Nikki

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Name: Nikki
Date registered: January 5, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Sewing with Vintage Patterns: McCall’s 9629 — March 30, 2011
  2. Discovering Your Own Comical Failures — March 8, 2011
  3. An Update from Minion Corner: The Vestival — October 12, 2010
  4. Costume Construction Vlog! — October 5, 2010
  5. Pattern Review: Simplicity 5359 — May 26, 2010

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Sewing with Vintage Patterns: McCall’s 9629

March 30, 2011

by Nikki

McCall 6929

The show we’re working on right now is William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. We’re setting it loosely in 1968-72, and we’re making a few costume items rather than buying. Really, you can buy so much for the late 60′s/early 70′s that it’s silly to make your own unless you have specific things you …

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Discovering Your Own Comical Failures

March 8, 2011

by Nikki

In the last six months or so, I’ve noticed that all the clothes I love wearing are knit, but I’ve never really sewn with knits.

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An Update from Minion Corner: The Vestival

October 12, 2010

by Nikki

patterns

Alyssa and I have a few completely indispensable assets at NFDC, and one of them is Tiffany, our #1 Minion. This is a guest post, since there is a lot to write about from Two Gents, and Tiff worked on the majority of the vests.

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Costume Construction Vlog!

October 5, 2010

by Nikki

Over Labor Day weekend, I was working on Julia’s costume for Two Gents, and I made this vlog while doing so (but of course forgot to post about it here!). You can see her blouse go from nearly nothing to nearly done, and you get a slight detour into the Vestival! An NFDC Vlog – …

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Pattern Review: Simplicity 5359

May 26, 2010

by Nikki

A goldsmith, a genie, and a courtezan

Several of the costumes from our plot for Comedy of Errors relied on Simplicity 5359. We had originally planned on using a separate bellydancing pattern for one of these outfits, but time and the reality of our fabric dictated that using 5359 was the way to go. What follows is my review of the pattern, …

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Costume Plot: Comedy of Errors

May 17, 2010

by Nikki

Comedy of Errors - Inspiration

Because we both have regular day jobs, we often don’t have a traditional costume plot. More often than not we assemble a database of potential patterns, inspiration images, fonts, colors, objects, anything that puts either of us in mind of what we are trying to accomplish. To the left, you will see some of the …

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This Is How We Do It

May 3, 2010

by Nikki

After months of threatening to blog about being people who sew, we’re finally following through. I’m Nikki (the blonde one). This is Alyssa (the brunette one). We make things, and we make things happen. This blog will chronicle our ideas, projects, and progress. We’ll document our successes and our mistakes. Hopefully someone will read about …

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