Gold Rush

comments (5) September 7th, 2009 in sewing, design, embellishments, quilting, reader's closet

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Gold Rush Ensemble was a wearable art garment I made for a convention banquet. Being a knitter in recovery ( I had to give it up since quilting and sewing are my life) I had a large stash of fibers - trims - yarns etc. and I wanted to make some fabric out of them. I used anything I could sew over and "quilted" them together. Once the "fabric" was made I cut out the skirt and put it together. It is lined for strength and I used left over bits of the fabric as trim on the purse. The purse handle was beaded on wire as the string - very nice effect and it holds its shape, plus I made a couple of loops on each end so it was easy to sew the handle to the purse. Jacket was made from some sale bin fabric when Hancocks was closing - unknown origin but it feels like a cotton blend - nice feel given how cheap it was - $2 yard! Pattern was a Sandra Betzina design and was pretty involved. I have been sewing for over 35 years and there is not much that I have not encountered in all my sewing years, many of which I spent doing custom bridal, however the curved seam with the rouching was a test of my skills for sure. When I was done making it I did not like the fact that the collar was plain so I took apart a necklace (of course it was 1 in the morning with a wearable art entry deadline the next day) since I did not have the correct color beads. I sewed them on and loved the added texture and unexpected sparkle. The feathers I quilted were done with a copper colored metallic thread by YLI, the balance of the quilting was done with Superior Bottom line in a gold color but it was not metallic. ( I tried to upload a photo of the skirt detail but no matter how small I make it I keep getting an error message saying it is too large - sorry.) Trust me it looks better on my body than it does on these stands :-)

Pattern or design used: Sandra Betzina Suit - discontinued

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Comments (5)

mirela writes: very nice outfit, mix of fibers and techniques. Beautiful wearable art!
Posted: 8:59 am on November 17th

brendazzi writes: Beautiful! What an innovative use of leftover yarn. The jacket goes really nicely with the skirt, and you could also wear it to dress up some jeans. I love the texture combination. Definitely art. And it looks so wearable.
Posted: 7:39 pm on September 23rd

Stormee writes: Oh I had trouble uploading a photo, I photographed the item again using a lower resolution on my camera and it worked. It might work for you.
Posted: 11:04 pm on September 12th

Stormee writes: wow, I really like this piece. The skirt is just beautiful and I love the process that you used. I love building a garment and it seems that is what you did. So beautiful.
Posted: 11:01 pm on September 12th