Month: December 2019

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What a Big Pouffe

Just over a year ago, Heather Lou of Closet Case Files published her wonderful scrap-busting pouffe project I immediately decided this was to be an essential make…and then stalled.  I printed off the pattern TWICE and lost it, saved scraps religiously ALL YEAR [a huge bin bag full] and still nearly didn’t get it done … Continue reading What a Big Pouffe

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That Summary Feeling…

Yes, it’s that time of year again, and I’ve been enjoying everyone else’s summaries and best/worst lists, so I need to buckle up and get on with my own.  I’ve spent a couple of hours listing my posts, doing some numbers, and totting things up, and surprised myself somewhat. Numbers I’ve blogged far fewer posts, … Continue reading That Summary Feeling…

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Allsorts! Panto #8

Everything I may or may not have mentioned up til now, and what DIDN’T work out…  PROBABLY the last panto post, you’ll be relieved to know!  the parrot costume.  After Billy Bones hands over the treasure map and dies, the actor was thrust back on stage to act as Long John Silver’s missing parrot for … Continue reading Allsorts! Panto #8

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Panto panties- Panto #6

A right load of pants! Spotty bloomers for the dame, in cheap-as-chips tacky polyester with weird holographic plastic polka dots, from Barry’s Warehouse, on the £1/metre heap.  This is a great source for costume fabrics, when all you want is effect and nothing has to be massively sturdy or long lasting.  All good dames need … Continue reading Panto panties- Panto #6

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A bit ruffled- Panto #5

Shirts shirts frilly pirate shirts. Just 9 cast members, most with one costume only, still means a fair few shirts. Requirements- Long John Silver, Cap’n Smollett [my Gentleman Jack inspired outfit], Jim Hawkins [going with the Harry Styles look], 2 sidekick pirates [one ‘snobbish’ one ‘sexy’], tattered for Ben Gunn, scruffy for Bones, plus two … Continue reading A bit ruffled- Panto #5