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Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10809929600242065200noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497370684420484601.post-59260853779068754542015-06-13T10:54:00.000+01:002015-06-13T10:54:06.915+01:00Making Connections: Colour and Cloth meets William Morris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This weekend I am exhibiting and selling my soft furnishing line at The Modern Home Show, Malone House, Belfast. It is stunningly located beside the both tranquil and busy Lagan towpath. I love doing the shows as it is great to meet customers face to face and share a passion for textiles, interiors and talent.</h3>
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This blog tells the story of when I conversed with a customer at 'The Alternative Stitch Fest' back in September 2014, discovered we were way out related and landed myself an event at talking about my textile work. It really is a small world and this blog has many links and connections.<br />
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The group was the W.E.A.V.E.R group based in Larne, and the location was <a href="http://drumalis.co.uk/" target="_blank">Drumalis House, Larne</a>. It is a Decorative Arts and Crafts dream and hosts original wallpaper by my favourite textile artist, William Morris. I was lucky enough to get a guided tour with one of the Sisters back in January.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drumalis House Larne, combining the old with the new architecture.</td></tr>
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I distinctly remember my big sister having a <a href="https://www.william-morris.co.uk/" target="_blank">William Morris</a> print on a beanbag in the 1990's. It was only a few years ago that I really began to appreciate the genius, originality and integrity of his work. He is regarded as the greatest designer of the Arts and Crafts movement. He revived many of the traditional arts and favoured natural dyes to synthetics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr William Morris himself. He famously said 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful'.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in the early 80's, I wrote my textile project on natural dyeing. The folder and experiments I made back then continues to serve me today and I love its rawness of being hand written in ink pen with water marks made during a colour experiment! Back then I hadn't discovered William Morris and his ethos, one which today, I very much subscribe to and appreciate.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My textile folder from 1990. I had the best textile teacher, Mrs Mc Cann.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with Kylemore Abbey, Cliften, Connemara Ireland blending in with nature.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a pure wool jumper I knit on my Brother 950i knitting machine. Every colour is dyed using a natural dye. The back is also completely different. Over 20 years later, this jumper and its colours still looks like this, although I have changed. Natures yarns and its colour palette never dates.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This booklet was produced over 20 years ago and shows where my colour inspiration comes from for my textile work.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spoke with enthusiasm about my work to date, my influence from my creative parents and sisters. The talk was very well received by the group of women, each of whom had a creative passion. The sharing of stories is the what I enjoy most about these events. The following images are from my house tour. Each room, corridor, nook and cranny has been designed and no detail not considered. The images do not do the house justice. Thankfully Drumalis is open for visiting, but check their website for full details.</span></div>
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This stained glass window was designed by my foundation art tutor in Belfast Art College Mr Neil Shawcross.</div>
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Close up of the cushions made by William Morris printed fabrics and Sanderson printed fabrics.<br />
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Although many of the designs are over 100 years old, they are as modern classics and have never dated.<br />
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Plenty of cushions to choose from.<br />
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Design detailing on the cushions ready for market.<br />
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The lady I met at the Stitch Fest is mother in law to my second cousin who now lives in Washington. My housemate Deirdre from Chicago, who I lived with in Belfast in 2012 would go to Drumalis and work with the Sisters. Her dad is originally from Larne and he played in the house gardens as a young boy. These are all links that have come to the fore in the last year. That is how textiles, crafts and landscapes can be woven together into the lives of individuals, all with a story to tell. That drives my passion for creating with both colour and cloth.<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed this blog which in itself has so many stories to tell. The creative journey never ends, that's why I love every moment of it.<br />
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Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10809929600242065200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497370684420484601.post-1208087123070905202015-05-03T22:17:00.000+01:002015-05-03T22:17:05.707+01:00Crafted Couture : Remaking a silk blouse into a silk skirt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been having a little time off from madcap Costume work, giving me the chance to do a much needed wardrobe workout. Looking through what I have and what I need. What I need would be getting made from scratch. What I had, was getting altered, adjusted, reinvented. <br />
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I had resigned this Donna Karan silk blouse to the 'Remaking Rail'. I had worn it before but the frills fell at the wrong spot and I always felt bigger than the size I already am.<br />
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I popped it on the mannequin, this time with the neckline as a waistband. I would have much more opportunity to wear this as a silk skirt with frilled hem so I set about taking it apart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying the top out on the table to work out the best way to make the skirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The neck ties needed removed completely at this stage. Only to be sewed back on later. Nothing of the original style was wasted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand stitching the old neckline into a new waistband.<br />
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I wanted the quality of the finished skirt to be beautiful, so I took time to hand stitch the waistband back on. Fine good quality pins are essential when working with silk. Do not press over them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside view showing a pocket detail which original set at the centre front of the blouse. I saw no need to remove it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinning and sewing the armholes closed. This curved side seam acted like a dart.</td></tr>
