I'm feeling a bit naughty as I've ripped up an op shop purchased wedding dress today - raw materials for the flower themed soft sculptures that I will be making for Fingers and Petals The Handmade Flower Show 2013 exhibition. I am so honoured to be participating in this show.
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Wedding dress bought at an op shop
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Detail of the beautiful handiwork of a skilled dressmaker
who will be very upset with me when she looks at the next photo! |
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| Tearing up dress commencing.. |
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| First strip ripped.. |
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Oooh aah lovely torn up wedding dress! My raw materials
to hand stitch my flower soft sculpture. |
I'm off to stitch now... I'll be back soon with an image of my flower soft sculpture work in progress....
Here it is (March 2013) many hours of stitching later:
