June 30

I have officially decided that I do not like synthetic fabrics at all. They are horrible. Unfortunately, my job is working with fire-proof canvas all day, so for now I'll just have to be content with dreaming about being able to use natural fibers all the time!

That said, my creative endeavor today was to work on a homework assignment from my Swiss sewing teacher: the rolled hem. It takes a minute to get the hang of it, but it's a really simple concept.


This picture is of the back side:


And this is the top:


On a side note, I really need to invest in a camera. Sorry you can't really see anything on the fabric.

But anyway, I'm pretty happy with it for a first try :)

June 29

June 28

Today has not been a very creative day. I did get feathers put in my hair this morning (which I love! they are fantastic) but I didn't do it myself, so I don't think it counts...
So my creative endeavors for today were

1- playing piano
2- making coffee
3- working some more on the pink striped skirt (I already posted pictures, and it doesn't look much different so I won't put up more)

June 27

Bluebell ice cream with the family. Good times.

June 26

For a while I've been thinking that I need to make some 'flowers' out of fabric for my hair (I have one a friend made me and I love it), and as I didn't have much else to do today I decided to just do it. I'm really happy with how they all turned out! And since I used scraps of fabric I already had, the only thing I had to buy was the clips to put on the back.

You Belong To Me Skirt

I finally got some pictures of me wearing the skirt! The lighting is not fantastic, so you can't see much detail, but it gives you the general idea.

June 25

I almost completely forgot about today's post! Thankfully, my sister and I made dinner so I had something to put up :)

We made risotto with tomatoes and fresh peas that we picked in the garden. I pretty much love anything with rice, or with cheese, so risotto is always delicious.



I would have been happy with just the risotto, but we made some fish to go along with it. Cooking fish is always difficult for me, because I can never tell when it's done... and I usually end up either undercooking, or way overcooking it.

June 24

Today's project is still a work-in-progress. It is yet another skirt (ok, so maybe I'm on a huge skirt kick right now...)
The inspiration is this skirt from Anthropologie:



This pink-and-cream fabric was leftover from another project, and very similar to what they have. The random blue threads you see are markings from the pattern that will be removed later. I still have to add facing, a zipper, and the ribbon designs around the top, then I can hem and wear it!







I will post pictures of me wearing it later :)

June 23

Today's creation is a sketch of an outfit design, inspired partly by the one and only Chris Martin



(I was going to scan in the sketch and have it look all nice, but then the scanner didn't work. So this is yet again taken in photobooth)

The jacket is to be made after the British Military style, but slightly more tailored. Brass buttons (don't you just love brass buttons? Everything about the military style is fabulous) and matching trimming accent the dark-blue suiting fabric.
My plan for the skirt is above-the-knee, gathered and made with several layers of gauzy organza or chiffon type fabric.

June 22

The Horse and Carriage

Tucked away in an antique store near Nashville, TN, this absolutely adorable fabric caught my eye last Spring Break.

Unfortunately, there was only a small square of it, not really enough to make anything. So I decided to use it as an accent fabric, and bought some plain red cotton to match.

And somewhere in Kansas, on the way home from Nashville, I found some antique lace to use as a border.

I still wish there was more of the horse and carriage fabric, but I'm pretty satisfied with the way it turned out! One can never have too many skirts. (oh, and i really need to work on finding a better method for taking pictures...)

June 21, 2011

Fortunately, I happened to be finishing up a project today, just in time for my first post!

I made a simple, tailored skirt. Muslin is perhaps my favorite fabric to work with. It is natural, easy to sew and I love the simple, earthy look of it! Another thing I love to do is write on the fabric, usually song lyrics or poems. On this skirt, I chose to use the song You Belong To Me by Carla Bruni.

The lighting is not good, so later I am going to have someone photograph the skirt actually on me.

Première

I first got the idea when watching Julie and Julia; I thought it would be a great thing to do with sewing, if there were such thing as a 'sewing cookbook'. When school ended for the summer, I was trying to come up with ideas of things to do with my time, and I came up with this:

a sort of 'summer of creativity' in which I create something every day and then blog about it.

I knew that if I didn't just make myself do it, I never would. I have no idea what I am going to come up with every day, but I have pretty general terms. Sewing, photography, cooking, decorating, writing, or anything of that sort.

It seemed fitting to begin today, Summer Solstice. There will be two weeks in August that I will not have computer access, so I am still deciding whether to end my blogging on July 31, just skip those two weeks, or continue my 'creativity' and blog about it later.

Thank you for reading this, and I would greatly appreciate any comments or suggestions!