Wired

I am enjoying my new found hobby of wire wrapping :) I've been watching tutorials and doing a lot of practice to try and get a bit better at it. This is a turquoise piece of agate that I have wrapped with silver wire.

Why is it so hard to find consistency and stability in another? I believe that when you meet someone for the first time, they are on their best behaviour because they are trying to impress. But after knowing them for a while, their true self starts to show its colours and it is never what you thought it was. Why are people like that? (small disappointment of the day).

All Wound Up

My weekend was spent at the cottage; it was devine. I am well rested and more tan, both of these outcomes are always welcome.

When I got back to civilization, I became restless and decided to start and hopefully finish my wire wrapping project. I am hapy to show you all the end result! I am actually quite pleased and will be happy to wear this piece. I made sure that the back was quite tight so the stone can't escape. It was a bit too loose last attempt.

Did you do any projects this weekend?

My First Baby

Hello all. I know you would prefer an outfit post, but I just wanted to share the completion of my chair with you all. It was completely re-strung, padded, glued, sewn, stapled and wood finished. If you remember the photos from the chair before, here is what it looks like now in our diningroom:

I love it! And, I picked up my next upholstery project for $5 today. Exciting!

Suitable

As many of you know, I have dabbled in clothing creation and design for longer than I have had this blog. However, I was never truly comfortable with making alterationd until my most recent project. Here is my latest dress and I can say that I actually did some major alterations so that it would fit me better! I used test fabric that was about $4/meter but it actually turned out better than I had hoped! So, I now have a new dress for about $7. :)

PS, I chose the Kodak camera. There were a lot of bad reviews about the Nikon

Solder On

I posted earlier about going to an art show called Art Amongst The Ruins. Well, while there, I saw a woman with ammonite earrings. They were spectacular! I asked her where she got them and she directed me to a store in my home town called Very Sheri. Right after the show I buzzed down there. I didn't find any earrings, but I did find the fossils themselves all cut and polished. I had to buy them and decided to try and make my own earrings out of them. Well, they were a success!

wearing: Top: Banana Republic dress worn as top; Skirt: made by me; shoes: Steve Madden; earrings: ammonites, made by me; belt: H&M

Perfection

I think I have done it ladies! The jig that my dad made, makes the perfect cinch-waisted skirt! I am loving it, and at 3-7$/meter of fabric, I can make some perfect-for-me skirts to make some easy-in-the-morning outfits. I will be working all next week at the Queens University convocation selling flowers (awesome) and guess what I will be wearing?...

...but a little more covered up on top. I don't normally bare this much.

Fashion Designer Moments

So as I was saying in my last post, my dad rigged-up a jig for me so that I can make elastic waisted skirts with perfect gathers. Here is the result of the work.

my chosen fabric. It is a bit light, but I thought it would hang well.

made a pattern and cut to size

my dad's idea of basting includes using a C-clamp.

final product. Pretty cute.

Infinity Scarves

I had a new project for myself today. After running the many errands I had, I stopped over by fabricland to find some material for my new project. I was searching the web for 'tube' scarves and infinity scarves, and thought they would be a great thing to make. I bought some finely knitted fabric and made this one:

I absolutely love it.