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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Red Thread Journal Dress

So would you like to see what you can do with 15000 yards of red thread and a few yards of fabric ?

Well you can make a life sized art dress of course!
The stitching of this dress has truly turned into a journey for me. What started out to be a quick dress with a small about of writing on it tuned into a epic 5 days of sewing.... I lost count after my 10th bobbin change and gave way to
the process.

there were a few moments when I truly thought that I had gone mad however that did not keep me from sewing. (around the third day of stitching I starting to call the dress my insanity project)

my creative process has changed as my hand eye coordination is drastically different now due to my eye condition. I have good sight days and bad sight days, I have started to wright down my ideas on the days that its hard for me to see and this has helped me to stay connected to my art however its still very challenging for me to have this limitation. Sewing this dress forced me to break threw many of the difficulties I have developed.

slideshow/movie of dress

I drafted the pattern for this dress then with free motion stitching I filled the back entirely with poems and even some hidden journaling (I did this by sewing on the reverse side of the dress) I even add a poem that is very dear to me inside the pockets of the dress.(again this is a hidden feature of the dress)
The photos show the progression on the dress from start to completion with video footage in the middle showcasing some of the detailed writing on the dress.

This is a slide show of photos of the dress ( the images can be viewed in full size if you click on them and you will be taken to the photo set)

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Monday, April 02, 2012

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Sewing this now...

Designing details...

I have been working on stitching the text onto a full size dress has proven to be a design challenge,

the process is unfolding as I stitch and I must keep in mind how it will look once it is worn. so after I have done a section of text I pin the dress onto my dress form to invasion what my next move will be.