Monday, February 8, 2010

Dress Up 2010 Challenge

Well I haven't posted in quite some time but not because I didn't want to. Just been busy catching up on swaps, I am a mod on a couple of boards so trying to organize swaps and also working on a few challenges.

I was directed towards this fun challenge by a good friend of mine and I thought why not.
Margaret's blog has a Dress Up 2010 challenge. You make one dress a month for the next year with a total of 12 dresses. These are to be done in an altered art sort of fashion. As you know I did a tutorial not long ago on fused fibers and I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my first dress. I started with my February dress because I wanted my dress to reflect Valentines and some femininity. I will make up Janurary's dress soon but I am so excited to share my first one here.
I dyed some wool with some Crystal Lite drink crystals in a Strawberry Kiwi drink which produced a beautiful  rose colour, added some water of course and dyed my wool in it for a bit. Squeezed it out then hung to dry by the woodstove. Then I made my fused fibers by adding some paper flowers, some pink curly ribbon, and a few other stringy fibers. Fused that all together then cut the dress out using my template Margaret was so kind to send to me.
Then I proceeded to embellish the dress. I didn't have a lot of lace so I took some paper boarder punch and used that at the waist line and hem, then for the neckline I cut the wider part of the boarder off then made small slits to that I could move around the neckline like you do if you were to sew around armholes and necklines with interfacing. Same concept works with paper too. then I added beads and some roses I quilled. And that is it. Simple yet very feminine. I can't wait to do more of these. Each one will be a great challenge and as you get to know me you know, I love a challenge and learning new techniques.

Stay tuned for more and tomorrow I want to show you how I am doing so far in my personal greeting card- a- day challenge for this year. I am whipping them off and I now have over 40 cards made, large and small.

12 comments:

  1. your dress is so lovely, every detail is sweet and delightful!
    oxo

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  2. What a beautiful and romantic little dress, fits perfect for Valentine.

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  3. aww Les its GORGEOUS!!! so pretty and i love the way you used the fused fibres, fun eh???
    nice to something other than rectangles or squares!!lol

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  4. What a lovely dress. The flowers are the perfect addition to this stunning piece.

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  5. Hi Lesley. I'm so pleased you've decided to join us, your dress is fab!! very romantic and perfect for valentines. Great info about the fused fibres too. Margaret

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  6. Oh, Les! I WANT to to this? This reminds me of all of those wonderful dresses my Mom made for me and my sister when we were little. Did you get a template? I just need either a template or the dimensions, and I'm off!

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  7. Oh, I love your dress Les...
    So pretty and feminine
    ..perfect for valentines/February!!
    ...Really must make a start on mine!!

    Jan x

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  8. ooh turned out so pretty... love it.. and the quilled roses are soo stunning on it.. so glad you decided to do it..
    xoxo

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  9. Such a pretty dress and a brilliant tutorial on fibre fusing.
    Thank you
    Gini
    xx

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