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I had kept the hem from a bias cut silk slip I had shortened a week before. This bias strip was perfect for creating my rouleau loop which I could loop the tie belts into.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ends were folded in neatly when I completed stitching them on.</td></tr>
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It's an exciting day as I am currently being aired on Australian television on the Great Interior Design Challenge, Series 2, Episode 6. If you have watched the show here are 3 further links to previous blogs I posted when the show was first aired in the U.K last November. Hope you enjoy the show!<br />
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<a href="http://colourandcloth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/all-bit-bonkers-on-great-interior.html" target="_blank">All a bit a bit bonkers on the Great Interior Design Challenge</a><br />
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<a href="http://colourandcloth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/my-wee-house.html" target="_blank">My Wee House</a><br />
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<a href="http://colourandcloth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/on-air-great-interior-design-challenge.html" target="_blank">On Air: The Great Interior Design Challenge</a> * spoiler alert *<br />
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So to celebrate 'Doing it Yourself', this weeks post is a upcycled project. <br />
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<strong>Skill Level: Easy</strong><br />
Equipment required: <br />
Old suitcase or trunk.<br />
4 casters, one with a stopper<br />
Enough screws for each castor. My castors needed 3 screws each therefore 12 total.<br />
A drill, drill bits and drill screwdriver attachment. All suitable for the size of screw needed.<br />
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Most of the time I can't sit still and I'm thinking up a new project. This one came to me while sitting on the sofa reading. I had made a cuppa, set it on the old travel trunk and my arms couldn't quite reach across from prone position to lift it. Life is tough, and so a solution had to be found.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This old travelling trunk was given to me by my Uncle Kenneth. Its great for storage as well as a coffee table. </td></tr>
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I had driven past the <a href="http://www.castormart.com/" target="_blank">Castormart</a>LTD store located in Belfast's University Quarter many times, but had never called in. </div>
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I love how castors are so practical and colourful! There was no point just buying cheap ones, they had to work with the trunk colours. </div>
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After a visit to the best hardware store in Belfast, <a href="http://dawsonwrighthardware.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dawson Wright Hardware</a> on the Creagh Road to get the perfect size of screws I was ready to fire up the drill.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very pretty paper pattern on the inside.</td></tr>
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This week I am feeling very inspired to write. Usually I like to talk a lot, so this allows me time to think, reassess and focus on future plans.<br />
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I love Spring time! The conception of new ideas and creativity. Today I have been up with the sunrise springing into action. I tend to procrastinate, a lot! I'm enjoying a cup of detox tea in my favourite mug which my brother in law bought me many years ago. <br />
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Last year I turned 40 and 2 big things happened...one of which literally turned my world upside down, and in 3 months I am flying to the Southern Hemisphere to Australia. The second big thing is that I was on the <a href="http://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/the-great-interior-design-challenge/episode.aspx?id=490235" target="_blank">BBC Great Interior Design Challenge Series 2</a> viewed in the U.K in November 2014. My episode will be shown on April 21st and 22nd on Foxtel in Australia. I am going global! <br />
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The Studio Lambert television crew were fantastic. Sophie, Daniel and Tom were inspiring to be around and we all had so much fun. In this image, Rich, me and Luke await our fate. All will be revealed next Tuesday 21st April on LifeStyle TV Australia.</div>
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I have always loved interiors and since buying my home 10 years ago, I have drilled, painted, upholstered, assembled and varnished nearly every surface. I bought my home by myself so everything was done on a budget. My mum has always sewed and my dad is a D.I.Y whizz kid, so I have learned my skills from my parents.<br />
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I came across this article called 'Brilliantly Flawed' and the page of how to get the look for yourself. <br />
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At home in front of the fire. I have a real love for circles, textures and natural materials in the home.<br />
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Before I start writing this, I must say hello and welcome to all my new followers in Russia! I am delighted that I have readers in Russia and you are now my no. 1 readership country, overtaking the USA and UK. <br />
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I have been so busy creating, altering, reworking, reinventing and DIY-ing that I now is the time to share what I have been up to.<br />
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In February, my favourite car my 1995 Honda Civic said farewell to the roads and she had to be replaced. A gold Nissan was bought. She takes me from A-B, but is pretty drab inside. I have lots of fabric scraps and I thought I would brighten up the upholstery.<br />
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A very grey and boring interior. It was making me gloomy!</div>
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Season 5 Game of Thrones has just been aired and did you know its made in Belfast?! I am lucky enough to have been involved in Seasons 1-4 making costumes. I took a break for Season 4 as it was my 40th birthday and wanted to try other adventures. I have gathered up a scraps of costume cuttings which we are allowed to get after each season is completed and I decided to use these to make my car more plush and colourful.</div>
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Lots of rich velvets and brocades. Can you spot any of your favourite characters costume fabrics?</div>
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About 80 of the fabrics are GOT and the other 20 % are plush fabrics I have in my fabric stash. The bright pink fabric is 100% Irish linen and dates back to the 1970's.</div>
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It took hours to sew!!</div>
