Sewing on Sunday...

...for the last time at the Art Centre for 2008, thank goodness I still have a couple of Tuesdays left for the year 'cause I have soooooo much fun and I'm going to miss the workshops over the festive break. Still it will give me a chance to up-date my wardrobe & samples by using the garments & fabric I have 'filed' in piles all over the place. Dan recently referred to living with my 'filing system' as like living in a storage warehouse...unneccessary & unkind even if maybe perhaps just a little bit true.

I took a photo of the Art Centre mannequins dressed up in samples prior to todays workshop. On the left is a deconstructed Dress & bias cut Skirt combined to make a Wrap Dress with the bottom of a Top cinching in the waist & the top of the Top is now a Shrug with rose detail. The other is dressed in a deconstructed denim Jeans Jacket attached to a lined Skirt which I split down the front & inserted an open-ended invisible zip. I LOVE mens ties and have combined two of them to make an Obi style Tie which pulls the coat in beautifully around the upper waist.

Take a look at the 'Re-invented Garments' Link to see the new garments I've added. Todays group took to Re-inventing like ducks to water & created some beautiful garments.

- - - o o - Birthday Girl - 0 0 - - -

It's been a BIG  weekend with the 7 yr old turning 8 on Saturday. We celebrated with some of her friends in the morning early avo by playing Pass-the-Parcel, eating lollies, Treasure Hunt, eating lollies & drinking fizzy drink, smashing a Pinyata to pieces in moments (I thought they lasted longer than 5 hits mind you I think it was the thought of MORE lollies that had these sweet cherubs swinging like they were possessed!) and a couple of goes at Musical Bobs & Statues with a feed of typical party fare followed by a Freddo Frog Ice-cream Cake full of 'millions' of tiny Freddos....and there was MORE cake in the avo when family came to say hi. 

She had a FANTASTIC day & got loads of wonderful presents, top of the list being the 2009 Guiness Book of Records & the Microscope Set, which if she could manage to she'd sleep with! 

She makes a beautiful 8!

Back to sewing Blushouse Tops first thing & ALL day tomorrow...Bazaar is Friday!

Moments...

This is a good example of what goes on outside my studio window so you can see what I mean about being distracted...who wouldn't be!
I was starting to see double due to the black trim I'm sewing on some more Blushouse dresses so took time out and enjoyed a moment...

Flocks of Frocks!

More gorgeous Blushouse frocks!

They're always fun to sew as I can't wait to see what they'll look like finished...not because I don't understand the design but because of the fabric colour combinations that Georgina chooses, for example the chocolate dresses are lined with lolly pink as are the yellow ones. I didn't get time to snap the apricot ones lined with deep orange. Then there's her screen prints which bring the whole garment alive.

I'm noticing that her designs have an old fashioned edge to them (simple & uncomplicated) which I also have an affinity with, being the old fashioned girl I am!

Finished!

The Blushouse dresses are finished and they look gorgeous...even if I do say so myself!

Oh please (as the 7yr old is known to say "Get over yourself"), I just sewed them up, Georgina's the creative genius who came up with the combination of style, fabrics and screenprints.