This month has been mostly taken up with Goodwood Revival - this great event is a mix of vintage cars and fashion. Part of the event are the Goodwood Actors Guild who provide entertainment during the three days of the Revival. My job is to help with costumes for the 200 actors - some need alteration or repair (many of them are original vintage) and some are made from scratch.
On the Saturday night there is a Gala Ball, each year is a different theme - this year it was 'Atlantis'
These are some of the costumes we made - these dresses were originally white, we painted them with fabric spray paint and re-fashioned the skirt by cutting slits and finishing the raw edges with a rolled hem on the overlocker.
At the Drivers Club there was a full scale model of Stone Henge - we made Druid costumes for the actors who stayed in charecter for the whole event!
Finished costumes on the actors who have been made up to be Sirens - drawing the guests at the charity ball into the Atlantis dining area
Me with my daughter Amy, I made both the outfits from vintage Vogue Patterns - my suit (V1019) is in a Matka silk with Bremsilk lining, both from Macculloch & Wallis and Amy's (V8788) in a tulip patterned cotton print from Fabricland
The end of a fabulous, if long, weekend as wardrobe mistress for the Goodwood Actors Guild, all pictured below
Lady March wearing a suit I made for her to wear at the event
Some of the 250 tunics we made for the waiters at the Gala Ball
I did manage to teach some dressmaking workshops at The Textile Space as well this month, students learnt how to put in zips, tailoring techniques and how to use an overlocker - looking forward to next month as I am teaching at The Knitting & Stitching show at Alexandra Palace :)
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