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Mythical Nature Costume
Costume Project · Stagecraft
Flat muslin to finished garment in three weeks. The costume unit takes 8th grade Stagecraft students from a flat pattern to a garment that fits a body and survives wear. Each student developed a character against a shared theme, Mythical Nature, worked it through research, sketch and color rendering, then moved to the shop floor: reading pattern markings, laying out and cutting on grain, threading machine and bobbin, and sewing straight seams with backstitching. Every piece is muslin, the unbleached cotton a costume shop mocks up in. In one color, the design has to be carried by silhouette and construction. The finished work includes dresses, tops, a gown with gloves and a cloak, cut from patterns and fitted to each student's own measurements, with elastic and hand-sewn details.
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