My friend Mary and I had the absolutely best day at the Dressing Downton exhibit.  We saw costumes from the series on display at the Dr...

  I made a Renaissance-style gown for myself.  I belong to a little group that plays for English country dancers (as seen at any ball you&...

Welcome to some pre-holiday fun. I recently visited  Victoria Dancewear , a local ballet costume company.  Victoria designs ballet c...

This friendship goes way back, 14 years and counting.  My son met Chris Davis in a gymnastics class when they were 6 or so, and his mom ...

At an estate sale, I found some wonderful old music magazines.  I bought a few and gave them to a musician friend for her birthday.  A coupl...

Here are photos from Thin Ice Ensemble Theater's production of James and the Giant Peach.  Costume sketches and a discussion of the des...

The next Thin Ice Ensemble Theater play is "James and the Giant Peach," based on the Roald Dahl book. We have 28 actors, aged abou...

Here are the stories behind putting together some of the outfits worn in our recent Romeo and Juliet.  The story of the overall design proce...

Last weekend, our high school students performed Romeo and Juliet.   They did a spectacular job with the deep emotions, the stage comba...

Here we are at the intersection of two of my interests / careers:  costuming meets vintage clothing. Thin Ice Ensemble Theater is pro...

My friend Julia of Basya Berkman Vintage Fashions learned through the grapevine about a woman with a stash of vintage clothing.  This i...

Last Tuesday, we, that is the Thin Ice Theater costume crew, held a big Costume Put-Away Day.  Our costume (and props) collection is stored...

So.  What do you do when you have 26 young actors wearing 56 costumes and different sets of parents helping out on different days?  You...

We've got just one month left to get ready for Thin Ice Theater's production of  The Phantom Tollbooth .  Costumes have been designe...

Step # Next in the costume process for The Phantom Tollbooth .  It's a real treat to do this show .  For several years now, when we...

My next big costuming project for Thin Ice Theater is The Phantom Tollbooth . We're producing the play by Susan Nanus, based on th...

So, the wonderful performances of "The Importance of Being Earnest" are over, the costume pieces are soon to be sorted and pu...

Coming up this weekend at Thin Ice Theater is Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."  I am serving this time as co...

We (Thin Ice Theater) have just completed our second annual Dr. Seuss class. Last fall we presented The Cat In The Hat.  This year - Hor...

Gleanings from this weekend's estate sale shopping: more buttons