Yeah, yeah--I couldn't resist. I finished--well, except for changing out the buttons--Jest #3 and thought I'd share photos. In fact, here are photos from all three--you've seen most of them previously, either here or over at
CreateMixedMedia.com, but here they are, all together.
Remember, it all started with this jacket:
I dyed it and removed the collar and sleeves and then went kind of crazy.
It became Jest #1:
I've got some pockets ready to sew into the side panels. Hope to get that done later this evening, but things are looking pretty booked up, so I may have to do it tomorrow.
Then I made Jest #2 from a dyed linen shirt. I cut off the buttons and placket thing and sewed it up the front in the middle:
I wanted lots of roomy pockets for stuff
Then I had this thinner linen, stiffer and kind of gauzy and see-through-ish, and a similar-weight blouse, and I used them to make Jest #3:
I didn't think I'd like it because I don't like the fabric--it's the Real Linen, $16 a yard, and I got a couple yards just to play with. I like the linen blend a lot better--much better drape. But this is lots of fun, surprisingly.
For this one, I experimented with what I'm calling a handkerchief hem. I have no idea if that's what it is, but it's very narrow, almost rolled, and it lets me do what The EGE calls the Batman-Cape Effect. This is the one the kids in the store commented on--you can see why. It's my current favorite, but that's probably because it's the one I just finished. As soon as I finish the next one, *it* will be my favorite.
I'm switching out the buttons for some old funky ones. I was going to cover buttons with the scraps, but that's too predictable.
I have, until now, resisted Crocs, thinking they were kind of cheap and tacky, with no arch support and not enough footbed padding. But I have succumbed because--of course!--the colors. I bought The EGE two pair--orange and fuchsia--and they looked so fabulous with his dyed stuff that I gave in and got some for me, too. So far I have 4 pair, including these that I got brand new for $4.99 on eBay.
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A word for the wary: watch the Crocs on wet floors. I know, I know, it hasn't rained in forever down there. But be forewarned - they are Sudden Death on a wet tile or concrete surface.
Whoa--thanks so much! I had no idea--I immediately went in and told The EGE--he got his to wear out in the yard, so you may have saved his bones! XO
tacky or not, I love my crocks :-)
You amaze me in all your sewing creations, can't get over how you took off with an idea and created so many colourful versions! Sweet!
Yay! More sewn & dyed garments... I just love seeing what you create.
Jest= the perfect description for those!!!
methinks you need to top these off with some fabulous, foot-long feathered fascinators, in appropriate colors for each?
HA!
Love how you grab and idea and make it in variations.
Darla
Lordy, I can't take anymore of this....
I love them all, because they look soooo comfy. But, I like the purple one best, 'cause the colors are more me, than the pink and orange stuff.
I don't do Crocs. I'd wear them with flip flops. ;=)
Aieeeee! Flee the flipflops! Even Crocs are iffy, with hardly any arch support. After paying a whole bunch of money to a podiatrist years ago, I learned the lesson of avoiding crappy shoes.
Man oh manashevitz i LOVE your jests, Rice!!!!! so inspiring, as always. xxoo - sus
mmm.I could see the dress you designed with the wings on the sides tied up in front like a front tie belt. If the wings were wide and long enough this dress could be worn a zillion ways. The wings could be tied to be worn as a vest....worth experimenting to see how many ways this dress could be worn. And then name it the Rice Dress...just a thought...
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