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I backed it in 100% wool bedcover and the blue side panels are silk. No skipping corners here with the quality of fabrics! I like my natural cloths and natural means long lasting and quality.</div>
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Quilting through the layers of cloth and backing fabric. A rich patchwork of textures and patterns.<br />
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My drivers seat has now been renamed my throne!</div>
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I made the covers loose so they are not permanent and if I choose to change their purpose it is easy to do so. Perhaps this might end up as I bed patchwork quilt in the future.</div>
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But for now, it brightens up otherwise very grey car upholstery. Come on car designers, give us more colourful options!</div>
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The quilting makes for a more comfortable seat, colour and comfort!</div>
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Till next time, enjoy the new Season of Game of Thrones and all the hard work that is put into to making it such a visual feast. I'm taking my car on a road trip of the Mourne Mountains in County Down to visit many of the <a href="http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/gameofthrones/" target="_blank">locations</a> where the series is shot. For all my blog readers who haven't yet visited Ireland, our own island is a patchwork of wonderful textures, patterns and shades of green, browns and golds. Come visit!</div>
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Early January I was contacted by <a href="http://maverickrenegade.net/" target="_blank">Renegade Maverick</a> productions based in Belfast regarding making costumes for a music video. </h3>
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The group, <a href="http://www.theanswer.ie/" target="_blank">The Answer,</a> from Northern Ireland. No question...I would do it! </h3>
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THE STARS from left to right: Michael, John, Cormac and Paul</div>
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THE STORYBOARD</div>
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These images were from the album artwork and were emailed to me to base the costumes on.</div>
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The video would be filmed in a disused factory in County Armagh and the costumes would be used for the shoot. The tune RED is the first release from The Answers newly released album 'Raise a Little Hell'.</div>
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With 10 days till the video shoot it was full on, sourcing costumes on Botanic Avenue, bidding on ebay and altering, pinning, sewing and glueing. My 3 up, 3 down was covered in fake fur, spray cans , glue and feathers. The neighbours were wondering...again. They are used to it!</div>
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For 1 night I had to mask off space for spraying down the costumes. This was done by my very talented sister Kathryn who is a Costume Breakdown Artist on Game of Thrones.</div>
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A great selection of spray paints from <a href="http://www.lokoskatesupply.co.uk/" target="_blank">LOKO</a> skate shop in Belfast.</div>
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Hair and Makeup work magic</div>
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Under the hot lights, playing the drums all night and under all that fur, John still managed to stay upright. He's also a total legend.</div>
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Michael, rockin', and raising a little hell.</div>
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It has been a while since my last clothing blog, so here is a simple alteration for a dress that no longer fits. </h3>
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Alteration know how is a very handy skill especially in vintage stores when the fit decades ago differs from the shapes we are today.</div>
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Common alterations are taking up hems and making garments smaller, but what can be done when something is too tight?</div>
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I found this beautiful pale pink silk and lace dress in the charity shop for £5, it was tight enough to strain the seams which would eventually have ruined it.</div>
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The first thing to look at when making something bigger is inside the garment. How much of a seam allowance is there to play with and make bigger...in this case, none! </div>
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The next thing to decide is where the garment needs made bigger, in this case down both side seams. There was no extra fabric here as they were French seamed. So extra fabric had to be found from elsewhere. This is where the waist tie belt came in.</div>
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So this is how I added an extra size into the dress...</div>
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Turn the garment inside out and with a sharp pair of shears trim away the French seam.</div>
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The belt is thick enough that if I make it half the width I can use the other half to add into the dress side seams.</div>
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Trim close to the belt edge cutting away the stitching. This saves time unpicking.</div>
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The belt is now split in half, and happens to be the exact same length as the side seam!</div>
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Press the belt fabric and join it to the side seam, making a new French seam. </div>
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Second stage of the French seam.</div>
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Close up of the finished French seam which has given me an extra few centimetres each side.</div>
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With the original tie belt now half its width, put the right sides together, sew a straight seam and then pull through with a safety pin as shown.</div>
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My kitchen has had more make-overs than I have had hot dinners. </h3>
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After 9 years of painting and re-painting, I feel I have finally made it my own. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is where I feel relaxed to have mine, and feel inspired to get creatively cooking.</div>
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When I moved in to my home in 2005, this is how the kitchen looked. It had been featured in the October 2005 House Beautiful publication. The interiors were all the previous owners style. Unfortunately they didn't turn off the stop cock link to the washing machine and when I came back from celebrating my move in, I found myself wading through a water logged kitchen floor. The positive being a good reason to replace the laminate flooring.</div>
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In 9 years my kitchen walls have been painted cranberry, light pink, yellow and mint green. That does not include the current shade. </div>
