Colors: Minor Characters

Making Everything Bright!

After finally having access to the set colors I armed myself with paint swatches and headed to the fabric store. There are four actors that play multiple minor roles. They do the commercial bits, play the role of the waiters, and others. I wasn't 100% in love with the items I pulled from Parkland's stock so I was thrilled when the costume shop manager suggested just making parts of their looks. I can only handle so many costume builds since I work full time, so having the help means a lot. I went to Joann's and picked out 4 bright colored cotton fabrics: grass green, aqua, orange, and buttercup yellow. I also managed to find a mesh fabric that was almost exactly the same blue/green combo that I plan on making into scarves for the ladies. I found matching thread, zippers for the skirts, and other small items like hook and eyes. 

The costume shop manager and I will be making 2 skirts, 1 pair of capris, 1 men's short sleeve button down, 3 scarves, and 3 women's short sleeve blouses. As of now my goal is to finish the capris, the men's shirt, and the scarves this weekend. I know the skirts won't be super challenging so I think I could handle them during the week after work. But I have a nice 3 day weekend to fill with sewing projects. I will post more as I make progress. As of now everything has been washed and is ready to cut. I think I will start off easy with the scarves and then cut out all of the pieces for both the shirt and the capris. Then see how much sewing I can handle before getting too tired. When I get sleepy I tend to make mistakes and then it just takes up more of my time trying to fix everything.