This is my 3Rs challenge piece. Locally I met two women who both gave me free fabric. One was a former bridal shop owner downsizing her stash of velvets, chiffons, taffetas and laces and the second woman used to live in Las Vegas and made costumes for Vegas drag shows, showgirls, Disney and circuses and she game me a tone of lames! I reused the striped lame as the dress and the hair is a heavier weight black menswear fabric from the bridal shop fabrics.
I reused fabric from my stash for the background, binding and eyes/brows. The lips were made from taffetas from the bridal fabric scraps.
The earring is 3D made from a reused bead, a chain from an old necklace and a overlarge sequin from a Christmas garland.
I embellished with nail polish in the hair and lips. I did not add my usual rhinestones since the eyelash lame was sparkly enough. I like the pop art vibe of this quilt!
Love her glitz and glam and ooh-la-la.
ReplyDeleteNice use of unusual fabrics - I like her glam and glitz.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought to use nail polish as an embellishment - what a clever idea! Great project here.
ReplyDeleteChic lady!!! Cool!!
ReplyDeleteI think you've captured the pop art vibe perfectly too! Wish you could have managed to uploaded a bigger photo - I would so love to see this one closer up!
ReplyDeleteI love that you not only used somebody else's scraps, but also kept the character of that person's work in your quilt!!! Beautiful work!!!
ReplyDeleteA lovely lady and a great use of someone else's cast-off fabrics. I too would like to see a larger picture
ReplyDeleteLove her!! I always learn so much from all of you and get such good ideas!
ReplyDeleteDitto with the larger picture, bit hard to see your work clearly. Still she looks an interesting lady
ReplyDeleteVery glam lady, would love to see a larger picture of her.
ReplyDeleteDitto with the larger picture.
ReplyDeleteLove the use of glizty fabrics, sparkles are good!