Step back in time....

Me, and 47,000 others experienced a time warp last night at the George Michael concert. It has been a very very long time since I have even been to a concert, so a stadium could have been really bad and I still would have loved it. Having said that, he was actually better live than I could have imagined. He catered to his middle aged crowd by having a few dancing numbers and then a nice sit down ballad. Maybe for his benefit too!

I went on a nostalgic journey of my own with his music - making up danced to wham at primary school, the upraw Faith at the house concerts, driving my blue datsun 120Y round town and dancing to Too Funky at Redheads. Hearing a crowd of 47000 sing along to a soppy ballad of Careless Whisper was actually moving, but we boogied a farewell to him with Freedom and we all could do with a bit of that!!

cool stuff - book

This book is hard to see (and even harder to work out) but very cool. It is called Flatness folded - a collection of 23 contemporary chinese garments.

The book basically talks about the utalitarian style of dress and exploring the chinese style. Miranda Tsui the designer has essays and then visual to explore the designs. This is one of my favourites that I plan to make for myself.

Each design starts with the model wearing the garment in their usual life - this is about the pants shown on a messenger boy.

Here is a shot of the actual pants which you can see have a shirt over pants.

Finally you get the detail shot of the front and back. The skirt is only over the front and the back looks like harem style pants. There are some generic measurements to help if you wanted to make it, but there is a lot of 'making' that has to happen in your head. This is as deep as the instructions go, and there are some garments that are twisted and folded and flipped that trying to work out how they are constructed gives me a head ache but it is definately a challenge and one I want to tackle this year.

Froth and Bubble

Its a lot of froth and bubble around our house at the moment- well tulle and no bubble since the mains burst today and all day we have been at home without water or warning. So no washing could be done, although I did find enough water for my cuppas, I hit the machines.

Harking back to a previous life I am helping two friends out with upcoming weddings. So I am making a flower girl /junior bridesmaid dress and also a skirt for a kinder friend who is renewing her vows in Hawaii (jealous) Both are quite frothy tulle numbers but should be good. It has been good to do some clothes again....i think i am getting a little inspired.

more bracelets

Still have a bit of a thing for circles - and was wondering if there were any bigger circles than the ones in my necklace so that I could alter the sizes of the loops - thinking outside the square I went to Bunnings (hardware) for a look. Of course there wasn't what I was looking for but I came home with these brass washers and the idea of a bracelet. The silk embroidery ribbon I had from a mixed bag of bargains from Spotlight.
The idea in my head was kinda like this but it took me a really, really long time to work out how to put it all together (all of Dream Girls!)- and here is the outcome. I am actually really happy with how it turned out - I think it would also look good with leather.

New friends

These are the lastest additions to our family - three little robots. They are SO easy and so cute. I can't take full credit for them because all i did was pick out the colours. I bought the designs for my embroidery machine from here and the whole thing happens in the hoop. All you have to do is turn it inside out and stitch along the top. No doubt their friends will come over too.

Gill - cant wait to see some of your stuff now you have all the gear!!!

new jewels

Well, jewels may be stretching the definition a bit, but I have finished my necklace - all those pesky ends sewn in. Note to self for next time - leave them a bit longer!

I am fairly happy with it - my crocheting skills got better as I went around, so it seems it may need to be a blue necklace - however I would have been happier if it were significantly longer. In my head I imagined it almost to my waist. A friend did come up with a great idea and I think this is the way I will wear it - mind you it is only fashioned for a quick photo here -

This way you get to see all the colours and it looks more interesting. Thanks Miss G!
Oh and I have to show you a shot of my new favorite bracelet! - Mr P drilled decorated and provided the dice, so all I had to do was string them together. I separated them with beads and picked up the red around the different die.

I am really happy with it and it has been on every day this week. All of the bits I had in my kit - only I wish the wish charm actually was chance or something a bit more along the destiny line, but wish will do. Now all I need is somewhere to go!

cool stuff - chopsticks

How cute are these! I know they look like really long pegs but infact they are chopsticks - and the peg is that little bit extra help, especially for the kids learning to use them. I should get another one for the big squirrel who always asks for cutlery at Asian restaurants. Maybe the kids showing him up will be inspiration to learn! Where are they from? I will need to find out details as Mr P brought them back from Chicago.