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Trestle at Pope Lick Creek Alterations

Marking Suspender Buttons
Chugging along with my alterations before the Costume Parade.
After the first round of fittings my alteration list included:

  1. Pace: take in dress, hem dress, hem pants, add decorative buttons to pants
  2. Dalton: sew fly shut on underwear, add decorative buttons to pants
  3. Gin: add snaps to front of dress, fix the unfinished seams on over jacket
  4. Dray: take in pants, add suspender buttons
  5. Chas: hem pants, add suspender buttons 
My list was not overwhelming, it was actually very manageable. I tried to space everything out with one task per evening as a goal. Despite setting manageable goals I ended up making a lot of progress on night one and then avoiding doing anything until the weekend. In the end it worked out because I did finish everything on Saturday (Costume Parade was Monday 24th). 

Adding Buttons to Pace's Pants
Having a few extra days before Costume Parade lets me break out my steamer, iron a few things, and get super organized before I move the costumes into the theater space. I am a little hesitant on leaving everything there, but it just means it's done on my end. The Costume Parade is a great way to see all the actors in their costumes next to each other and get some solid feedback from the director on any changes they think may need to happen. I'm very lucky that with this show the director has been the perfect level of involved. She's been a great person to bounce some ideas off of while also giving her opinion on some accessories. With my work schedule I haven't been able to make it to as many rehearsals as I'd like so it's been great to have a director who knows they need certain things and tell me as soon as it's been realized and not the very last minute. It helps me stay on top of everything.

I'm very excited to see everyone in their costumes and I will be posting mood boards and looks in the coming days before opening night. Show starts Friday, July 5th! 


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