Is Mine!

Look!  I had a few hours (actually a day) to kill and I made something for myself!

I have been wanting to make a shirt for myself with this material for a while now.  It was given to me by my friends J.R. and David.  They found it during one of their trips Thailand and I think that it is if not hand-printed, at least printed with very nice dyes in a very intricate pattern.

I didn't take a picture of myself modelling it because I don't know how to set up my camera to do that, and also it's so cold that I don't really feel like taking anything off in order to put a new shirt on!  But, believe me, it fits better than anything that I can buy in a store.  As you probably know, I'm a little on the thin side... so most American shirts don't fit me as well as I would like.  If they fit my chest, they are too small in the shoulders.  The label, says "S", but it blouses out at my waist and makes me feel like a pumpkin.

This shirt really is a reminder that diagonal stripes take a bit of skill to align!  If you don't to it perfectly, (especially at the front closure and breast pocket) it looks cheap cheap cheap!  You can tell the cheap clothes because the makers might not pay attention to aligning the pattern while cutting fabric, especially at the sides.  I have always noticed on TV, characters like Dan Conner and Larry the Cable Guy wear flannel shirts with front and back plaid patterns that make no effort to align properly.  I'm sure this was a conscious decision by whomever styled them to make them look low class!

But enough of that tangent.  I will not imagine how cute I am going to look wearing this!

By the way, if you have not noticed by now, I have begun to post short videos of myself on the sidebar, just to share with the world the adorableness that is me.  You're welcome.

Wigs Wigs Wigs!

 

This last outfit marked this wig's third anniversary for being used for a project!  Congratulations, "Pamela!" (That's the wig's name...)

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As of this week, Pamela has been used for Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke, Capt. Lewis from Private Benjamin, and Mrs. Roper from Three's Company (the wig looks different because it's on backwards).

Paying attention to the number of times Pamela has been utilized, it's making me think of all the others that have had multiple uses.  Let's take a trip down memory lane just for fun!

Crystal has been used for:

Knight Rider's April - and - Laugh-In's Pamela Rodgers -and- Gilligan's Island Ginger

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Cindy (In Black) has been used for:

Jeannie Party Guest #3 - and - Hogan's Heroes French Dog Trainer

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Moca has been used for:

Jo - and - Rosie the Robot
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Cindy (in white blonde) has been used for:

Judy Jetson -and- Sea Goddess

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Shannon has been used for:

Endora - and - Jane Jetson

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"New Jesus" has been seen with

Lost In Space -and- Happy New Year - and - Rhoda Morgenstern

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Cindy (in ash blonde) has been used with:

The Avengers -and- TV Land Red Carpet Dress

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Eve has been used with:

Carol Burnett -and- Hogan's Heroes Pickpocket

But you also may have seen her as:

Random Picture that kinda looks like Parker Posey

-and-

"Halloween -09"

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Cindy (in light red) has been used for:

Carol Burnett in White - and - Jeannie Party Guest #2

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Ashley has been used for:

Mod Squad -and- Laura Ingalls

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"Human Layered" (I can't remember the name!) has been used for:

Charlie's Angels Kelly - and - Mary Ann

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Becky has been used for:

Mary Trina Moore - and - Hogan's Heroes Explosive Expert

But you also may have seen her as:

Trina's Bio Hair

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Amora has been used with:

Industry Party Girl - and - accidental 5 sedond dress

and also as:

Leonora's Bio Picture

but this shouldn't really count because in all three she is playing herself.

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Tulip has been seen with:

Tootie - and - Mork

(The latter was an uber phail, so picture was removed quickly)

Jewel has been used for:

Gidget/Beach Girl - and - Samantha Stevens

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Dang... That's a lot of wigs... and those are only the ones that I've used multiple times.  There are a lot more that I have only used once and even more that you haven't even seen yet!  Oh, my God!!!  It took me an hour and a half to even make this list!!!!  I have problems!!!!!  Serious problems!!!!!!!!!

Okay, Done!

Okay! Movie Premeire dress finished! Isn't it GORGEOUS!?!?!?! I seriously could charge a thousand dollars for this one!

Just kidding, actually. I was testing to see how this material draped and photographed, so I just wrapped it around Nora, pinned it over her shoulder, and IT TURNED OUT LIKE THIS. The whole thing took maybe 15 seconds! It would have taken five, but I had to reach for the pin.

I wish that everything was this easy!!


The REAL outfit is a one-day challenge and will be done tomorrow.

Let Them Eat Cake: A Paper Doll Creation That was Easier and More Fun Than I Expected!

I was actally considering not participating in this assignment at first. After all, what is the chance that I would ever again be asked to make a dress out of newspaper? But after finding two messages in my inbox immediately after the show saying, "I can't wait to see what you so with this week's challenge!!" I changed my mind, and I sure am glad I did!

So this is obviously is a Maire Antionette-ish dress. It is inspired children's paper dolls and by those old TV-movies that don't really try too hard to make the costumes historically accurate as long as they look pretty. I wanted to create a wearable art peice that would utilize the nature of paper, which is to be stiff and creasable, rather than fight it and try to force it to act like fabric.

I decided to go with panniers (the strange hip sticky-outy things) because they are hard to make... with fabric. But with stiff paper that stays where you fold it, creating this usually difficult to sustain look was easy! Also creating rows of pleats with newspaper was easier than fabric as well since I could put 5-7 layers of paper and pleat them all at the same time AND they would stay folded without needing to use an iron.

So I love this little paper doll number. Yes, it's "costumey" (eeeee!), but the assigment was to create any type of garment we wanted as long at it was made from paper, and I wanted to make an awesome paper costume!