Painterspoon
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I'm a high school teacher and have the great fortune of directing our musical theatre production this year for the first time. I have chosen Jill Santoriello's "A Tale of Two Cities". My colleague who has done the costuming in the past can't help out this year because of scheduling. So, I'm on my own. I have a few pieces left over from Oliver, but beyond that, I need a great resource for repurposing clothes or a great online crash course in costume design, or awesome shortcuts for 18th C European costumes that read well on the stage....you know - basically anything that might help. I don't have a budget to spend on a lot of patterns because they add up really quickly. So perhaps repurposing second hand clothes might be the answer? Ultimately, I think this could be a good thing for the students, as I plan to set up teams to take charge of different aspects of the show...now costuming can be handed over to them too. But I need to oversee it. So....help? I should point out that our school doesn't have access to sewing machines...a few of the kids do and I do. Thanks in advance!