Sally in the Studio by Stella

The youngest is 12
and in her last year of Primary School

she's always had her sights set on a particular High School which offers a fantastic range of Academic & Art focused Specialist Programs 

and because it's not in our school zone

the only way for her to gain access to this top ranked secondary school was 
if we sold up & moved

or she produced a jaw-dropping-knock-their-socks-off Portfolio 

so she set about doing just that 
armed with a borrowed camera & tripod and little-to-no knowledge of movie making

and it worked

this is one of the short stop-go movies she created which got her in....

to say we're proud is an understatement

I don't talk much about family stuff on here

and if it wasn't for the fact that Stella shot this in my sewing Studio
 using my REinventing Samples

I wouldn't be sharing the video

in doing so I'd also like to share that 

the road to this point has been paved with pot holes 

even though this child was born with a smile on her face

[I know this because you only see her dimple when she smiles]

she has suffered her own demons over the past few years

and to see her take control of her destiny

and set her own course is all we could have hoped for

and

to say we're proud 
is an understatement.

What's on Sally :: REinventors Fave Colour

If there were a REinventors uniform

it would be green

just like cars go faster when they're red

REinventors love to create with green.

The Wrap Dress which Sally is wearing,

just like the Cape, has sat quietly waiting for her time in the sun.

She was created very early in my REinventing teaching career [approx. 10yrs ago]

by combining a too small frock with a bias cut skirt 

  the cinched in waist with covered button side opening 

was once the bottom of a T-shirt. 

 

and it doesn't seem to matter what I put the Tie Rose Bib with
- it goes with everything.

 
 Have you noticed that when REinventing 
the colour palettes you're drawn toward
tend to compliment & co-ordinate with one another ...

and that green features heavily in your wardrobe.

What's on the Mannequin :: Cape REinvent REvealed

Once a upon a time

many years ago

 a Cape was made

she was a REinvention

created on a whim from a pair of 

tweed shorts

she was carefully lined with a vintage satin curtain

 

and tied generously at the centre front

with a soft peak forming at the centre back

This beautiful statement piece showcasing the ingenuity of REinventing simplicity 
hung patiently 

jiggled & jostled between other REinventions year-after-year,

occasionally selected to take centre stage during a fashion talk

where she quietly & humbly reveled in the adulation

however unlike all the hundreds of other REinventions
that have been revealed over the years

she had never been photographed

until today

and she was thrilled to have Sally all to herself.