Rust and teal pieced bodice
©2006 by aisling d'art
This is another project started in the mid-1990s and not completed.
Basically, I was going to make myself a bunch of great wearable art pinafores. (In the States, a pinafore is called a jumper. I grew up calling them pinafores.)
But, I ran out of enthusiasm when I went through a time of equating pinafores with 'tasteful floral print dresses' and tossed out all of those sewing patterns. So, this project was never completed.
Before I ran out of steam, I had strip pieced the front bodice shown above. It's beaded by hand, and also
embellished with some 'crazy quilt' stitching.
A lot of my fabric art embellishments have been inspired by the stitches on crazy quilts. I rely on Judith Baker
Montano's book, Elegant Stitches
I like to mix easy strip piecing with quirky color combinations, crazy quilt stitching, and glass beads... especially bugle beads and small seed beads.
For me, fabric art is about color and texture. The mix of fabrics, stitching and beads is, in my mind, a perfect combination for personal art expression.
Related links:
Judith Baker Montano's website - Samples of her art, and info about her books & workshops. Also see her crazy quilting instructions from her appearance on HGTV's Carol Duvall show: At Home: Jewelry: Crazy Quilting.
American-British - British-American dictionary - Online lookup for frequently-used words.
The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British.