM me if you are able to help. Please and thank you.