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Looking slightly sugary pink and very cluttered. Still, I liked it at the time. The laminate floor has been replaced with tiles.</div>
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Cupboard doors still on in this photograph, but surface space very crowded. No room for cooking! The back door has been replaced by a half window...(I will go into that later when I blog on my dining room)</div>
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Ok so what has changed...added hanging saucepans to save cupboard space. Glasses have been shelves and replaced by groceries. And of course, a different wall colour!</div>
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Cupboard doors taken off and a new place for recipe books and a cocktail cabinet. Still a very busy workspace though.</div>
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In July 2014, I was off to London to film Series 2 of the Great Interior Design Challenge, once the 3 day filming was over I spent the next four days with a creative cousin, friends and family visiting museums, exhibitions and the <a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/anthro/index.jsp" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a> store. </div>
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I fell in love with this one tile and it became the new colour scheme for the kitchen. So it was back home to paint the walls.</div>
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No need to clear the decks, mask anything off or stash away the glassware...just get stuck in!</div>
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With one wall nearly painted, I decided on a whim to rip out the units (they were covered in grease at the top and beyond a deep clean). So armed with hammer, chisel and lots of elbow grease I got stuck in.</div>
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One unit off the wall. The long central spot lighting was also taken down.</div>
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The second unit off, and reveals the history of paint jobs in my kitchen, some of which I take no responsibility for.</div>
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There was a lot of precarious balancing going on during this project as these units were very heavy and it was a 1 woman job. Lots of poly filler required for this wall!</div>
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Always time for a wee cup of tea and gaze out the window!</div>
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The deep cupboards were replaced with more of the drawers I had from the Belfast linen factory. Click <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2497370684420484601#editor/target=post;postID=6818929786374516973;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=23;src=postname" target="_blank">here</a> for another blog post on how I used these drawers. These were free of charge. I picked up a vintage first aid kit in the local car boot sale for £1</div>
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These glasses and cups are used so frequently they have no time to gather grease.</div>
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A gorgeous glass light which I picked up for free! My dad helped out with the wiring ... he is a whizkid.</div>
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I need a kitchen with everything visible on close at hand, and love butcher's hooks for hanging utensils. Possibly influenced by my dad and granddads butchery business.</div>
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Wow, what a mess! I love having dinner parties and home cooking, but I really am a very messy chef!</div>
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Every room in my house continues to evolve, items come and go, get modified and recycled. The kitchen was completed in August for a grand sum of £50, I forgot to mention the paint! It might not be to a lot of peoples tastes, but it is totally me.<br />
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An interior article in February 2015 Psychologies publication, called 'Brilliantly Flawed', writes of 'embracing imperfection in your home and with it, an authenticity'. The article is taken from the book 'Imperfect Home'. I have been doing this all my interior journey, and I love creating rooms and homes from a very small budget.<br />
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A Christmas Cockerel painting by my friend Grace. Love Grace's strong colours and bold brushstrokes. </div>
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Excuse the bad lighting. Once the tumble drier was sold this left an area for the coal bunker and other unslightly things. It needed to be screened off.</div>
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I had just enough William Morris print fabric to patch together and make a screen.</div>
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I'm a real fan of the beautiful wooden thread spools from way back when. Even the thread colours seem more alive and more vibrant. So imagine how happy I was when I received a big bag full of these...it was like being given a big bag of colourful sweets! Many of the threads were too dry with age to use so I decided to make some hanging storage for my scarves, patterns and bags. Here's how it was all done. </div>
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Big bag of treats!! And a small section of skirting board left over from the wardrobe post last year. <a href="http://colourandcloth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/new-year-new-wardrobe.html">http://colourandcloth.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/new-year-new-wardrobe.html</a> </div>
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I thought I would have a look for some spool related music and came across these dudes!! Click on the link to hear some of their tunes! <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/spoolsofdarkthread" target="_blank">Spools of Dark Thread</a>. </div>
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New Year is nearly upon us in Ireland, just 90 minutes to go so I better get this in before the stroke of midnight. </h3>
Santa has been and gone for another year. I had been talking about making a Santa costume for at least 5 years but only this year did I actually get around to doing it. It took me a week, fully tailored. I had so much fun making it, and even more fun wearing it.<br />
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First toile fitting. Happy with the shape and fit.</div>
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Dyeing up silk for the lining. So hard to find a post box red dye.</div>
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Christmas Eve I walked into town and called into St George's market to wish my friends a very Happy Christmas. I enjoyed wearing the outfit so much I continued to walk into Belfast city centre. Seeing the 'Santa bus' parked in Royal Avenue, I waved at Santa and got invited onto the bus and drove around the city waving at everyone. I got to sit beside the kids and asked them what the big man was bringing. The kids loved seeing Mrs Claus, and it was worth all the effort to bring big smiles to wee faces. </div>
