Pictures

I know, I haven't posted for a while. But it is hard to do much with batik wax when the basement room you work in is 50 degrees. But come July & August I'll be so nice.

In order to make a stencil, I was looking for a picture of a Monarda, also known as Bee Balm or Wild Bergemot. The flowers kind of resemble the lady with the wild hair, don't you think? I like to put something on the back of most of the batik shirts. For women's on the shoulder, kind of like a tattoo.






A good place to find some really good pictures and line drawings is on the US Dept. of Agriculture website. They have images of plants from around the world in addition to the practical info of how to identify, growing characteristics, etc.

Season

Rather than doing a post about my own work, I have one of other someone else's.

We've had some cold weather lately, making it look rather snowy:


When we'd rather be looking at a flower called Glory of Snow:


Mary's photos are of flowers she grows herself. I love the colors and the technique. And I'll have to find out how she deters the squirrels and rabbits so well.

Poses

I think my mannequin needs to see an orthopedist or physical therapist. Not because it is missing a lot of body parts, but because the posture is horrible. Gives me back pain just thinking about posing like that. And did you know how hard it is to find a mannequin that looks like a normal person?

Oh well. At least it looks better to have clothes on a mannequin than on a hanger. Even though I thought my hanger was really nice. Did I mention that taking pictures isn't my strong suit?

My husband asked if I was going to go back to the store for more body parts so it would at least have arms. I'm thinking about it. While it would make it harder to dress with arms, then maybe the shoulders wouldn't be uneven.

Dog pics

Yesterday I was able to 'borrow' 2 dogs to model dog t-shirts for me. The one didn't seem happy to be wearing a shirt. You know how they kind of duck their head down and look at you like you've just been yelling at them. The other one didn't seem to mind wearing it. It was just a challenge to get it on him. Good thing their person dressed them.

But they look really cute in the t-shirts. And they didn't even try to chew on them.
Of course I didn't get nearly enough shots. I'm so new at taking photos for marketing instead of for just me to look at. I forget to look at what is in the background. And how many shots I have of the left side compared to the right side. But I still got some good ones.

And it was kind of nice that my husband was wearing a shirt that matched the dogs' shirts.

Photos

I'm not the kind of person that takes a lot of snapshots. So having to photograph the items I'm making is hard. Of course, I don't want people to think I just casually leave clothes laying around the house. I go more for neat and tidy, not stylized. And I even used to work in a retail clothing store.

But I won't post the photos I think are really lame. I'm trying to post what I think turned out well.

Today's post has a picture of a shirt that is partially done. I did the batik part to put the stars on the shirt, I just need to dye it. I only have 2 waxed though. I like to do a few at a time, so I'm not running the washing machine with just one or two items in it.

I also need to remember to take pictures of a shirt that I'm sewing up for the Mokume style shibori so I can show the steps.