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| remember this? a calico pinafore dress having a bit of a swim in a flower vase? [sunflower yellow by dylon] |
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| well, it turned into this I added the lace and the bow afterwards ,originally they were dyed with the dress but they sucked up so much dye that they were the colour of the rape fields that we are currently surrounded by so I had to paint over them with decolourant , now pay attention cos this is where it gets complicated,. |
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I then added all the bits and bobs to the frock. |
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| then I had the wizard idea of making some freezer paper stencils and painting more decolourant onto the frock, giving me ghostly flowers, nice huh? |
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| then I had an even more wizard idea of re-using the stencils and adding more flowers, this time with markels |
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| looking good, im pleased with this, its got lots of pink markel flowers all over it now I intend to add cloth flowers and stitch to it, now normally I leave markels to cure for three days and jobs a goodun, but im not sure how long you can leave decolourant on fabric, so I heat treated the flowers[irond them],and popped the dress into a quick cold wash to get it out....... |
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| GAAARRRHHHGGGG, WHERES THE PINK FLOWERS GONE? OH BOO HOO HOO, washed out completely, gonna have to do them again, might use blue this time, and some sort of fabric paint, I own enough ,time I tried using them, ah well its all an exciting journey isn't it,anyway, I spotted jill dian izzards fabric books on her facebook page and got quite excited at her little cuff books, well, a friend gave me a pair of cuffs recently, I was trying to scrounge the whole shirt but she knows me too well, |
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| And here it is,2inches high, and 3 inches wide, and I had two endevours to watch and the house to myself, life is good, |
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| oh, I love scraps and bits, |
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| I just picked up a pile of scraps and went for it, yay, love it, love it love it. |
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| poppy was soo impressed, |
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| and finally, isn't this nice? this is my good friend trudis new skirt, Im hoping, when she gets tired of it that she will remember me, hint hint, bye bye. |
Stunning little book, not sure how you could take your eyes off dc Morse though ;) patience is a virtue neither of us are blessed with. Next time one step at a time, those pink flowers were worth waiting for. Xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about your pink flowers when they were looking so good! Nice attitude to trying something else, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm gutted about all the cuffs that I've thrown away over the years now. Have just salvedged one from the bin, so will attempt a cuff book (or the start of one) later in the week!
I hope you're going to bring the tunic tomorrow even without the flowers. Who would have thunk?! Your cuff book is just fabulous, but you knew that, cos I've seen it but I hadn't seen all the details. Gorgeous! I want one or better still I want to make one. I may have to bring a cuff with me tomorrow, if I can find one.
ReplyDeleteThe cuff book is fabulous! So pleased you left a comment and link to your blog - have been enjoying all your wonderful creative projects.
ReplyDeleteThat cuff book really is fabulous! Thank you so much for commenting on my blog and for the link which brought me here. I've really enjoyed looking at all your creative projects. :o)
ReplyDeleteThat cuff book really is fabulous! Thank you so much for commenting on my blog and for the link which brought me here. I've really enjoyed looking at all your creative projects. :o)
ReplyDeleteThat cuff book really is fabulous! Thank you so much for commenting on my blog and for the link which brought me here. I've really enjoyed looking at all your creative projects. :o)
ReplyDeleteFascinating process on the dye work, but I really love the little book! Wonderful.
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