http://cuindependent.com/2010/11/19/cu-costumes-sewing-a-christmas-carol-2/ University of Colorado Daily Student News Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 http://cuindependent.com/2010/11/19/cu-costumes-sewing-a-christmas-carol-2/#comment-598 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:38:11 +0000 http://cuindependent.com/?p=21117#comment-598 I put together my first costumes for being a docent, or tour-giver, at Heritage Square where the houses ranged from 1873 to 1912, by going to thrift stores, finding bridesmaid dresses and scoping out the lacey things to see what I could re-use. Eventually I began to sew things myself, with historic patterns, even. But, before I really got finished, we moved! Now I am selling the costumes, but the website has the story of how I made each one and quite a bit of history.

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