Given my interest in sewing and experience in
sewing my own clothes, I used some of my time and class samples to run some up. I wanted something different but not too
exotic. Tamworth was not the place to be
running around in Yvonne Porcella’s outrageously colourful designs. This was an RM Williams boots, moleskin jeans
and tweed jacket kinda town.
This dress made it into the local newspaper –
albeit an ad for TAFE.
It was fun to print the fabric and I think this must be my first foray into free-form machine quilting. And a nice sparkly little thread it was too, causing me much grief....
Black Block
Printed Skirt
Hardly worn. I discovered I wasn’t good a picking patterns suited to my figure type. It was fun to make though!
Blue
Skirt & Top
Worn to death. I loved this outfit. It was subtle and didn’t scream “home-made”. It has long since been consigned to the recycling bin. I will have to dive into the photo albums from that time to see if a photo exists of this outfit. (So I'm leaving a space here... & hoping!)
Hard to see but the yoke (both front and back) was hand worked in drawn thread and took hours and hours and hours.
Well, here you have a sample of what I did get up to. I’m not sure I wore all these things but it
was fun making them and experimenting with different techniques. Some of these items even made it into the Armidale
Symposium Fashion Parade but sadly my photos from that evening are so bad that
they can’t even be digitalised.
Black Seminole dress: 1989
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| Back view; rame linen with cotton insert border Sadly, I don't think I'm going to be snapped up by the High Fashion Set any day soon.... |
Purple Leaf
Printed Vest: 1990
It was fun to print the fabric and I think this must be my first foray into free-form machine quilting. And a nice sparkly little thread it was too, causing me much grief....
Hardly worn. I discovered I wasn’t good a picking patterns suited to my figure type. It was fun to make though!
Worn to death. I loved this outfit. It was subtle and didn’t scream “home-made”. It has long since been consigned to the recycling bin. I will have to dive into the photo albums from that time to see if a photo exists of this outfit. (So I'm leaving a space here... & hoping!)
White
Linen Shirt: 1989
Hard to see but the yoke (both front and back) was hand worked in drawn thread and took hours and hours and hours.