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Now that its closer to New Years than it is to Christmas, it is about time I shared my homemade, handmade Christmas home and gifts. A little late to make for this Christmas, but looking on the bright side, in plenty of time for next year!<br />
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So this is what can be made from a checked dressing gown.</div>
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Retro dressing gown</div>
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I love comfort in the home, and no-where more important than the Living Room. Comfort is diving into cushions and in my living room I have 14 and counting! </h2>
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I don't really understand the concept of having 'a good room'. Rooms, especially 'Living Rooms' are to be lived in. Somewhere you should feel comfortable to kick off your shoes and throw your legs up on the couch/sofa/chaise longue. A space where your friends should feel comfortable to also kick off their shoes and relax! I've had my sofa for 8 years and I can't believe its taken me to now to actually do something more colourful with it. I mean, its brown!!! I think I have turned into my parents!</div>
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So while brown hides melted Dairy Milk smudges, it is also quite, lets be kind here, not very exciting. Below I have tried to disguise it with a stripy woollen throw from <a href="http://flaxmill-textiles.com/" target="_blank">Flaxmill Textiles</a>.</div>
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In Belfast we have <a href="http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/sections/10/the-paint-hall-studio.aspx" target="_blank">Titanic Film Studios</a> where <a href="http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones#/" target="_blank">Game of Thrones</a> has been based for Season 1-5. I have been sewing costumes for Seasons 1-4 and we often get remnants and small scraps of fabric.</div>
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So I decided to brighten up the brown and make new covers from GOT fabrics. Printed silk velvets, brocades, gold embroideries. Velvets are perfect for sinking into on a big sofa...very sumptuous and luxurious! </div>
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In this post I would like to share my journey on the GIDC. It was amazing and perhaps will open the doors to many more adventures.</div>
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Once I received my brief, I started researching what my clients wanted. Highlighting key words that they had asked for 'light airy, family friendly', amongst lots of others. Preferred colours were also mentioned by the clients so I designed around that. We also had to up cycle a hat stand and my clients had asked for a wallmounted TV unit to hide their flats screen.</div>
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I started my 3-dimensional mood board on my floor, walking past it, adding to, and taking away. Until I was ready to spray mount it finally onto mounting board. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working sketch for TV unit. With fold back concertina doors on piano hinges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My house was in a complete state of renovation. The living room was the only one that was plastered.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My work space. Thankfully it was a very hot week in Welwyn Garden City.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of colour and cloth. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drying room at night and workspace during the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished room, feature wall view. This is how it should have looked, but didn't, as I forgot to add the orange cushions back into the room! I need to let it go...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feature cushion in my clients favourite textile designers print. Made from a tea towel into a cushion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wooden mantle and bright yellow flower freshly picked from the garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The workings of the TV unit and gold hinges coming through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally I get to put my feet up for 5 minutes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I extended my visit to London and got to hang with my best friend Heather, my cousin Lynne and my sister Pauline, my niece and nephew and brother in law. The week was 4 days of work, and 4 days of play!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My camera woman Zoe made me feel at ease in front of a camera. It was great learning about her side of the job. I think I look as though I have beaded pigtails here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspirational colour and texture details in my living room. Old button cards with subtle chalky colours. Stripy pebbles and stones from Achill Island on the West Coast of Ireland. Wooden pencils and ceramics.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the show I was dyeing fabrics with Camomile tea from Belfast's own tea company <span id="goog_744404573"></span><a href="http://www.suki-tea.com/" target="_blank">Suki Tea<span id="goog_744404574"></span></a>. The colour achieved was the softer yellow shades on the sofa cushions. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a very sunny June day when we filmed in Belfast. I love the light hitting all the textures in my room. I definitely feel very much at home in this room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bushmills Whiskey from the North Coast, hand rolled leather roses, candlelight, and an old wardrobe door with gorgeous bevelled oval mirror rests on top of the mantel. These are a few of my favourite things.</td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Georges-Market-Belfast/349995014817?fref=ts" target="_blank">St Georges Market</a>, Belfast. 2014 Winner of the UK Best Indoor Market. Open Fri, Sat and Sunday. Where you will find Tee and Toast and Suki Tea among many other creative. I used to also have a stand here on a Saturday selling my creations.<br />
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Tonight my wee house will be on TV, and its getting all excited!! My sister Linda is hosting a GIDC night in front of the telly...we will be glued to the box, and counting the times I say 'Like you know', 'Yer man the builder' and other Northern Irish phrases. </h3>
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My wee house is not a stranger to fame as 9 years ago, when I bought it, the previous owner Lesley had it featured in HOUSE BEAUTIFUL magazine, back in October 2005. <br />
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I fell in love with the sleeper above the fire and the light that came in through the back window. Within 2 days it was sale agreed! Lesley had 'done the place up great' and I didn't think I would change a thing. But over time, every room has been changed, at least twice!!<br />
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My mum is very creative, and her talents are in knitting, crocheting, sewing, flower arranging and all together a great homemaker. She has crocheted beautiful throws for the cold nights on the sofa. Its from mum that I learnt about sewing and knitting. I just haven't mastered the art of crochet yet! </div>
