Which is to say that last week's Project Runway challenge just sort of fell apart. I found a shirt, I cut it up, I followed an idea, and it just didn't work out for me. So, I had to shelve it and move on. I thought I would probably give up on this week's challenge too. But, in the middle of the couch-sitting, my brain started working again.
Alisa set this week's challenge to Wall to Wall Fashion, a.k.a. use only materials found at home. I looked around my apartment and found a giant mess of bikes and to-do lists. And I thought, ah-ha!
It's a big mess of a brooch, but I quite like it. Bicycle inner tubes stitched together with a collage of my torn-up to-do lists on top and two pink buttons to finish it off.
Other challenge participants: Lora Hart and Mike and Rachelle. Alisa's to follow.
Edit: Check out Rachelle's own brooch and Alisa's necklace.
2 comments:
I found that even the challenges that I wasn't happy with taught me things. Sometimes moving on it just the right thing to do.
This weeks: I love the way that the color of the stitching echoes the button. And using your to-do lists is great, both visually and metaphorically. (You have beautiful hand writing!)
Thanks Kait! I really wanted to attach some sort of gem or other sparkly something to contrast the everyday-ness of the rubber and to-do lists. But, alas, I couldn't quite figure out how to sew on a gemstone. :)
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