ARTIST STATEMENT:

Can an article of clothing carry with it invisible ties and connections to the past and the people it may have come into contact with? My goal for this project is to connect with my mother and her side of the family through the act of restoring, wearing, and highlighting articles of clothing from her past.

21 July 2009

Getting There

Here is the dress so far. It's just loosely hand stitched to show me how I should sew it together on the sewing machine. It'll be shorter than that as I haven't hemmed it at the bottom.

Posted by JM.Chandler at 3:12:00 PM

11 comments:

  1. photolicious2009July 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    AWESOME!
    You are almost there!

    Cool. Looking really good!

    Val

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  2. caitlinJuly 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Love it! Beautiful and bright! You're an excellent seamstress! =)

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  3. JM.ChandlerJuly 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    Thanks I wish I could take credit for it, but I had the pattern made for me by one of my mom's close friends. She was trying to teach me but the lesson didn't go so well. lol!

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  4. SarahtageJuly 22, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    Loving the bright colors in the new pictures! And the dress looks great. I'm really excited to see the finished product.

    -Sarah

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  5. Christine HensleyJuly 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    I think it's okay you made a pre-made pattern. It's not the pattern that makes the dress memorable, but what's on it.

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  6. Lindsey Scott FossonJuly 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    love the new bright pics and the dress is looking good. cant wait to see it!

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  7. In Cindy's ShoesJuly 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    These photos are great! They're so vibrant & I love the patterns from the dresses! The dress you stitched is so cute! You've really done an awesome job so far & I can't wait to see this all come together!! :D

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  8. Nicholas MillerJuly 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    You have definitely gone the extra mile for your artist book in actually designing the subject matter for your photos. The photos are coming out well.

    --Nick Miller

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  9. alex alfordJuly 22, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    what i can see looks good. the photos are not loading for me.

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  10. Sky'sPhotoSeriesJuly 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    The colors really work well just becareful and color correct.

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  11. photolicious2009July 23, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    After you push yourself through this challenge, you will realize it was not all that difficult! I love the photo of you in front of the mirror. Good luck with your dress. I am ready to see the final edition.

    Elaine

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