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Yummy Delicious Costumes

Published on November 13, 2008 in costume, couture, fashion design and movies. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

I love movies.  Like books, I love getting lost in them.

I watched Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette the other night.  I could watch it over and over and over and over.  The movie as a whole was ok, kind of boring, except.  Except for the overall Art Direction.  BRILLIANT!!!!  Eye candy.  Totally.  And as a lover of fashion, the costumes were just breathtaking.  The colors, the fabrics, the sets, the jewelry, the shoes (did you catch the pink converse?), the hair, and even the food.  I just drank it all up.  In fact, I want the DVD so I can pause over each scene and drink it in even more. The lighting was just perfect for all the colors and textures and fabrics.  The hair was delicious.  Makes me love rich pastel-ly fruity color combinations.

I found this wonderful site: The Costumes of Marie Antoinette | The Movies and the Woman, that can tell you more about the pictures and history of the costumes, and which costumes can be seen in other films.  Prepare to spend a few hours, it’s a great resource.

Fancy Pirate

Published on October 31, 2007 in costume, fall, family and Halloween. 4 Comments

Happy Halloween!

Fancy Gril Pirate Costume

Eye Patch – gift
Pink Striped Turtleneck from The Gap – thrifted
Black and white plaid skirt – Hand-me-down
Fancy Pirate Girl Apron – made by me
Hanna Anderson Striped Tights – Gift
Motorcycle Boots – Hand-me-down
Treasure Bag – made by me

Halloween2007 - Treasure Bag

Halloween2007 - Ahoy Mateys

Halloween2007

Right before we started in the parade.  I love this green coat.  Perfect for an outfit like this.

Halloween2007

Word Girl and Super Girl.

Halloween2007

The police gave each child a glow-in-the-dark necklace.

Halloween2007 - Very First Candy Bar

Her very, very first candy bar, a Nestlé Crunch.  She ate it , liked it, and didn’t ask for another!

Magical Bags…

Published on October 30, 2007 in cape, classes, costume, Creating, Doll Quilt, fabric, LuckyStitches, projects, quilts, sewing, sewing for Iz, totes and bags, WIP and workshops. 1 Comment

LuckyStitches - Messenger Bags

Yes, these are magical. These LuckyStitchers made these really amazing and wonderful and so-well-made messenger bags for Sewing Machine 101 Class. I had so much fun, I think they really had fun too. The bags are each so special and spectacular. Great fabrics, fun appliqués and pockets, one even with a zipper! I really enjoy teaching people to sew. For me, it’s like a sew along, but I get to share what I’ve learned, and it’s even more wonderful to see the amazement on faces when they turn something right side out and realized that they made a bag! MAGIC! (not really, just patience, practice and direction…). There were some other photos, but this is my favorite. These three kindly humored me as I asked them to give me a “LuckyStitches” pose. The bags look better this way – don’t you think?

Word Girl Cape

I made this little cape today for Marie’s oldest, she’s going to be Word Girl for Halloween. How cool is that?

LuckyStitches - Doll Quilt WIP

The doll quilts started this past weekend at LuckyStitches, here’s one getting “stripped” up! Jen has an amazing amount of fat quarters. I think this one might make it to crib size…stay tuned.

LuckyStitches - Doll Quilt WIP

Here’s mine, all pieced together. I used scraps from my first quilt.