Sew Little Time

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Time Warp

Andrea did a tap dance to Time Warp ( chipmunk style) for her dance recital. she had to wear a crazy costume. I loved this photo It looks so Time warped!

Andrea picked out the fabric. Metalic blue, lime green with black polka dots and white mesh. I put it together. Leotard , skirt and hair tie.

Micky, Ricky, and Enrique- I made the short, suspenders and bowties.

Plaid is hard to work with because you have to match it up. I did an awsome job. Nana would be so proud.

Plaid shorts front (have had to make alterations to these shorts recently because the girl grew.so the button is off center)

Plaid shorts back (I love the way the plaids match in the back)

Plaid shorts back close up (look at those lines)

Plaid shorts side

Plaid shorts side close up (almost perfect)

Grinch

Not 1, not 2, but 5 grinches. The girls wearing them did not like them. Mandy did though.

A face only a mother could love.

*note-

1: Don't poke Japanese exchange students hand while sewing fuzzy fabric to gloves. She is happy to help you should be nice in return.

2: Remove all pins from fuzzy fabric gloves before giving them to student to wear.

Alice in Wonderland

Several years ago Studio 109 did a production of Alice inWonderland. I made most of the costumes. below are a few.

Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Dormouse (thant one is Andrea)

Catipillar. Terrific costume when done. Hard to make. Sucks to fix when ripped because it was difficult to repair. Worse when I had to alter the mushroom part so it could be used in a dance number a year later.

Ta- Da!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Drawings- Art Instruction School

Before being accepted into this course I had to sit and draw 3 picture for 20 minutes each because I had not drawn in so long. Here are 2 of them.

Flowers drying in our living room.

Faith laying on the couch.

During this course I was suppose to read the book, do the practice assignments and then the assignment to turn in. I usually did not complete the practice (Here are two that I did do)

Love this one! This is the shoe I wore to my sister Sam's wedding. I liked it so much I drew it for an assignment.

Portrait- no one I know just the assignment.

Full body

Nude

Fashion drawing

Folded fabric

Glamour girl

Monogram

Broken Heart

Below are the drawings for my final graded portfolio.

Lettering for business card. Space open on left for picture.

Picture for left of business card.

Faith on a windy day at the USS Constitution in Boston, MA. I love the wild hair.

Coffee maker- My least favorite of the assignment. but it turned out great at the end.

Rainy dog- He passed away this year so it seemed only fitting to use a "my choice " to tribute a terrific friend.

I want to go into fashion design so this was another "my choice" copied from a sewing magazine picture.

Old Drawings- Between the Years

In the non school years I seem to have taken to drawing my oldest daughter Faith.

there has been acrylic Faith.

Charcoal crawling Faith.

Charcoal Portrait Faith.

Crayon Faith

Charcoal first day of preschool Faith .

I still have not figured out how to turn the photos horizontal. If anyone can help please comment.

Old Drawings- North Shore Community College

While taking a basic drawing class (I tried to get into a drawing 2, but the instructor said my work was not recent enough) I was bored a lot, had some fun, but learned nothing new.

Still life- cowboy boots and brown bags

Pair of eggs. ( I tried, but could not get this picture to turn horizontal)

I like the light bulb.

P.S. my teddy bear.

Brown bagging it!

Old Drawings- Maryland Institute College of Art

After High School I was accepted into Maryland Institute College of Art. To be official in the fall I had to take a summer portfolio prep course. Below is art work from this course.

This is a drawing of a rollar skate done using only one line. We were not allowed to look at the paper or pick our pencils up off the paper. This is try one.