Sewing was the second technique we use while creating costumes for Marvin's exhibition in Nottingham Contemporary. The first item was a liner to be worn by performers beneath the cousin It costume(Actually we made 12 of them but used only one or two). We used muslin fabric which cut into a rectangular shape, folded into two pieces which turned it into smaller rectangular. Using a sewing machine, I stitched up 2 of the 3 sides (the 4th one was the folded) leaving one of the shorter sides opened and also leaving around 20 cm hole unsewed to one of the longest sides. The next step was to cut 2 eye holes on one of the sides. A very important thing to keep in mind while cutting eye holes is always to make them a bit larger than you initially imagine. The other hole to cut was another approximately 20 cm gap on the folded part just opposite the other one (those are for the hands of the performer).
Finally the last part of the process was hand sewing 2 lastic laces on the 2 sides of the costume on the level of the eye holes which will be tied on the back of the head to hold the holes stationery and make it comfortable for the performer.
Another garment which we made was this male costume for the Brain Bug performance. It was different than the other because of the body shape of the performer. Unlike the Cousin It liners, this was hand sewed and it introduced to me a very interesting sewing technique which does not require knots and is pretty quick. I'm starting the creation of a costume these days and I'm determined to record a small video demonstrating this very interesting technique.
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