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| patterns from the book the paper pieced home |
the scrap color of the month at RSC is yellow. I do love yellow although the only shade I can wear is saturated lemon yellow almost gold.
the patterns are a pure challenge but I envision a small summer travel wardrobe and since I was a teen in the 70's, these styles remind me of the sundresses I made to wear all the time... next week I will share some cute embroidered jeans and halter tops too...
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| I redraw some patterns to eliminate all the Y-seams..... you cannot easily do a y-seam when fabric is sewn to paper |
I got a pencil set, thinking they were just graphite, but turns out they are water soluble, so I tried them on a scrap of paper
just a woman from my imagination, but she kind of looks familiar...
see you next week, God willing and the creek don't rise in our thunderstorms (not that we have a creek)
with the other travel clothes going on my imaginary quilting vacation, in my imagination I'm going on a watercolor class trip to France
linking with
design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-6-26-23/
https://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/
Love those little dresses, especially the yellow with the blue collar. I never wear yellow either because it makes my skin look green. My older daughter looks great in yellow however.
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking you've made these cute dresses before and then I rmemembered it was Kate from 'Life in Pieces' that made a quilt with paperpieced sundresses several years ago. I'm hoping for relief for you soon, both weatherwise and physically.
ReplyDeletePat
Your travel wardrobe is coming along nicely, LeeAnna. Great portrait with your new pencils!
ReplyDeleteLove your dress blocks and your fabric choices are just perfect! You are such a creative artist!
ReplyDeleteWow...I LOVE your dresses! So cool. And a terrific sketch. Stay cool (and dry). The rain seems to be trending more in the south part of the metro area. Only had a tiny and brief sprinkle yesterday, not even enough to cover the sidewalks. But boy did we love the cooler temps. It was 57 when Elsa and I went out for our morning walk yesterday. LOVE that and hope the trend continues. 🤞🏼
ReplyDeleteThose dresses are so cute!! They remind me of the paper dresses I used to draw for my paper dolls long ago when I was still playing with dolls. Stunning self portrait!! Keep on creating. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOoo. It’s like a Barbie wardrobe. I had a Tressy instead but also enjoyed creating clothes for her.
ReplyDeleteI remember being thin enought to wear those dresses! a LONg time ago. Your drawing is very good - the eyes are amazing. Always nice to read your blog even if I forget to say thanks.
ReplyDeletetoo cute!
ReplyDeleteVery fun sun dress blocks and pencil drawing. Happy stitching and sketching this weekend.
ReplyDeleteLeeAnna you are so creative! Love your dresses. They remind me of when I was 9-10, sewing Barbie clothes. And probably just as difficult too!
ReplyDeleteThose pencils do lovely shading! What a wonderful portrait. Love those adorable little dresses. I'm imagining you in Paris, in one of the cute dresses, sketching portraits along the Seine. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Awesome portrait sketch and dresses are wonderful too ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I hope you are feeling better these days. I love how you create and your imagination for the lovely lady. Thank you for joining FFO and have a great day today.
ReplyDeleteI love both the projects you feature here!
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful blocks. Did you design them?
ReplyDeleteWho needs Y seams? I'm with you, redraft the pattern to achieve the same/similar look and dump those pesky Y seams. You have a lovely summer wardrobe. The effects you achieved with the water soluble pencils is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteThose quilted dresses are great. I can't wait to see what you do with them LeeAnna.I especially love the 2 with the contrasting collars. I think it's time for me to get my sewing machine whirring again.There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day for arty things lately. :) Have a super weekend. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm late visiting. Still playing catch up. Hoping to be more punctual now the clean up is over.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love those dresses. So clever and very well done, LeeAnna. Reminds me of the 12 month dress up project I worked on in 2010.
Your imagination is ever so creative ... love your patterns. I don't see women in sun dresses too often anymore .... hmmmm, maybe it is time to change that. I am a bluejean and t-shirt type so I am looking forward to next weeks post. I am not surprised your women looks familier as our imagination has only our personal experience to draw from. She is quite attractive, don't you think? Wishing you Warm days and thunderstormless week (I know, I don't think that is a word, but it fits so I used it :).
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From the Sol
Those dresses are so amazing - and so detailed! Glad you could create!!!
ReplyDeleteCute little dresses, you did a great job redesigning them to avoid Y-seam. Lovely yellow ones, and I love the red dress with roses, gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful woman's face too, it looks like these new pencils are great new drawing notions.
Thank you for sharing, and linking up ;)