Banksia Dress

Added Feb 21, 2010

by wattle-i-do

Melbourne, Austr...

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Description

Inspired by Alabama Studio Style this is my entirely handsewn Banksia dress. The banksia is an Australian wildflower. The woody fruit of most banksia species only opens up to release seeds after a bushfire. It has been just over a year since the Black Saturday bushfires and the landscape and the affected communities are slowly regenerating. I live in a culturally diverse community and I am constantly inspired by the patterns and colours of the textiles of the people around me who come from all around the globe as well as the colours and textures within the Australian landscape.

Material Notes

Cotton knit fabric and re-cycled cotton t-shirts. Sewn with DMC and vintage cotton embroidery threads.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Categories

For
Women
Garment Type
Dress

7 Comments

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    Feb 24, 2010, 03.22 AMby sassycrafter

    I agree with AmiBambini. Very original!

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    Feb 22, 2010, 11.19 AMby amibambini

    Loooove this! I love how you have the taken the techniques from Alabama Chanin and made something completely unique. Good luck in the competition!

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    Feb 21, 2010, 04.16 PMby duckieugling

    WOW!!! amazing job! this is lovely!

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    Feb 21, 2010, 11.07 AMby chooocooolateee

    Beautiful :)

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    Feb 21, 2010, 09.34 AMby masty

    This dress is fun! I like it!

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    Feb 21, 2010, 09.33 AMby judeb

    This is simply gorgeous,

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    Feb 21, 2010, 08.43 AMby loyl8

    really adorable!!!

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