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Showing posts with label Wardrobe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wardrobe. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
To Be or Not To [Sewing] Bee - Costume Books at the Whittaker Library

Thursday, 19 June 2014
One for the Wardrobe Department
Now our students are leaving for the summer, presumably those associated with the Royal Conservatoire's Wardrobe department will be turning their attention to their own summer wardrobes. So we share this, notified to Karen by a sewing friend:-
Free Sewing Patterns - So Sew Easy
Might be useful!
Free Sewing Patterns - So Sew Easy
Might be useful!
Thursday, 1 May 2014
The Linen, the Stitch and the Wardrobe - Making an early Victorian Shift
The clever people in the University of St Andrews Library Special Collections are blogging their way through a wide range of historic 'how to' manuals.
This week, it's all about following an early 19th century dressmaking pattern and using a 19th century embroidery manual, to make a simple linen shift.
The Wardrobe Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland might be very interested in this, as a creative experiment. Though I suspect busy costume makers don't have time for Victorian embroidery!!
Take a look at 52 Weeks of Historical How-To's - it's a beautiful and intriguing blog.
This week, it's all about following an early 19th century dressmaking pattern and using a 19th century embroidery manual, to make a simple linen shift.
The Wardrobe Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland might be very interested in this, as a creative experiment. Though I suspect busy costume makers don't have time for Victorian embroidery!!
Take a look at 52 Weeks of Historical How-To's - it's a beautiful and intriguing blog.
Friday, 9 August 2013
Kyoto Costume Institute - Fabulous Images from Japan
Do you Work in a Wardrobe?
Costume designers in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Wardrobe department at Speirs Locks, Glasgow, will be interested in this Japanese digital archive of costume design. The costumes are from all over the world, not just Japan.
KCI Digital Archive
Monday, 4 February 2013
Costume-making - The Dreamstress
If costume-making floats your boat, you'll love this website. Recommended by our Wardrobe Department! They say the Dreamstress is "incredible"!
The Dreamstress
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Costume Inspiration
Whittaker's friends at Nottingham-based firm Sewing Online have suggested a Pinterest site that might interest our costume designers.
Here it is - Costume Inspiration, in all its multicoloured glory. Enjoy!
(Do follow @Sewing_Online on Twitter if you're a textile enthusiast!)
Here it is - Costume Inspiration, in all its multicoloured glory. Enjoy!
(Do follow @Sewing_Online on Twitter if you're a textile enthusiast!)
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