I completed 5 different pieces of art for the show and loved all of them.
I know that the paper dress is in the article on creating 3D pieces of artwork.
I really wanted to make a larger 3D piece but just ran out of time...so I made a teeny tiny dress out of a sheet of handmade collage paper. I used pieces of an 1878 women's magazine about fashion.
There were drawings of the latest Paris fashions, the hats, the shoes - everything that a well dressed woman should desire.
I thought that they looked uncomfortable and cumbersome.
I suppose that I would have been a renegade back then too!
Here are some photos of the dress.
I placed it in a vintage looking shadowbox that gave the dress more of an antique look.
I used lace that my grandmother had wound around an old piece of newspaper. She always saved every little snippet of lace, ribbon and fabric for later use.
(so that's where I got that habit from!)
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| This is vintage lace from my grandmother's extensive stash. She was a doll doctor as well as a quilter and maker of many other things. I have most of the materials that she used to make doll clothes. Lucky me, right? |
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| I loved using the original articles from the journal. |
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| The drawings were so interesting. |
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| Do not fail to send for that Portfolio of Fashions, ladies! |
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| I also used vintage netting (tulle) on the dress. I was originally going to have a tulle skirt but didn't like the bulk that it gave the dress. I had already sewn it on the dress so I just crunched it up and created a belt for the dress. |
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| "Quarterly Journal Dress" The dress is apx. 10 inches long and 9' wide (the width of the sleeves as they appear in the photo). I love the shadowbox frame. It really allows the dress to be the star of the show. |
Yes!
Tissue paper!
It is so soft and feels so dainty.
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| The tissue paper is so thin that you can see through the dress. Hmmmm...I guess that I need to make a slip too... |
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| This is an original piece of vintage pattern. I used the original instead of scanning it and printing it out. |
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| Who besides me can't help but looking up doll dresses? |
I am planning on teaching this class at "Artistic Artifacts" in Alexandria Virginia this year.
I love teaching at Judy Gula's shop - tons of room to stretch out, lots of good shopping opportunities and I just love Judy and the shop staff.
I'll post the dates on my schedule as soon as I get my butt in gear and give them a date - I mean as soon as the dates are firmed up.
If you'd like to be notified of the date, please sign up for my newsletter (the one that I promise to send out this year). Or keep an eye on the blog.
This is the first piece of art that I have had published in Quilting Arts magazine...the first of many. I have several articles just waiting to be sent in for potential publishing.
Don't forget to buy your copy of "In Stitches" volume 9 to see my article there as well!
