corset with fashion fabric flatted over coutil, featuring decorative quilting, hip and bust gussets, piping finish at top and binding finish at hip
Much Ado About Nothing/The Old Globe/2011
design by Deirdre Clancy/draping by Louise Powers
welt buttonholes in stretch suede
The Barber of Seville/Washington National Opera/2018
design by James Scott/draping by AnaMarie Nelson
small quilted ‘bustle’ pad mounted inside yoked petticoat
La Traviata/Washington National Opera/2018
design by Jess Goldstein/draping by AnaMarie Nelson
cutting to create balanced/symmetric finish from an asymmetric patterned fabric
Better Gods/Washington National Opera/2016
design by Lynly Saunders/draping by Bill Nelson
cutting to create balanced/symmetric finish from an asymmetric patterned fabric
Better Gods/Washington National Opera/2016
design by Lynly Saunders/draping by Bill Nelson
fabric making- this is a white base fabric, with vertical ribbon trim stitched at the top and a lace applied to the lower section. The lace was cutout in a repeated pattern create a diamond border with a more open,airy pattern below that, and then decorated with small green diamonds applied on top
fabric making - finished blouse
Major Barbara/Shakespeare Theatre Co/2008
design by Robert Perdziola/draping by Sally Kessler
fabric manipulation- gathering stitches to create a textured button effect
The Taming of the Shrew/The Old Globe/2010
design by Deirdre Clancy/draping by Randal Sumabat
fabric manipulation- fabric tucked to create a textured diamond pattern, highlighted with gold ribbon and bows
The Taming of the Shrew/The Old Globe/2010
design by Deirdre Clancy/draping by Randal Sumabat
corset finishing(interior view)
Much Ado About Nothing/The Old Globe/2011
design by Deirdre Clancy/draping by Louise Powers