Designing and Sewing
In addition to creating books for children, I love to sew!
In college and beyond, I worked in theatre and dance costume shops. My oldest daughter is a dancer, and so I got to design and sew lots of costumes for her ballet company recitals and Nutcracker.
Now that she has graduated high school, I spend my spare time working on my own apparel designs and sell them on Etsy. My shop name is KyraTeisHandmade (see link below).
I love to collect vintage fabrics and interesting textiles from wherever I travel. My sewing room is stuffed full of these wonderful finds...all to be turned into clothing for friends!
In college and beyond, I worked in theatre and dance costume shops. My oldest daughter is a dancer, and so I got to design and sew lots of costumes for her ballet company recitals and Nutcracker.
Now that she has graduated high school, I spend my spare time working on my own apparel designs and sell them on Etsy. My shop name is KyraTeisHandmade (see link below).
I love to collect vintage fabrics and interesting textiles from wherever I travel. My sewing room is stuffed full of these wonderful finds...all to be turned into clothing for friends!
Richard Lovrich, Times Union Blog
Here is a photo of the Director of Northeast Ballet Nutcracker and I discussing the fit of my 2013 Clara costume.
For more photos of NEB Nutcracker:
The Unseen Nutcracker
Proctors: A Holiday Classic
Nutcracker Tea benefit for Saratoga Performing Arts Center
More Nutcracker Tea
For more photos of NEB Nutcracker:
The Unseen Nutcracker
Proctors: A Holiday Classic
Nutcracker Tea benefit for Saratoga Performing Arts Center
More Nutcracker Tea
More Nutcracker costume designs for NEB...
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Northeast Ballet Images, Dave Clark
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Costumes I designed for "Layers of Down," choreographed by Alexandra Lindsay for Northeast Ballet's annual spring concert, Before & Beyond.
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Northeast Ballet Images
This was a fun project: creating slippers for independent film by PrinRoc, Twelve Dancing Princesses.
https://12dancingprincessesfilm.com/trailer/
https://12dancingprincessesfilm.com/trailer/
In 2012, I was a finalist in the Revolution Dancewear national costume design competition. Here is a video of the finalists on our trip to the Chicago headquarters: