The Costume Book: The Non-Professional's Guide to Professional Results (Schiffer Book for Designers). This item is unavailable.The Costume Book: The Non-Professional's Guide to Professional Results (Schiffer Book for Designers)

This beautiful new book guides readers with intermediate to advanced level sewing skills toward the successful creation of costumes for theatrical or dance performances, and for re-enactments and interactive fiction. Nearly 250 beautiful color photographs and detailed line drawings of many types of costumes, along with solid design principles, provide a wealth of easy to understand information and how-to instructions. Practical tips concerning theatrical production teams, lines of authority, budgets, scheduling, and post-production storage of costumes are included. An annotated bibliography and a resource guide are both useful references.

Mary Burke Morris has designed costumes for the American Youth Ballet. She has acted as the primary editor of newsletters for the Washington, D.C., based G Street Fabrics.