Overwhelmed in Texas

snapdragonfly
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:06:06 +0000

Who can say if it’s a causation or corellation! lol!

In my case her acting was what caused me to costume - I was there at the first cast meeting/read through for her part in Fiddler and I don’t know why (desperation most likely) they came up to me and said “would you like to costume?” I don’t know how they even knew I sewed. I think they were just looking for someone who was a) willing and b) not dead. It was just coincidence that I happen to have been sewing since I was 8, designing doll clothes. My dad thought I should go into fashion design but that is boring. Costumes are where it’s at.

I just liked it and had a knack and have become their defacto main costumer. It’s a little bitty upstart community theater and it’s all volunteer so it’s not like I have much competition, hah. In fact I’m always begging for help. But, it is something I really love to do. I’m one of the moms who always raises her hand to help no matter what she’s doing.

All I can say is I’m glad she didn’t develop an interest in becoming something like a pig farmer.