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Next July I will be in my house 10 years. I like to work in decades. I had said in January to my friends and family that I couldn't do any more to this house, that I needed a new project. Then the call came for Great Interior Design Challenge. Then came Achill, then came other adventures. My friend Hilary then let me know that the number 9 is the number of completion and fulfilment.</div>
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Back in 1995, I wrote some ideas and dreams for my 'Ideal House'. I found this a few years ago and without realising it, a few of these ideas are what I had put in place. Albeit in a red brick terrace in East Belfast and not in the West Coast of Ireland!</div>
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My dream house, interior and exterior. That's the artist and textile studio to the right, which doubles as somewhere for my visiting friends and family to lay their heads.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very cosy, if not slightly overcrowded living room, full of textures and cushions! It is now a little less cluttered.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retro sideboard £25 Belfast charity shop. The chairs have been removed from the wall and it now becomes a memory and inspiration wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The laminate flooring was ruined when I moved in as the stopcock hadn't been tightened when the previous washing machine was removed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The quotes were painted on the wall way before the shelves were up. The kitchen has since changed again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very small space to be on your hands and knees making a mosaic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My room, I always wanted a white room. The last room to have the carpet lifted and I discovered painted white floorboards underneath which I sanded down.</td></tr>
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Today's the day! Back in May, I received a telephone call to be part of the Great Interior Design Challenge Series 2. I was 40 in April and had made a promise to myself to make 2014 a memorable and adventurous one. It hasn't failed to disappoint. I paused for a moment, phoned a few friends and family and said yes, absolutely! I'm always up for a challenge and new experiences.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was good to be back in WGC, I had worked for Adria Charnos Hosiery back in the late 90's as a children's hosiery and sock designer and one of our customers was Tesco. Their head office is in WGC so we flew over to present the new designs. It had been 15 years, this view was welcoming.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">An eating space that always ended up being a workspace. It became a stressful room and meant that as my living space is open plan, I could never fully get away from work. It became less a place to eat, and more a space to sew. Something had to give.</span></h2>
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In a small space you always need to think creatively. By hanging chairs on the wall this kept the floor area much clearer. However the length of the table blocked the feng shui flow out to the back yarden. It was time for a change...</div>
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In January I moved my big dining room table upstairs into the 'spare room' and it became my cutting table for sewing and making patterns. I asked the builders across the way to give me a hand up the stairs with a oak table. </div>
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I did manage to think around the lack of a 'big table' by throwing a party with 3 smaller tables, it ended up very Parisian, with white table cloths, roses and tea lights.</div>
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All off and thankfully clearly marked, if I am ever reversing the process.</div>
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Carrying down the cast iron base of the Singer machine that belonged to my Great Granny McFadden. Very heavy!!</div>
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Its now 3 weeks since the end of Cabaret run at the Mac, and that means its well overdue for Part 2 of Cabaret costume blog. The tidy up is over, and all costumes have been returned to the hire company's or stored away for a possible revival.</h3>
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This time its all about the Emcee, who was wonderfully played by Patrick J. O'Reilly. Patrick had shared a personal story of his during a photo shoot that he had always dreamed about playing the role. I believe the role was made for him.</div>
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Emcee had quite a few costumes, some consisting of more fabric and coverage than others. P.J was up for adventurous costumes and always gave his very welcomed thoughts on his costume. </div>
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Costume sketch for the opening number 'Wilkommen'</div>
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Perfect leather jacket find in Oxfam. Superbly lit by James McFetridge and set against Stuart Marshall's broken down set.</div>
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Lederhosen from The Rusty Zip. Hat from my collection, kilt socks from Edinburgh, Irish dancing shoes from the internet.</div>
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The final scene involved a new make. It was possible to buy striped pjamas on the High Street, but the stripes were too fine and the fabric too lightweight to have any substance and impact on stage. </div>
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Stencils and felt patches recreate the disturbing uniform of the concentration camps.</div>
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It was important that the striped pjamas looked used and this called for them to be 'broken down'. My sister Kathryn works in the Breakdown department at Game of Thrones so I employed her expertise. This gives the garment more effect and impact on stage. This costume in the final scene caused the audience to gasp, and consider the impact of the production.</div>
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I was first asked by <a href="http://www.bruisertheatrecompany.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Bruiser Theatre Company</strong></a> to be Costume Designer and Supervisor on their production of 'Cabaret' back in May. It was to be my first experience designing for theatre, working with director Lisa May. I had celebrated a big 40th birthday in April, and I am always up for new adventures and challenges.<br />
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The celluloid story of Cabaret is famously told by Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles, in Bob Fosse's 1972 direction. Leading us underground and into a seedy, sexy world of broken down colourful characters, its where many of us get our first introduction into the sights and songs of the show.<br />
