Costumes by Samstress

Donna & the Dynamos A Mama Mia themed 50th Birthday  In August 2019 I made Super Trooper costumes for a friends 50th birthday. Donna and her Dynamos had matching outfits. They were a fun costumes to make and the birthday girl had a great party. Donna  Concept drawings made on Prêt - à - Template The Super Trooper outfit has pants and a top with the belt attached to the bodice. I used Kwik Sew 2057 for the elastic waist stirrup pants. The top was made using the bodice part of Simplicity 1537. Donna Donna's costume Donna  The main blue fabric is foil dance polyester. I used the patterns original sleeve and added a godet to the seam. I drafted my own shape godet and cut it from a white mesh fabric with a silver foil spot. I sewed two godet's right sides together along the hemline then turned them.  I sewed the godet into sleeve seam. I then decided to accent the hem by adding blue foil spot binding, so I could have just sewed

Wicked  the Musical presented by Murray Bridge Players and Singers 2019 In May 2019 my local theatre group put on an amateur production of Wicked. The company's 57th major production since 1973. As the costume designer I designed and made a variety of outfits for different characters. Galinda Galinda “with a Ga” the good witch had the most costume changes of the principle cast members. Her changes from one outfit to another had to be made very quickly and sometimes in under 30 seconds! This plays an important factor in the design and construction of costumes for theatre. This costume was for Ozdust and Popular.  Emma Love as Elphaba & Katelin Kneebone as Galinda.  Rehearsal photo by Jay Birdy  Rehearsal photo by Jay Birdy Galinda's pink dress is a Bustier and skirt. I originally made the bustier for one of the step sisters in the companies 2016 production of Into The Woods.  I used Simplicity 5006 for the Bustier. I cut the

Wicked  the Musical presented by Murray Bridge Players and Singers 2019 In May 2019 my local theatre group put on an amateur production of Wicked. The company's 57th major production since 1973. As the costume designer I designed and made a variety of outfits for different characters. Katelin Kneebone, Samantha Pope, Val Schubert, Emma Love photo by Jay Birdy Galinda Galinda “with a Ga” the good witch had the most costume changes of the principle cast members. Her changes from one outfit to another had to be made very quickly and sometimes in under 30 seconds! This plays an important factor in the design and construction of costumes for theatre. photo by Jay Birdy My costume concept drawing made on the Prêt-à-template app. Act 1 opening This costume was designed to look much like the dress from the Broadway show. I made a bustier and a skirt. Bustier   I used Simplicity pattern 5006 bustier/corset.  I started with a layer of pale green satin