She can take multiple scarves and make them into m'lady's shawl, cut apart bedskirting for a fair maiden's billowing skirt or use fake fur to edge a king's jacket. When it comes to Shakespeare and some other community theater favorites, Barbara Grant is one of the costumers to whom productions turn.

Some modern materials need a period touch. A man's white shirt, for example, looked too new, too bright, too ... clean.