This Steampunk design is a favorite of mine for many reasons, one of which is that it’s just so flattering! It’s one of my own designs, adapted from a jacket look I saw on a website for Steampunk fashions. There doesn’t seem to be a fabric I can choose that doesn’t look great in this design. This fabric was a very nice jacket I found at my local secondhand store (my favorite place to shop!), but it was too snug for me to wear in its original style. So I took it apart and made this vest instead. I debated whether to leave the sleeves on it or not, but finally decided I’d get more wear out of it as a vest. I love how the lines of the back of the vest vee toward the waist, making a slenderizing silhouette.
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I found this beautiful Oriental panel fabric while visiting my brother and his family in Arizona last fall. His daughter had some she was using to make a kimono, and I loved it. So when he took me by their local fabric store, I looked around and found it still there. Yea! I bought a batik at the same time to use for the bodice, but forgot about the dress idea once I got home -- until I was going through my project bins and saw the fabrics again. It took very little time to make the dress using my own design patterns. Since the panels weren’t quite long enough to support a bottom ruffle, I didn’t make it a maxi. But I think it worked out well as a serene and unique day dress.
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Denise FeltI took this challenge in the hopes of expanding my creativity as an artist. Already I'm seeing art in a new light -- as something to do for fun and not just practicality! Archives
December 2015
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