Alterations

ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS? ULTIMO.COM’S NEW HYBRID CUSTOM COSTUME

mcgrewsadmin · September 30, 2026 ·

Blue collar and white collar superpowers: Unite!!

This is Ultimo.com‘s exec Daniel Rimmasch’s new custom costume.

It’s hybridized and custom tailored just for him. Its navy business suit is on the right and its grey maintenance coveralls are on the left.

executive wearing a custom tailored hybrid costume with coveralls on the left side and business suit on the right side

Daniel’s genius idea as well as his campaign here physically and visually articulate Ultimo’s secret sauce, plus their message; they provide solutions for both software AND hardware.

Ultimo.com executive Daniel Rimmasch wearing a custom tailored hybrid costume by McGrew Studios with coveralls on the left side and business suit on the right side

ultimo.com executive Daniel Rimmasch during a costume fitting, wearing custom tailored hybrid costume by McGrew Studios featuring maintenance coveralls on the left side and business suit on the right side — Ultimo.com exec Daniel Rimmasch during his safety pinned costume fitting, a tailored hybrid costume by McGrew Studios featuring maintenance coveralls on his left side and business suit on his right side.

Costume fabricated by Jennifer McGrew and Sara Lowry.

Ultimo.com’s Daniel Rimmasch
at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2026

SUCH a cool client and such a cool application for custom tailoring.

It’s always a pleasure to help a great client achieve a great look and a great fit to underscore their purposeful, unique message.

Slipcovered Head Rest for Schleicher ASW 20BL Glider

mcgrewsadmin · March 8, 2025 ·

If it ‘aint broke, don’t fix it. Slipcover it.

New custom slipcover for a head rest in a Schleicher ASW 20BL glider. Owned by Dan (you’ll really enjoy his YouTube videos:).

Nice, new neoprene cover laces closed on its underside.
Grommets and lacing work much better than a zipper, (yes, already tried it).
A zipper wouldn’t allow enough stretch to put this on and take it off.
It’s cool, moisture-wicking, stretchy and washable.
The only way to fly.

Read the basics about this fantastic German-made glider here…

More specific data and statistics about the ASW 20BL Glider here…

The original upholstered head rest had some wear-and-tear. My dad, Stan McGrew, performed some baseball stitching repairs a few years ago. The head rest is still very structurally sound and in good shape.

Repairs on the original leather upholstery: the baseball stitching keeps these split seams together. The head rest is still holding up well, so we are gonna slipcover it!
Glider season starts here on or about April 1st here! Coming soon!

Info and details about the Morgan County International Airport here- – haha!

B-3 Leather Bomber Jacket Alterations

mcgrewsadmin · April 18, 2020 ·

Some surprises revealed inside this WW II era B-3 bomber jacket while altering it for our famous military museum client.

**Before and After: A size 48 B-3 bomber jacket shortened 4 inches.**

A beautiful jacket in outstanding condition. I altered its length for a military museum client on the east coast. The Heddels company provides a nice historical overview of jacket types created during WWII and other campaigns. Check it out. Good summary of various jacket designs and adaptations for particular uses.

General Patton in his B3 bomber jacket. Pic from the Heddels site. — **And check out General Patton here in his B-3 bomber jacket! Pic from the Heddels site.**

Before alterations: Our client taped the back, indicating the position where he wanted the horizontal top-stitched trim pieces to be moved. B-3 bomber jacket in really amazing condition. It’s rare to find vintage pieces this nice. A pleasure and an honor to work with such a cool piece of history.

All the lower pieces needed to be removed, then carefully repositioned about 4″ higher and restitched through their existing holes. I ordered some specialty thread from Germany and waited about five weeks before it arrived to do all the new top-stitching.

The factory that originally made this bomber jacket ran 3/16″ green cotton cord under every top-stitched trim piece! Its color made me scratch my head a little- pretty interesting. Functionally, the cord fills in the ‘ditch’ created where separate pieces of sheepskin have been sewn together.

**Map pocket on the lower front left also had to be removed, then repositioned 4″ higher and reattached.**

A 1″ x 2″ leather tab is top-stitched for reinforcement at the base of each side of the zipper, next to its pull and stop. These tabs had to come off and also be repositioned and restitched 4″ higher.

**The horizontal leather trim pieces now are repositioned and stitched directly under the tape line. The jacket’s almost ready for me to turn its lower edge up to top-stitch.**

Vintage separating zipper in great shape. No rust or broken teeth. The whole zipper had to be removed and repositioned. I shortened it from the top, actually cutting it after removing several teeth. then prying off its top brass stops, then re-crimping those into their new positions. Some dicey surgery. I searched high and low for suitable, shorter replacement zippers, but alas. There were none I could buy anywhere online or in person. Superb that this original zipper was in such great shape!

**Lower front left looks naked without its map pocket, now removed.**

B3 bomber jacket before and after its alterations- shortened about 4" total. — **B-3 bomber jacket before and after its alterations- shortened about 4″ total.**

Meanwhile… over at the American Rust Company in Salt Lake City, another B-3 was there, longing to go home with a loving new owner! If that’s you and you’d like me to give it some love, I’d be thrilled to work on another of these jackets. I still have the matching specialty thread plus the industrial machines to sew it. This jacket below needs some good leather reconditioner, some stitched repairs plus a new zipper. Rust never sleeps!

**Here’s another jacket I spotted around the same time- at the American Rust Company in Salt Lake City. It’s small- about a size 38.**

**Tattered map pocket needing some TLC and restitching. I reached inside and found a pack of vintage filterless cigarettes!**

The American Rust Company features in-store items every day on their media sites! They accept credit card call in, PayPal and Venmo as well. They even do shipping and curbside pickup! Give them a call at (801) 671-3882.

**Spendy spendy- but eager to go home with a loving collector! Let me know if you wind up as its proud owner and I’ll give it the repair and restoration attention it deserves:)**

Costume Restoration: Vintage Mr. Peanut

mcgrewsadmin · November 6, 2018 ·

2018:
Melissa’s vintage treasure needed some help. Hraefn Wulfson restored and repainted her beloved Mr. Peanut costume and now her family can enjoy him for generations!

Before: Mr. Peanut’s paint is worn and his internal load-bearing areas need strengthening because of splits and cracks!

First, all of his broken armseye edges, glue and foam remnants have to be removed-

Next, Hraefn fabricates new ABS plastic support structures and installs them into the armseyes using brand new rivets plus comfy new foam where this costume rests on the wearer’s shoulders-

Owning the urban landscape and ready to go home:) Freshly repainted and structural integrity saved! Plus, he gets a brand new monacle and his old scratchy metal screens replaced with new soft fiberglass screens.

Melissa, lookin’ like a Boss Mr. Peanut, ready to greet the trick-or-treaters on Halloween!

HMA (Hide My Ass) Commercial Costume Design: Chamber Media

mcgrewsadmin · February 1, 2017 ·

Many good, innocent people lost their clothes in this fun commercial that underscores how vulnerable you are whenever using unprotected public wi-fi.

Costume design for our client, the marvelous Chamber Media, for their client, HMA (Hide My Ass) app.

Thank you to KJMagnetics, a great resource for the rare-earth, neodymium magnets we used in our effects. Thank you also to props wiz Wray Featherstone- your off-camera choreography made the execution of all our breakaway wardrobe possible. Turns out, too, that saving all our metal corset stay ends and bits for all those years was essential. Awesome concept, crew and content:) Thank you, Chamber Media!

Love AdWeek’s article about the coolness of this commercial. We laughed ALL day on set while making it!