A lot going on ...

I said I was going to create something this week and, since the 'straight job' starts up again tomorrow, I count Sunday as still "this week" ... plus I opted not to do any 'straight job' work today so that this truly was a weekend day. Next challenge - what to create? Sure, I did some paper-crafting card stuff earlier in the week - but I wanted to really create something from scratch.

Last night, I went to see a friend's band play which meant sleeping late today. That, combined with warm weather led to a generally lazy disposition. So, creating anything that required energy was pretty much out of the question.

I received my copy of Teesha Moore's fabulous 'Art & Life' zine a few days ago, so decided to embrace my low energy and nestle into a butterfly chair outside and spend some time with Issue 8. One of the articles was a taken from 32-page handwritten book created by Theo Ellsworth for his students at Artfest 2007. The piece "The Mystery Play Inside You" explored how to meet your inner characters and get on with drawing & creativity.

Perfect.

They say if you want to draw, do it. A lot. I need to force myself to remember that. And, with that, I created a sketch.

DIY T ...

Last Friday, a friend & I went to the Vivienne Westwood exhibit at The de Young in SF. I had already been thinking about trying my hand at altering some Tshirts, but after seeing Vivienne's work I was more inspired than ever ... not to mention the fact that after seeing true DIY fashion that was worn by The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie Sioux and the like there was no way I was going to pay $$ for a faux punk T from the museum store. Instead, I bought a new pair of shears, grabbed one of the Ts I picked up at SXSW this year and sat down at the sewing machine ...

It started with the 'Generation T' book and some sketches ...



I decided to go for the girlie-T ... seemed fitting for T advertising a Japanese all-girl rock band, Gitogito Hustler ...





Then it was time to start cutting & pinning. I cut the bottom hem off - then cut two additional strips to use as "ties" in the side-rouching (found this technique in the 'Generation T' book). After that - sliced up both sides - including through the sleeves.



Next, time to pin up the sides and sew some channels in order to thread the T strips through in order to create the rouching ...







Then, some more trimming of the collar and sleeves before a few last-minute gathers ...





And, Voila! The new Gitogito Hustler T ...



Even wore it to work ...