Two Challenges Completed!
1) Tie One On: the Musical
Yay, finally an apron to submit to Tie One On again. The theme for June was My Favorite Musical. For me, that's A Chorus Line. Initially I had planned to take an old Chorus Line tee shirt (I have a bunch of tees saved to make a quilt with someday) and add strips of fabric around it...you know, like you see on the back of jackets or vests where a mola or some stand-out fabric is the focal point. Well, I couldn't find my tee. So instead I took a 70's-era shirt with a stretchy polyester (not too easy to sew with), and I made a collage of some of the dance images onto a variegated (brown to red) piece of shiny polyester organza. I placed two layers of brown tulle beneath it (one slightly smaller than the other) for a sexy, tutu effect. I am really pleased with how this turned out. The colors and the shine work well together.
Pics of the 'before' version of the shirt:
Cut up and it became this:
Detail: (smushed on the scanner, but hopefully you'll get the idea)
(note the mess of threads is a sample I made in my quilting class of that dissolving fabric that melts in water...so what is left is all the stitches and threads you put together. I thought it was a fun way to use it).
I should mention that I was obsessed with dance when I was in high school. I used to go to under-21 clubs and win lots of dance competitions with my friend David. I wonder how David is doing now? I was in modern dance in high school--the end-of-semester dance show was a huge big deal at my school. I was the first person to ever dance with a guy at the event. David and I got a standing ovation (especially meaningful to me in that it was one of the few events my mom ever attended).
I took dance classes downtown at a place called Stage 7--to me it was rubbing shoulders with 'the roar of greasepaint, the smell of the crowd.' A musical theatre of some sort was nearby, and I could hear someone practicing a horn. It was magic. As I drove home, there was a Sunbeam bread factory adjacent to the freeway onramp, and through a window of the factory I could see the bakers seated at a table, their big white billowy hats still on. I wish I had taken a photograph, as it is long gone. I still love the movie, All That Jazz. I considered pursuing a career in dance, and a major in college...but I did not. A dream lost.
Project 2) Flower-themed Pincushion.
My first entry to the pincushion challenge: a necktie flower. I used Laura's necktie daisy tutorial, except I used the large end of floral-print ties, cut at 6-inch lengths.
The center is also from a tie, but a cotton one so the pins won't damage the fabric (ties are more often made of silk or polyester).
Yay, finally an apron to submit to Tie One On again. The theme for June was My Favorite Musical. For me, that's A Chorus Line. Initially I had planned to take an old Chorus Line tee shirt (I have a bunch of tees saved to make a quilt with someday) and add strips of fabric around it...you know, like you see on the back of jackets or vests where a mola or some stand-out fabric is the focal point. Well, I couldn't find my tee. So instead I took a 70's-era shirt with a stretchy polyester (not too easy to sew with), and I made a collage of some of the dance images onto a variegated (brown to red) piece of shiny polyester organza. I placed two layers of brown tulle beneath it (one slightly smaller than the other) for a sexy, tutu effect. I am really pleased with how this turned out. The colors and the shine work well together.
Pics of the 'before' version of the shirt:
Cut up and it became this:
Detail: (smushed on the scanner, but hopefully you'll get the idea)
(note the mess of threads is a sample I made in my quilting class of that dissolving fabric that melts in water...so what is left is all the stitches and threads you put together. I thought it was a fun way to use it).
I should mention that I was obsessed with dance when I was in high school. I used to go to under-21 clubs and win lots of dance competitions with my friend David. I wonder how David is doing now? I was in modern dance in high school--the end-of-semester dance show was a huge big deal at my school. I was the first person to ever dance with a guy at the event. David and I got a standing ovation (especially meaningful to me in that it was one of the few events my mom ever attended).
I took dance classes downtown at a place called Stage 7--to me it was rubbing shoulders with 'the roar of greasepaint, the smell of the crowd.' A musical theatre of some sort was nearby, and I could hear someone practicing a horn. It was magic. As I drove home, there was a Sunbeam bread factory adjacent to the freeway onramp, and through a window of the factory I could see the bakers seated at a table, their big white billowy hats still on. I wish I had taken a photograph, as it is long gone. I still love the movie, All That Jazz. I considered pursuing a career in dance, and a major in college...but I did not. A dream lost.
Project 2) Flower-themed Pincushion.
My first entry to the pincushion challenge: a necktie flower. I used Laura's necktie daisy tutorial, except I used the large end of floral-print ties, cut at 6-inch lengths.
The center is also from a tie, but a cotton one so the pins won't damage the fabric (ties are more often made of silk or polyester).
