No, it's not September yet... but you know I can't shut up, so...
Whoops - updating (5:13 PM) I buried the lead!
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My daughter did this self-portrait last week. Yes, she's still 13. No, I'm not kidding... |
On creativity:
Sometimes, I think about just how many colors there are in the world, and how awesome the whole spectrum is, and I can't just choose one favorite, so, sometimes I just flip to a new favorite...
-My son, age 10
I posted about this fabric some time ago, when my kids initially fell in love with it.
Then it found a dance partner...
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Leftover peach-skin screamin' green lining from a client project some months ago. |
Then it became...
Something my daughter greeted with a gasp, when she saw it on the dress form.
A new shirt for her journey to high school.
The journey to this one is particularly hard to articulate. In New York City right now, there seems to be a movement afoot... if not an anti-movement, really. With no particular allegiance to any unique color palette, any particular brand, musical style, celebrity, or social cause. It is a celebration of the individual, listening to his/her own drummer, and adding a spark to the mosaic of New York City. I'm seeing it everywhere. Dip your toes in the feeling of Afropunk (click the link), to get an idea. If this is a burgeoning style movement, my kids are natural members. And it's not a Black thing. It's an everybody thing. See this slideshow to get an idea...
This is something that starts right here. Today. Not influenced by anyone else in particular- just a feeling in the air. No one else's idea.
It was a long time in the making. A shirt for my daughter that sat around as four rectangles. For a long time.
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The shirt. Note: Shown here on a misses dress form, which has a lower bust than she does (explains the high dart). |
Fabric source: Fabrics World USA and a secret store near me (green fabric), that has a truly hit-or-miss inventory.
Pattern: self-drafted/draped, but the shape of the sleeves was inspired by this.
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And then she danced in it! |
Labels: Afropunk, Fabrics World USA, teen perspective, teen sewing