Quilters - Entire Cast — Grace Cochran Keenan: Tailor/Draper

This show was my first after the shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I draped and oversaw the build for this show as I was the only draper this season. We built all of the bodices, aprons, and skirts for the entire cast, seen above. Photograph

This image is from the first fitting. For all of the characters, I decided to mockup the bodices, but go into fabric for the skirts. The skirts are all the same five gore walking skirt pattern, gathered onto a mockup waistband. Since the build for

Second fitting with the skirt finished and first fabric of the bodice. Photograph by Grace Keenan.

Second fitting with the apron added. My first hand, Kelley Shephard, took on the bulk of figuring out the patterning for the aprons. They were a wonderful first hand and made this process so much easier. Photograph by Grace Keenan.

First fitting photo with fabric skirt and bodice mockup. Photograph by Grace Keenan.

Second fitting with the skirt finished and first fabric of the bodice and apron. Photograph by Grace Keenan.

First fitting photo with fabric skirt and bodice mockup. After this fitting, the designer decided to change the color scheme of this character. The second skirt is in the second fitting photo. Photograph by Grace Keenan.

Second fitting with the skirt finished and first fabric of the bodice. After this fitting we had a last minute change where this actor needed to be replaced. This required the designer and I to reconceive of the garment as the two actresses were not

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This show was my first after the shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I draped and oversaw the build for this show as I was the only draper this season. We built all of the bodices, aprons, and skirts for the entire cast, seen above. The photographs then are of the first fitting & the second fitting with each actor. I decided to mockup the bodices, but go into fabric for the skirts for the first fitting. The skirts are all the same five gore walking skirt pattern, gathered onto a mockup waistband. The only issue we had here was that the designer decided to change the color of the one outfit from a yellow to a green, so we needed to remake a skirt, but that was fairly simple. As the only draper for this production it was quite a project management puzzle to over see all of the costume shop personnel to complete this production. Overall, this was very successful. The biggest challenge was a last minute cast change for the character of Sarah, the mother. This required the designer and I to reconceive of the garment as the two actresses were notably different in shape. This was my first production back after the COVID-19 shutdown and I am pleased with how the garments turned out. Production photographs by Bob Christy. Fitting & process photographs by Grace Keenan