After some costume work in-theatre over Christmas I am underway with a bit of a different project - a costume that I actually started making as an example piece for a job interview. I have had some beautiful fabric - a patterned red and a brown mock-suede - that I have been waiting for something to do with for years, so I decided that I would design and make a Pirate Queen costume. I have been designing on the stand so far, but I am going to sketch out the two different versions of the costume that I want to make. I am going to make two sets of bottom half for this, it is definitely going to have a Victorian feel to it. So far I have just made the coat - I am going to see how I like it once the rest of the costume is made and then see if I want to add a collar to it. With the red I have used it to line the coat and I am going to use it to make a skirt.
The lining isn't visible in these photos, but I will get some more photos as I go!
