Sherry Goshon - Illusion of Costuming

This past weekend my club hosted Sherry Goshon for a class in costuming. Sherry teaches the Illusion of Costuming - meaning that the clothes are NOT constructed as proper outfits that will come off. I always love to see how different we all think and how we interpret a concept ...

Sherry had an illustration of a woman in an outfit from the late 1890s/early 1900s - a two layer skirt with a Gibson Girl style blouse. That was what we worked from for all our outfits and here is a picture that shows how we gave it our own twist. It's too wide of a photo to put on the blog so you'll need to click on the link. The majority of the girls used Arley Berryhill's Le Femme pattern for their body. It's nice and big for this type of work. The little one in the middle of the table is a wooden mannequin with a face mold - wonderful idea! Here's another one, the orange doll is made by Sarah - who is 14 years old. She's been coming to our classes for a couple of years now - she's always the first one done too!

This is my gal - all the pieces were rectangles of some sort. The sleeves are two parts - not connected to each other or anything else for that matter. Shashi should recognize the fuchsia material - she bought it for me in India! This isn't done. I don't think I'm going to keep the black ribbon on the bodice and she said she doesn't like her hat - she wants a really huge one. Not to mention that there is no embellishment at all. So lots more work to be done!

This was such a great class! Sherry is a wonderful teacher and everyone just loved her! We are already plotting how to get her to come back here.