Art To Wear

Well, after a long delay, I am finally finished my Art to Wear garment for the Sydney Quilt show. This year was quite a struggle, the title "Classic Oz Rocks" and because the criteria was fairly stringent, 70% Ochre, with Indigo, some Green and any other colour to make up the 100%. Luckily I was able to find some smashing Batik fabrics at the PatchWorks which more than suited the requirements. I had two Ochre fabrics with greenish highlights, a wonderful Indigo with touches of purple and lime, and a gorgeous turquoise green speckled piece. I needed nothing else, but found a leather coat I had made in Hong Kong in the 70's which was a perfect colour match and could be cut down to make a great little wrap skirt, lined with one of the Ochre Batiks with a ferny, leafy green over print. To go with the skirt is a little pleated camisole in turquoise and a Shrug jacket featuring heavy machine quilting and layered and slashed sleeves with all the fabrics included. The focal point of the outfit is a neckpiece on a base of batik, heavily beaded with copper crystal beads, glass beads, bugle beads, hand made copper coloured cabochons and hand made beads in clay, organza and tyvek. The outfit is entitled "Ancient Artefacts".