Listening to- Far away by Ingrid Michaelson
Janine Eaton is a most magical bean, I thought she deserved an entry all of her own. I even named my beloved Bernina sewing machine after her and this is her story.
Janine was born, a baby bird, in Letchworth Garden City, London. Slowly, she started to metamorphisize into a beautiful little girl with bundles of brown hair and nesting bumble bees, and she met a friendly unicorn called Deborah. Neen had the biggest eyelashes of any they had ever seen and cherubs followed her everywhere.
Neen and Deborah would play for hours in the Habadasheries of West End London, making dresses out of silken spiders webs. They became very talented little pumpkins who beamed with light when they skipped down the street. Then they met little pea me, and we all went fabric shopping together.
After years passed, they started to grow older and decided to purchase a goat. Then Janina Bernina, Deborah Unicorn, Little pea and Gertrude the goat all lived in a big tree, at the top of the crafting world.
And although it seems quite odd to me, we never really did see, that Janina Bernina and the family, lived happily, in their tree. As it dissapeared with a flash of light, travelling around the Galaxy.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010
The Vegetable Dress
Listening to- Nightlight by Bonobo ft. Bajka
Ok... the love for vegetables has actually just tipped the scale a little too far.... Yesterday I progressed into making a dress depticitve of actual vegetables...
The top was made from single crochet, no pattern used, with yarn from the trusty Grainger Market habadashery and the skirt is made up entirely of a variety of fabrics from remnant bins at Uni, fabric stores and charity shops. The thing about making your own clothes that I love is that if someone were to purchase them, they would be fair trade. Because the work itself is done only by me.
The dress features a quilted carrot and onion (made from borrowed merino wool tops and my grandmas old curtains) backed onto an embroidered cabbage (from old skirts and jumpers) with layers of soil and a hand dyed (with henna) gingham patch pocket.
Unfortunatley, as I have no access to the industrial machines over the summer, and as it is expressive to a taste only as hideous as mine, I'm afraid it would be unsaleable if I were to produce more than 1.
Embroidering the cabbage with spaghetti stitch and attaching the top piece to the skirt, with the obligatory morning cup of gunpowder tea


Ok... the love for vegetables has actually just tipped the scale a little too far.... Yesterday I progressed into making a dress depticitve of actual vegetables...
The top was made from single crochet, no pattern used, with yarn from the trusty Grainger Market habadashery and the skirt is made up entirely of a variety of fabrics from remnant bins at Uni, fabric stores and charity shops. The thing about making your own clothes that I love is that if someone were to purchase them, they would be fair trade. Because the work itself is done only by me.
The dress features a quilted carrot and onion (made from borrowed merino wool tops and my grandmas old curtains) backed onto an embroidered cabbage (from old skirts and jumpers) with layers of soil and a hand dyed (with henna) gingham patch pocket.
Unfortunatley, as I have no access to the industrial machines over the summer, and as it is expressive to a taste only as hideous as mine, I'm afraid it would be unsaleable if I were to produce more than 1.
Embroidering the cabbage with spaghetti stitch and attaching the top piece to the skirt, with the obligatory morning cup of gunpowder tea
The Final Dress, and details of the vegetables :D
Labels:
applique,
bernina,
carrot,
craft,
crochet,
embroidery,
gingham,
green tea,
habadashery,
henna,
onion,
print,
quilting,
recycled,
remnant,
sewing machine,
vegetable,
woven,
yarn
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