Under the Sea

For the past few weeks and loads over half term, I've been slaving away trying to finish all of my art and textiles coursework (the deadline's Monday!). This included creating my final piece in textiles. The whole course built up from the overall theme of Natural forms (from which I chose 'The Sea'). The idea was then to create a whole sketchbook full of development in order to create a final outcome, which is what you can see below.  The dress was originally only white cotton fabric, so producing it not only involved sewing it all together but dying, batik-ing (using wax to resist the dye), embroidery, mola etc. etc. Overall, the garment was supposed to show about 15 hours of work in total. I'm pleased with how it's turned out (there's always going to be something I'm not happy with though. I won't tell you what!) and fingers crossed I get a good mark for it. 

What have you all been up to this half term? 

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Black or White...

I've discovered the wonderful world of Polyvore. If you haven't yet tried it out, you can create collections (such as the ones below) to post on your blog. I'd heard about it and seen it on plenty of other blogs so decided to give it a go - it's brilliant!
Anyway back to the main point. I like to wear a lot of colour usually, failing that something with an interesting print but two of the main trends set to come in for this spring and summer (It seems crazy talking about summer when it's absolutely freezing outside!) involve wearing clothes that are black or white. I've picked out a few of my favourite items to give you inspiration for the summer months!

Which are your favourite items? Will you be wearing white or black in Spring/Summer?

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