Wayfaring Seamstress

17/12/2022

17/12/2022

I'm going to be organizing things on my page a bit the next few days, so if you see a bunch of old photos uploaded again, that's why!

16/12/2022

Who’s terrible about maintaining a social media presence? Spoiler alert: it’s me. To be fair, I’ve been super busy costuming the Pittsburgh Savoyards production of A Christmas Carol, which was was nearly completely sold out every night! I’ll slowly start posting some pictures from that here. Here’s a progress shot of mending the underarm gussets for the costume of one of our Belle’s jackets. The actual costume is over 7 years old (I don’t know beyond that, possibly 10 or more, I’d have to start digging through archives) and the fabric has begun to rip in the high friction areas beyond patching repairs. I also switched out the buttons, which had become mis-matched over the years, and added extra lace while I had the sleeves torn open. Isn’t she lovely? (Sarah too!)

02/08/2022

Another batch of photos! Still have some more to edit, but honestly, I wish I could have gotten even more. But we were limited on time, and I'm happy just have gotten any super nice pictures with these wonderful people.

01/08/2022

Slowly editing a whole bunch of photos from the AMAZING cast of the Pittsburgh Savoyards recent production of The Importance of Being Earnest, which I was fortunate enough to be the costumer for. Everyone was a joy to work with, and I hope to see more of these people of the future. Adam Seligson Apryl Sparbanie Peroney Christa Burneff Sean Lenhart Theo Sebastian Anna Joale Gergerich Amy Dick Kathryn Morosky Robert Hockenberry Kait Nicole Marsha Mayhak

06/06/2022

Working on late Victorian style petticoats for an upcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest that I’m costuming for the Pittsburgh Savoyards The pattern is easy, but the ruffles… sooooo many ruffles. Worth it though 😊

25/05/2022

Forever failing at social media because I DO MAKE THINGS I just fail forever at taking pictures. But I’m going to costuming a production of the Importance of Being Earnest for July, so I’ll try harder. This is a project I’ve been meaning to finish for ages, and because I knew I’d need my own travel sewing case for my first head costumer position, I finally finished it- converting a very old box we had lying around into something for myself. I’m going to be pulling hot glue strings off for a week but it looks so pretty so worth it?

10/03/2022

I hemmed a pair of jeans for the first time in my life today. This probably seems odd, especially looking all the sewing I HAVE done, and all the costume fitting I do for theater, but I just never came up. But when I, at a full 5’10”, get sent what I can only assume were factory error jeans in the mail that are a solid FOUR INCHES too long, a new opportunity finally presented itself.

26/02/2022

Preview of things to come, after I finish working working on the costumes for theater company.

24/02/2022

I'd be lying if I didn't say that Aurora's dress was my favorite, and the idea of making Brennan Bobish dress up as a princess wasn't at least some part of the inspiration for this project. There was so much hand sewing involved, but I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. Lawrence Karl is also a perfect Prince Phillip, playing the role of a charming prince so well, and the two of them together making the most enchanting fairy tale couple. I hope I get to work with them both again someday in the future.

This was another photoset where I just couldn't resist playing around with the background in one of the photos. Firefly Photography just made it too tempting with how amazing these turned out.

19/02/2022

Taking a break from personal project to work on some costumes for a theater production I’m a part of- Pittsburgh Savoyards Pirates of Penzance. I’ve been a costume assistant and an ensemble member with them for quite a few years now, and it’s a blast every single time.

16/02/2022

"It's my favorite part because you see- Here's where she meets Prince Charming. But she won't discover that it's him til chapter three."

My laptop situation is resolved, and I'm back to uploading pictures! Beauty and the Beast. Anne Rematt and Samwise Samhain Riley were charming as these characters, and I had a lot of fun coming up with really unique designs based one French court fashion. These were definitely the most difficult costumes to make, and I would like to go back an experiment with this era of clothing again to see what else I could do.

07/02/2022

Sorry about the delay in uploading more Disney photos! I had an unfortunate tea-spilling accident with my computer, and that's uhh... put a damper on things? (whomp whomp). Anyway, we'll be back to uploading photos sometime this week.