Go for it - some of the best times I'm had have been with little local theatres - Big companies with big money can do just about anything. The real creativity...
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Kathy Pawl
lotsakats1
Sep 5, 2004 3:16 am
*smiles* we always called ourselves seamsters and seamstresses - and teamsters and teamstresses - not pc at all, but it works. Juliann...
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Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303
Sep 5, 2004 2:22 am
Be prepared to work your ass off. On the other hand, it can be very good experience if you want a career in theatrical costuming. It will help develop...
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Loretta Armstrong
laminathegreat
Sep 5, 2004 1:44 am
If you haven't found the recipe yet, I have one here. http://www.laminathegreat.com/closet/foamedgel.html It shouldn't melt at all. I wore my ears all day...
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Michele Milunas
panzergirl45
Sep 5, 2004 12:50 am
Hi All, I am considering volunteering to make costumes for our local "little theatre" and am looking for any of your positive or negative experiences with this...
5595
catslave54
Sep 5, 2004 12:30 am
How about Seamster,ala Teamster? Elizabeth...
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David
dwjuby
Sep 4, 2004 11:27 pm
As a male sewer, the title I was most often given was stitcher, or occassionally seamster. While I also performed "tailoring" duties, I would never have...
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Reverend Kent
imwaylonsmit...
Sep 4, 2004 10:32 pm
Curtis: Reilly Foam in Conshohoken, PA sells reticulated polyfoam. Their website is www.reillyfoam.com. They can cut it to what ever thinkness you need, but...
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Christina Homer
scrumps64
Sep 4, 2004 7:57 pm
... How about 'Tailor"?...
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Spidra Webster
tattercoat
Sep 4, 2004 7:07 pm
Well, if you want to go to basic English occupational name formation, a male would be a "seamster"; if a female is a "seamstress"....
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Juliann
mushmatrix
Sep 4, 2004 7:03 pm
... Fabric engineer? :) I think they put "engineer"; into almost every title nowadays! Juliann...
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Sheila Martinez
willistreet
Sep 4, 2004 4:49 am
Stitcher!! Yes! Sylvia Rognstad <sylvia@...> wrote: ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links ... Do you Yahoo!? New...
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Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303
Sep 4, 2004 4:17 am
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Curtis Kidd
GCKidd
Sep 4, 2004 4:14 am
Okay, once again as I have so many times in the past, I'm coming to the list with another kind of odd question--but I've had so much success with this in the...
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Curtis Kidd
GCKidd
Sep 4, 2004 1:01 am
... Never done breasts for men, so the advice that's already been given is better than anything I'd toss out. We have, however, in the years I've been working...
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Alainngeal@...
alainngeal
Sep 3, 2004 9:30 pm
You may have to run the vinegar mixture through several times. Otherwise, I believe there is a commercial "iron cleaner" made to dissolve mineral deposits. ...
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moefen@...
moefen
Sep 3, 2004 8:01 pm
So, I accidentally filled my iron with what I thought was a bottle of water, but instead turned out to be a bottle of TONIC water. The sweet smell coming from...
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Brad Gould
bradleyvictor
Sep 3, 2004 4:42 pm
Back when I was young and pretty and doing drag... something I would use on occasion was jello. Mix it with less water, about half, maybe. When it isn't...
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Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303
Sep 3, 2004 3:29 pm
Great costumes! You have some wonderful stuff there and I like your website design, although since I still have low speed dial up it was frustrating waiting...
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Maggie Baker
CostumeDesigner
Sep 3, 2004 2:55 pm
As far as usability and low cost, an old Drag trick I know is to use birdseed. Take a bra of the size you want and turn the cups into pockets by sewing spandex...
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DARK GOD
mr_mojo_jojo_69
Sep 3, 2004 12:30 pm
i would be interested in what you guys think www.ronincreative.freeservers.com sloopyjon _________________________________________________________________ It's...
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Gabrielle
sister_of_th...
Sep 3, 2004 9:05 am
... Sorry for the late responce. Thanks for your encouragement. I did my first sewing lesson. I want to go to school for this but it's too expensive for me...
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Chris
emeraldepona
Sep 3, 2004 1:35 am
Wonderful store. I have had the pleasure of shopping there and it's worth the trip if you're within driving distance :) Chris Sasha <neetstuff@...>...
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Sasha
neetorama
Sep 2, 2004 9:48 pm
Just some very useful information to the bargain hunters on this list and please pass this information to anyone you feel could use it...... FOR THE FIRST TIME...
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David
dwjuby
Sep 2, 2004 5:04 pm
One of my favourites doesn't involve an erection, but it still makes me laugh to this day. I was doing a big (read enormous) musical revue, and one of the...
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Karen Patrick
dnstgctr
Sep 2, 2004 5:00 pm
If you need a quicker/cheaper way to get buckram head forms. Theatre house has them for sale. They have all different designs mainly for hats, but they also...
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Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303
Sep 2, 2004 4:31 pm
Just a kind of funny addendum to my experience with a "one-armed" actor in a play this summer: He was supposed t be a civil war veteran so I put him in a...
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catslave54
Sep 2, 2004 4:24 pm
When I did "Live like Pigs", the actor had dislocated his shoulder abd HAD to appear one armed!He wore his arm in a sling and we just tucked the sleeve in....
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Kathy Pawl
lotsakats1
Sep 1, 2004 9:19 am
You don't want to tuck it in back - his shoulder will cramp something fierce. Have him hold it across his stomach and ace it in place like that, just not too...
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Michelle Davidson
adastra33
Sep 1, 2004 7:40 am
We just did this! We had the actor wear a jacket, kind of a western blazer. We cut open the seams of the jacket at the elbow and a corresponding seam in the...
