This will be the last group of new costumes I have created for the Wizard of Oz.
There are 6 girls that have to change from Emerald City hairdressers to jitterbug singers back to Emerald City hairdressers, so it had to be a quick change.
The director also had a few specifications, large pocket or apron for the Hairdressers to put stuff in, the look needed to stay within the 1940’s theme of the Emerald City residents and these particular Jitterbugs were modeled off the Andrew sisters.
The design I came up with is a reversible wrap around dress, green and gold one side for the Emerald City and a mix of bright colors on the other side for the Jitterbug scene.
I am quite happy with how they turned out, but I did run out of one of the fabrics and had to compromise by using a pink base fabric and some shoe dye spray (the stuff really smells bad, so no huffing children). It balanced out, 3 have the original fabric and 3 are painted.
I will tell you though with it raining outside I had to paint inside for the last hour with the door open and the fan on, it did not help much, the smell is overwhelming and I think I might have damaged my brain, but I can still read, write and work the sewing machines so all is good.
