I made a rash decision recently and put my name forward to contribute to a very funky craft magazine - Hazed - created by the wonderful Hazel...After some past knock backs, i have to say i was a bit nervous about it all. However there was no need......(Hazel is so lovely, and really encouraging!)
So ensued lots of fun finding a cute retro pillowslip from the local purple door opshop...and then a photoshoot - for one of my favourite redflax creations - my fern frocks...Basically a pillowslip dress for little girls. I have had so much fun creating lots of these - op-shopping for retro and vintage pillowslips matching up buttons from my eclectic and now rather vast button collection, experimenting with dyeing embriodered pillowslips, adding frills on the hem from frilled pillowslips.....you get the idea...Now feels like a great time to share my frock fun with everyone!
Here are some sneak peaks from my photoshoot (coz i can't show all of it just yet!), with my gorgeous friend Dawn. She has a fabulous eye for design, and happens to have a beautiful restored villa just up the road (which is great, as my little beachy batch is being earthquake repaired, and in rather a state at present!).
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| sharing a funny moment with my photographer! |
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Don't you just LOVE the retro iron!
Went perfectly with my retro pillowslip.. |
So that is just a wee look at what I got up to - for the full tutorial, keep a look out for the Spring Edition of Hazed e-zine - EXCITING...
And here are some past redflax fern frocks I have had lots of fun creating:
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| My little G is in this collage - she was only 3 back then! |
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| Loved the colours in this - and the covered buttons |
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| this was the first one I sold - on felt.co.nz |
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| my cousins girl got this - she still wears it 4 yrs later! |
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the orange fabric was an op
shopped waffle weave dressing gown |