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This blog is all about the Cabaret costume journey, and will be in 3 parts, due to the immense number of styles that were designed and produced. I will also be posting lots of other photos from the journey on my facebook site <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColourandCloth">https://www.facebook.com/ColourandCloth</a>. Give me a LIKE when you are there to get lots of updates!</div>
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As early as May there were promotional marketing posters to be photographed. These demanded being very creative with time, money and resources. Turned out, 99% of the costume supplied for the photo shoot came from my own closet! Perhaps there is a little of Sally Bowles in me..</div>
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I teach Level 3 BTEC Costume at Belfast Metropolitan College BMET and my students had just completed their 32 week course. The timing of this show gave them a great opportunity to be involved and increase their skills and make contacts within the industry. From the course we had Janine, Julie-Ann, Lisa and Alex. With Erica, Marc, Sophie and Claire contacting me directly via fairs, facebook and website. Nuala came on board from Bruiser, she works at the best vintage and retro store in town <strong><a href="http://www.therustyzip.com/" target="_blank">The Rusty Zip</a></strong>, and conquered her fear of the sewing machine. Each intern has their own costume story to tell and are the costume crew of the future.</div>
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First week in July saw the move in to the <strong><a href="http://themaclive.com/" target="_blank">MAC Theatre, Belfast</a></strong>. This was to become home from home until mid September.</div>
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Kerri Quinn a local actress from Belfast was cast as Sally Bowles. It was great fun designing her costumes as the show allowed a lot of freedom.</div>
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This design was for Sallys's introduction into the show. I wanted her first appearance to be strong, wild and spectacular. The fringed dress was a 'find' and the headpiece was made by my costume student Eileen Curran and was featured in a lot of online and printed press. <br />
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Sally maintains strong colours and sparkly fabrics with movement at the start of Act 1, but as she meets Cliff, her colours soften, and her vunerability begins to reveal.</div>
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Claire meticulously hand sews on 10 metres of pink marabou trim. The cream tutu was from Hell Bunny, I dressed it on the mannequin from the bust instead of the waist and it instantly took shape. A pink sequinned shawl was added to the top for colour, movement and sparkle.</div>
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Kerri in full swing in the 'Don't Tell Mama' number.</div>
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My design sketch for 'Mein Herr'. There are always a few changes to be made from the sketch to the final costume. Black hose with a red back seam, and shoes soled in red all were essential design details. The top hat was original silk 1930's, but later was replaced with a bowler.</div>
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The bodice for Sally's Mein Herr costume started life as a sparkly dress with a centre frilly section. Once the frills were removed we had to join the bodice and skirt back again. It was then fitted on Kerri and the pant shape drawn in, cut and sewn. Because the dress was already boned and lined, this was the best way to produce this design. </div>
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Kerri looking perfectly marvellous as Sally Bowles in Mein Herr.<br />
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Kerri had a lot of costumes and they all had stories to be told. Choreographer Sarah Johnson had Kerri jumping off tables, climbing over chairs, lying on the ground all within one scene to the dancing piano keys of musical director Matthew Reeve. Costume has to react to all of this.<br />
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£20 mans tuxedo jacket from British Heart Foundation. I went out that lunchtime, wanting to find this jacket, and I found it! It was exactly the style I needed to work on.</div>
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Front view of the waistcoat. Looking a lot more feminine.</div>
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Side view of the waistcoat. Sides bound in satin.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So far this week I have mostly been catching up on sleep after a very eventful and busy week previous. All shall be revealed in September ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm spending my evening on the sofa, a tub of icecream has mysteriously melted into my mouth, and the sun has melted into the horizon. With an hour before I turn into a pumpkin, I'm putting it to good use and sharing some couch time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Often I sit on the couch and think, and then think of things I can change around the house. I do this to avoid actually doing work. My living into dining room is open plan and I'm very much into a good flow of energy and movement through my spaces. But there was a blockage. I hadn't noticed it in the 9 years I've been in the house, but there it was, the arm rest of the sofa.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Its been a long time, nearly 4 months since my last post...I feel like I'm lowering my head and confessing. But I know I'm always full of NY promises that I will blog more often, but it never happens! Please forgive, ... hopefully they are worth waiting for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Recently Colour and Cloth has expanded into Colour Cloth and Craft, because that's just the way it was heading. All 3 C words encompassing a wide expanse of materials that I can post about. I'm not only interested in Colour and Cloth, I love DIY, woodwork, poetry, painting, sketching, gardening and baking, all of which are crafts in their own beautiful way. (lots of influences from my folks and grand folks). So I really felt the need to expand, hopefully opening up in many avenues and interests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When I was younger I helped dad put the wallpaper paste on the anaglypta Graeme and Browne wallpaper (what goes up, must come down, Super Fresco make it easy with G&B...you remember?!), and helped him paint the chip wood magnolia. Despite many differences, I am still 1 of 'daddys 4 girls' ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had found this hat stand in a alley near my house (I was putting my bin out before you ask...I don't normally frequent alleyways), rescued it and sprayed it black.</span></div>
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Its Thursday, my favourite day of the week, and I'm up early and posting my 2nd blog in a week...am I feeling ill?! <br />
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I'm not fully back to work yet so am making the most of having free time by bulk cooking and freezing meals so I have food to eat after a long day at work. <br />
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One of the projects I got up to at the end of last year was more Mannequin making, but this time focusing on one particular limb, the arm.<br />
