Eagerly awaiting the pattern to arrive via USPS any day now. Not sure if it's for a man, woman or child so it'll be a great surprise! I've done some extra research on textiles of the period, although I got a lot of practice when I designed Funny Girl.

This is going to be an amazing project and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. I'll be happily blogging away as soon as I get my first pattern. Check out the story:

http://vpll.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/the-1912-project/

Wow this show keeps growing and growing and grrrrrrowing...about 4 weeks to go and I am about halfway there....hmmmm...anyway here are a few pics of Fannie's costumes. The light blue is a cocoon coat in silk velvet for the dinner scene and the second is her dress for the train scene when she sings "Don't Rain on My Parade". Back to work. Busy Busy Busy : )

I was hunting through a local thrift store and found this awesome brown striped, ruffled front shirt and couldn't resist bringing it home. I constructed a brown skirt to match and added the trim to bring the look together. I need to add the hat, tie and belt and it's complete. Not bad for a few dollars : )

Okay my first challenge...turning this ugly lemon yellow Victorian style bridal gown into a beautiful Ziegfeld Follies bridal gown. Hmmm, this will be tricky. I picked this up on eBay for only a few bucks so I thought it would be worth a try. The seller stated it was pastel yellow and cream....it arrived lemon yellow and yellow...ucky! I think I heard the gown sobbing.
I'll stare at it for a few days til I go blind then stick it in bleach and see what happens : )

Okay, I'm back....finally. I'm working on a great project over the next three months and I thought I'd blog my ups and downs, victories and defeats, highs and lows...you get the picture : ) And the show is....drum rolllllllll........

Funny Girl

This should be a blast and I'm off to a good start, mostly...

Pics to follow : )

One of my latest productions! Victorian dress is so much fun : )

I'm in my final year of grad school and the semester has begun at a hectic pace. I costume design Wonder of the World which opens October 5. My next project is constructing puppets for our theatre's production of Alice in Wonderland. I'm excited about the project...should be a lot of fun.


I'll post pics of my shows soon!

I've been working hard on adding new costumes and designs for the store. I'm shooting for a reopening date of July 1,2007. I have several Victorian, Edwardian, Medieval, Renaissance and Character Costumes for sale.

The Spring semester has begun with a vengeance : ) I will be costuming our University's production of The Heiress this month and next month will assist in our production of The Fantasticks! So, it will be impossible for me to sew for Audreycarol.com until the summer.

I'll post some costumes concept sketches asap!

Thanks for all your support.