The Sound of Music!

Finally got to see the costumes in action! 

What a week!

On top of everything else, I have been dealing with dental misery—tooth broke twice and I am about ready to accept a gummy future (not really).

But 6 out of 8 Sound of Music playsuits are complete. I always like to imagine that there won't be any hand sewing but there always is. No floppy facings! The boys’ and Frida’s shorts were from patterns I had on hand, Liesl was altered from a Vogue pattern, and everything else was drafted from scratch.

Here they are (both boys have the same lederhosen style, so I only took one photo):

And the photo of the originals I’ve been working from:

Next, finishing touches on the Gretls (the role is split between two actors) and then I can put the Von Trapps out of my thoughts forever! 

Liesl is done!

And Kurt is done too, just needs a couple of buttons sewn on!

How do you solve a problem...

Like playsuits made from curtains?

A while ago I volunteered to work on the costume crew for a local production of The Sound of Music. Turns out, I'm the only sewer on the crew, and the playsuits Maria makes out of her curtains all need to be made from scratch!

There was a bit of confusion about getting the fabric, but after a long anxious wait it is finally here, and I am finally sewing! And my collection of random vintage kids' sewing patterns is finally proving its worth!

Of course nothing is exactly right, but at least I have starting points for things in kids' sizes I'm not in the habit of working with.

Liesl, at 16 going on 17, is basically a grown up, so I dipped into my for-me pattern stash for that.

Like I said, lots of alteration...

I'm just kind of freestyling it. Crossing fingers it all works!