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It came about as I was finding it difficult to make a lining pattern for a jacket I was altering.<br />
I teach Dressmaking in Belfast Met on a Monday and borrowed their detachable arm one evening, returning it the next day. A strange sight was a rigor mortis arm tucked sticking out of my backpack while cycling home. It was a wonder I wasn't stopped and questioned. <br />
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I love the old dress stands and parts, stains and all. They are so expensive though!</div>
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I cut some calico (cotton) fabric on the bias (stretch cross grain). The bias makes it easier to mold the fabric over the arms curves. I marked where fullness needed removed around the elbow with a dart. The armhole socket and the wrist were traced onto calico forming 2 circles.</div>
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By pinning the fabric in place it allowed me to make final alteration so I could achieve a very close fit. I made a paper pattern, adding 1cm seam allowances and re-cut out. </div>
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The dart was made and the sleeve was machine stitched in place. Then stuffed tightly with polywadding until the amount of firmness needed was achieved. I forgot to take photographs of these stages! </div>
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The end circles were handstitched firmly in place and the arm was given a good steam with an iron to make it fit and sit.</div>
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Side view. I pinned my arm to my stand using leather pins. The pins need to be strong and secure the arm in place when using to fit a garment.</div>
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Front view. A view lumps and bumps, but sure haven't we all!</div>
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I was now able to create a sleeve lining pattern a lot easier than before as this fabric was really soft and didn't hold a sleeve shape on its own.</div>
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Finished jacket.</div>
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Happy New Year to you all ... I've a feeling that its going to be a good one!<br />
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2014 is a very significant year for me... I was born in 1974 and that means I'm turning 40 in April! I'm really looking forward to it!<br />
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New Years always means a good clear out. The last pine needle of the tree has been brushed outside ( although Im sure I will still be finding them for the next few months in the house) the decorations are down, the house is sparkling, focus turns to a good wardrobe clearout. Or as its called in Northern Ireland, 'a good read out'. (said as 'red')<br />
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Back in September I had decided to rip out my wardrobe, so armed with tools, wrenches, hammers and many other gadgets I rolled up my sleeves and set to work.<br />
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These were the 2 doors before</div>
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With the door frames only coming up so far it meant there was a lot of wasted space. When you live in a 2 bedroomed 1920s terrace and own a lot of clothes, every bit of space is important.</div>
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A very messy bedroom floor!</div>
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At this stage I could do no more. The next stage involved finding a good tradesman and I found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HandyMattNI?fref=ts'">https://www.facebook.com/HandyMattNI?fref=ts'</a> Handy Matt' by facebook. </div>
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Then rails and shelves were added. A curtain rail was put up. I stitched curtain tape to a very large old Irish linen tablecloth and hung it as the wardrobe closure.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In one week my life should return to normal working hours after 3 months sewing costumes for Game of Thrones season 4. And while it is wonderful working on the hand stitched costumes, the hours are long and leave me pretty much with no time to do my own thing, and no time to blog about doing my own thing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So this Sunday evening finds me comfortably sitting on my sofa, listening to Chopin's Nocturnes on Spotify. My sofa being 1 of 4 things in my house that has not been salvaged, recycled or found in a skip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This blog is the 1st of a few on the subject of recycling, upcycling, skip-hoking whatever tag name you wish to give it, for it has many. <strong>Kirstie</strong> has made her own TV series about it, and I was interested to read that she has been labelled 'the pioneer of skip searching'. Hmmm, I have been at this since art college when me and my friends Grace and Alison rescued a Denby tea set, a fish platter and a glass serving dish from a skip at the corner of Royal Avenue circa 1992.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been working just a little too hard since May and honestly only getting a still moment to write this blog. I prefer not to bombard you with blogs, posting thoughts that I haven't had time to think about. Sharing what I have been up to is very relaxing for me, so here goes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have always loved mannequins, but they are so expensive, so I decided to make one myself. I really wanted a miniature, but these are over £250 to buy. Having a padded one, rather than a wire one, means I can design and play with ideas before cutting the full size pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I bought the frame from <a href="http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/wire-mannequin-with-bow-318818" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dunelm Mill</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> for £9.99 and set to work with some polyester wadding, tshirt jersey and calico.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jersey covered stretched and sewn in place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Slightly lob-sided, but hey aren't we all?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fitting the back calico cover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shaping the front calico cover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunday sewing...raising the neck height and slip stitching in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I named her Dolly. She's not perfect, but I am really pleased to have taken the time to make her myself. Looking forward to adding her to my sewing room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After I made Dolly I came across this website for modern, vintage and antique dress stands </span><a href="http://www.vintagestylemannequins.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.vintagestylemannequins.co.uk</span></a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Happy sewing, crafting and creating</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Till next time</span></div>
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