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Priorities

4/25/2012

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Sometimes life has a way of resetting our priority buttons for us, and I did not make it to the Art to Wear Design Showcase after all.  But I am proud to have been able to sponsor this collaboration between talented students of the College of Design and College of Textiles.  Check out the talent at ART TO WEAR ROCKS REYNOLDS.  More photos at News & Observer.
But for some things there is a next time, and when the time comes, I will be ready.  


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Fashion Meets Furniture

4/18/2012

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I've always known that slipcovers and dresses were kissing cousins.  So I finally decided to give dress making a try, and stitched up an outfit to coordinate with my parson's chair slipcover.  What I learned is I have a lot to learn about dressmaking.  And it's pretty tricky to pin-fit to your own body.  I can see why a dress form would be a good investment, and I now have a new appreciation for my mother, who for a very long time sewed all of her own wardrobe and looked just fabulous on Sunday mornings.  I've sparked a new passion for sewing fashion and I have already worn my new dress in High Point, and on Easter Sunday, and I'll wear it to my neice's wedding this Saturday.  Although my daughter has banned my teal tights.  
Next week I will show off my dress and slipcover at the Art to Wear Design Showcase in Reynolds Coliseum  at North Carolina State Univeristy.  Art to Wear is an educational event put on by the College of Design and College of Textiles students and attracts approximately 4000 attendees.  The Design Showcase is an opportunity for students and alumni to showcase their work.    For more information visit http://www.ncsu.edu/project/design-projects/art2wear/about/

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Azalea Traditions

4/11/2012

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In Chinese culture, the azalea is known as the "thinking of home" bush.  I could not agree more.   Back home in Tarboro, azaleas are planted en mass.  With these ornamental beauties in the background, the Easter morning photo shoot was a right of passage for my sisters and me.  Outfitted in dresses handcrafted by Mama (I'll talk more about that tradition in my next post), we would bunch up in front of the Azalea bushes, hoping Dad would hurry up and capture the moment with his Rolleiflex twin lens before the bees came after us.  Meeks Family continues the azalea photo shoot tradition.

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What is REAL?

4/4/2012

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From The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams: 

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse.  "It's a thing that happens when a child loves you.  It takes a long time.  Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, you get loose in the joints, and very shabby."  
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.  
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse.  "But when you are Real you don't mind being hurt." 


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I am pretty sure that this child's rocker is real.  Loved by several generations of rockers, this chair just needed a little love.   
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