Costume Construction
In Costume Construction, the skills that will be measured are:
- An understanding of the role of costume construction
- Sewing and construction skills
- The ability to present and explain the process of constructing the costume
- Attention to detail.
1. Only one entrant may be involved in the construction. No collaborations are permitted.
2. The entrant must prepare and present:
• A completed EdTA-provided checklist signed by the entrant and his/her troupe director.
• A fully constructed costume, based on one of the approved patterns, that reflects the entrant’s capabilities and strengths. Here is the list of historical
patterns which lend themselves to an interpretation of a character (in size 8 or 10):
• Steampunk
o Simplicity 2172
o Simplicity 2207
o Simplicity 1558
• Dresses/Skirts and Jackets
o Simplicity 1517
o McCalls 6770
o Vogue 2782
o Butterick 6108
• Other choices
o Waistcoat Folkwear 222
o Men’s shirt McCalls 2447
o Civil War McCalls 4745
o Women’s corsets Simplicity 2890, Butterick 5797, or 6151
o For a millinery option, the entrant may choose to create a hat using a pre-existing “hat blank” or use the text From the Neck Up, by Denise Dreher, to
pattern and construct a hat.
• A presentation no longer than 8 minutes, followed by 4 minutes of Q&A. The overall session, including the Q&A, may not exceed 12 minutes.
• An itemized expense sheet with accompanying receipts for all materials used to construct the costume such as fabric, thread, buttons, zippers, and trim.
Total may NOT exceed $100.
• If millinery, the budget limit is $50, exclusive of the cost of From the Neck Up (book on hatmaking).
• The expense sheet must be mounted on the display board as proof that the entrant did not exceed their budget.
• A costume production collage that focuses on the process of building the costume item (laying out the pattern, cutting the fabric, draping the fabric, etc.).
• Process photos must depict the garment at various stages of construction—not the participant at a sewing machine.
• The collage must be presented on a 20″ x 30″ heavy stock display board.
• The display board must be labeled in the lower right hand corner with the entrant’s name and troupe number and the pattern number.
• Labels should be considered a part of the presentation; they must be neatly typed or carefully hand lettered.
• The garment should be presented on a hanger; or if an accessory, in a box. The entrant should NOT wear the costume to the IE session.
In Costume Construction, the skills that will be measured are:
- An understanding of the role of costume construction
- Sewing and construction skills
- The ability to present and explain the process of constructing the costume
- Attention to detail.
1. Only one entrant may be involved in the construction. No collaborations are permitted.
2. The entrant must prepare and present:
• A completed EdTA-provided checklist signed by the entrant and his/her troupe director.
• A fully constructed costume, based on one of the approved patterns, that reflects the entrant’s capabilities and strengths. Here is the list of historical
patterns which lend themselves to an interpretation of a character (in size 8 or 10):
• Steampunk
o Simplicity 2172
o Simplicity 2207
o Simplicity 1558
• Dresses/Skirts and Jackets
o Simplicity 1517
o McCalls 6770
o Vogue 2782
o Butterick 6108
• Other choices
o Waistcoat Folkwear 222
o Men’s shirt McCalls 2447
o Civil War McCalls 4745
o Women’s corsets Simplicity 2890, Butterick 5797, or 6151
o For a millinery option, the entrant may choose to create a hat using a pre-existing “hat blank” or use the text From the Neck Up, by Denise Dreher, to
pattern and construct a hat.
• A presentation no longer than 8 minutes, followed by 4 minutes of Q&A. The overall session, including the Q&A, may not exceed 12 minutes.
• An itemized expense sheet with accompanying receipts for all materials used to construct the costume such as fabric, thread, buttons, zippers, and trim.
Total may NOT exceed $100.
• If millinery, the budget limit is $50, exclusive of the cost of From the Neck Up (book on hatmaking).
• The expense sheet must be mounted on the display board as proof that the entrant did not exceed their budget.
• A costume production collage that focuses on the process of building the costume item (laying out the pattern, cutting the fabric, draping the fabric, etc.).
• Process photos must depict the garment at various stages of construction—not the participant at a sewing machine.
• The collage must be presented on a 20″ x 30″ heavy stock display board.
• The display board must be labeled in the lower right hand corner with the entrant’s name and troupe number and the pattern number.
• Labels should be considered a part of the presentation; they must be neatly typed or carefully hand lettered.
• The garment should be presented on a hanger; or if an accessory, in a box. The entrant should NOT wear the costume to the IE session.
