meet the winnie dog!!

[mlsdesigns]

today, after lunch, we went to get our new dog :) she's 3, from a rescue place, and a whippet cross greyhound. she's very very lovely!

i didn't get to spend much time with her before i had to go to work, but it was good coz then clare got to bond with her the most, as she's clare's dog.
work was the performances, 4 plays, all very different, a modern office play, a victorian melodrama, a noel coward type farce, and a comedia del arte play, great fun for me to costume :)

the first play was all modern dress, and all i had to do was collect it and put a pocket in a skirt, so i didn't bother with pics :)
the second play was the coward farce, set in the 20s, so flapper dresses were in order!


the third play was the melodrama, you've all seen this dress being made, but here's a finished view :)

i also made plus fours for the villain, and found the moustache, and glued it on!

last was the comedia play, a mixture of the 18th century and the 50s :)

sorry the pics are not great, we forgot to get better seats, and had to sit on the platform set up for the examiner tomorrow, this is a big part of their GCSE drama exam, and has to be examined by an external examiner.
i'll be at work all day tomorrow, but not 'working', mummy has to take me in the morning, so once we've re-set the stage, i'll probably spend the day making me some clothes :) i had to take my overlocker in coz the work one is bust, and that's where the fabric is!
the weekend will be spent in cuddling winnie and making a bathing suit :)

Comments

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

The costumes came out fantastic! It must feel really good as you worked so hard.

I love the new doggie! What a sweetie. In the picture, her face looks so happy to have a new mommie and a new home. I showed the picture to my husband and explained that she is a greyhound and whippet mix... he asked if that made her a grippet. ;-)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you :)
she's very sweet, isn't she! the technical term is a long dog, but i like grippet better :p

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

The costumes are fantastic!

And what a sweet looking doggie. I'm glad she's found a good home :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you very much!
she's lovely, and she's settling in nicely.

[fracture242.livejournal.com]

She's adorable! You and corchen really must come down to london sometime and meet our cat!

And the costumes are all stunning - it is a pity that some of the detail is lost due to the light etc., but they're still lovely!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you, we will, as soon as work will let me :)

[lmcbeth.livejournal.com]

The costumes are fabulous! I love the blue and white striped, it reminds me of Gothic Lolita, and I so want a Goth Loli dress of my own!

Winnie is such a pretty girl! She looks really happy!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you, the pink and black one in the same photo as the blue and whitye striped is very similar, but with loads more net petticoats underneath :)
winnie does look happy, doesn't she? but she's been awful to the cat, so...

[jennil.livejournal.com]

Aww, how cute! *hugs winnie* Congrats!

And the costumes are fabulous - I just love the striped 18c-meets-50s number! And the one for the melodrama play too, as I know from experience how hard it can be to pull of the early 1900s and I think you did a rock star job of it! Go you! :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you, winnie needs all the hugs she can get, she won't leave poor psyche alone, and our puss cat is so important to us, winnie will have to go back, she needs a cat free family :(

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i had so much fun making these costumes :) i will post more pics as soon as i have them :)
i was really pleased with the way the melodrama dress came out, and, which is amazing, the actress liked it too! normally they hate anything not totally fashionable!