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The costume construction module was the most daunting to me as I had never experimented with costume and sewing before so in a short space of time I learnt and gained a set of skills that allowed me to both understand costume construction but also the knowledge of how costumes are made for theatre in order to be able to faithfully design costumes for theatre. This key skillset is very important as a designer to aid accurate budget estimates by knowing the cost and values of materials and how to design costumes with more costly features for principles and perhaps cheaper for the other characters.
I started the project by getting pieces of calico fabric and using the templates I cut, drawing an outline with a seam allowance. For this I used a pattern master to be able to accurately add the seam allowance especially around corners and marked these using carbon paper and a tracing wheel. This helped when it comes to cutting the fabric. The next stage was to cut both the calico fabric as well as the front fabric that would be used to create the frontage of the waistcoat.
For this I used a machine called an overlooker that creates a stitch that covers the edge of the fabric. This creates a clean edge to the fabric piece and connects both the calico and the front fabric to each other. I continued this process for all the pieces before sewing them together. Unfortunately, due to personal crisis, I didn’t manage to finish the waistcoat.
This project taught me key skills such as using machines, learning the costs of fabrics and materials. This will help me when designing costumes in the future. It’s been useful to learn skills with fabrics and hopefully this will help with future projects. I also learned how costumes are designed to be adjusted for different performers, allowing costumes to be re-used and re-sized accordingly.
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