Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Play Date Café Challenge #63

Having just finished a Ruth Rae inspired poetry pinafore for Cheri's new granddaughter, Evie, I decided to create one for the newest The Play Date Café Challenge. The color are grass green, gold, and silver.
My "Hope" pinafore is made from hand-dyed muslin, stamped , and embellished with some Michael's bling. The leaves are wool felt layered with book text and organza. I sewed beads around the neckline and scattered around the pinafore. The front is machine free motion stitched with Hope
The front bottom border is the alphabet. Gold and silver chains hang from the flower bling.
On the back I wrote the Emily Dickinson poem which reads: "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all." All "i"s are dotted with gold or silver seed beads.


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10 comments:

  1. FionaJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    wowsers - what a great piece! I LOVE that colour green - reminds me of my nan :)

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  2. Michele GrossJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    What a spectacular piece! You actually hand dyed the fabric??!! Fantastic! Love all the fabby stitching and the dotted i's are delightful :)

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  3. Deborah FringsJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    Just stunning! Love the colour and the details. Amazing!

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  4. NigelJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Wow! A beautiful piece of work, and so full of love. Thank you for sharing.

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  5. Colleen DietrichJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    What a labor of love....this is such a unique, personal piece. So glad you entered it at the Play Date Cafe; love your interpretation of the challenge colors.

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  6. ZueJanuary 10, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    Fantastic...in fact words are almost not enough!!!
    If I had a better figure, I would ask you to make one for me to wear.
    Sue xx

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  7. Andrea EwenJanuary 10, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    Beautiful pinafore! Love that shade of green! Wonderful out of the box project! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  8. Sarah AndersonJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :) :) :) I like it :) Love, love, love this project, it's gorgeous! Thanks so much for taking on the challenge with us in the cafe this week :)

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  9. Libby HicksonJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    This is fantastic!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe! :-)

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  10. Savannah O'GwynnJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    OHHHHHH! I love love love this! Great idea--and I love that you have hand dyed fabric and free motion stitching...WOW! STUNNING:) Thanks so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us at the PDCC:}

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