You know how sometimes you have a great post all lined up in your head and it sounds oh so witty and special and clever and then you take some photos and think yes! this is fantastic and then you sit down and write the post and you think, oh-oh, that's not right, why don't the words and the pictures all match up and look good and sound great and what will I ever do now, except to rewrite and rephotograph and hope it comes out slightly better the next time round because really what you should always do is let the post ride on the strength of the thing being shown which in this case is a little dress which is part of a series which who knows, maybe someone will want to maybe perhaps buy one of, which is about making with linen and screenprinting on linen in simple clear forms with a little doodle sketch that got transformed into a screenprint via the wonders of a P-G5 Print Gocco and which I love completely for the fact that the series is in itself a series of hand done items because I made everything - the printing of the material, the bias binding, the tags, the finished article and that to me is the essence of hand-done and so, to be all arty and call upon clever little things like spatial sequence drawings, I will show what has in part been shown at flickr, and that is the series of a dress, of which this is the first complete item.
oh my! simply beautiful...
Posted by: joyce | April 04, 2007 at 01:50 PM
Oh my, indeed. The red and white doodles on the flax colored linen are stunning. Total love. Maybe someone will want to buy one? Are you kidding? I think A LOT of someones will want to buy one. I'm a someone who wants to buy one and I'm utterly certain I'm not the only one.
Posted by: Sarah | April 04, 2007 at 02:00 PM
Gorgeous. I'm with Sarah - lots of people will want to buy one! You're very talented, Alison.
Posted by: Emily S. | April 04, 2007 at 02:09 PM
Hope you'll be coming to Japan to introduce this series to the Japanese market!
It's beautiful.
Posted by: Alex | April 04, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Incredible! I sincerely hope that you make more than one (I too would purchase one in an instant), but it is too precious to let go of. The printing, the bias, the perfect mix of linen and red......wow.
Posted by: Laura | April 04, 2007 at 03:12 PM
well the first complete item looks entirely wonderful...
Posted by: sarah | April 04, 2007 at 04:00 PM
wish I had a gocco...
Posted by: shula | April 04, 2007 at 08:11 PM
you're funny:)
one long sentence, with "maybe someone will maybe perhaps want to buy one of," stuck there in the middle like we wouldn't see it....
of course we will want to buy 100 of these.
but I think 50 is about the printing limit of a gocco screen:)
better get busy.....
(really really gorgeous, and so uniquely YOU. If I walked into a store and saw this I would think "Alison made that!")
Posted by: martha | April 04, 2007 at 09:32 PM
It's fantastic. Simple, beautiful, sophisticated, and unique.
Have you seen this outfit?
http://www.whisperingpine.org/2007/03/morning_glory_dottie_pants.php#comments
It made me think of you.
Posted by: Heels | April 04, 2007 at 11:22 PM
gorgeous! I love love love this (but blzed over the one-sentence. I will come back to read this when I am less tired.
Keep sewing, it's great!
Posted by: filambulle | April 04, 2007 at 11:28 PM
I agree with Martha, very 6.5st--elegant + simple + beautiful design + wonderful workmanship. I would buy one...err...if I had a little girl...or if you made a "unisex" version. ;)
Posted by: sally | April 05, 2007 at 01:32 AM
gorgeous, absolutely georgeous. and i too wish i could immediately transpose my thoughts onto paper with no loss in-between. things always sound way better in my head than they do on paper.
Posted by: amy dawn rose | April 05, 2007 at 01:52 AM
beautiful! I'd buy one!
Posted by: Mery | April 05, 2007 at 01:14 PM
hahahaha-brilliant post, and just long enough - I nearly ran out of breath by the end of it!
I totally agree about the completely hand made thing. I'm stretching my own linen canvases these days, and I love the fact that I assembled the frame, stretched the canvas, and what's on it came out of my head via my hands.
But you even made your own bias-binding. I'm in awe! It's a beautiful thing :)
Posted by: michelle giacobello | April 05, 2007 at 01:27 PM
gorgeous!
Posted by: cari | April 05, 2007 at 01:31 PM
i am swooning over this little dress, and the idea of the series, and the sweetness of this post :) handmade at every stage... perfect. i am loving the series of photos, and the red and white on linen, and the texture and simplicity of this. and yes, many many people will want to buy one!
Posted by: amisha | April 06, 2007 at 12:40 AM
love your blog; your writing, your pictures, your work.
Posted by: claudia | April 06, 2007 at 02:47 AM
it's gorgeous. love your doodles and textile/color choices. very nice!
Posted by: Dacia | April 06, 2007 at 06:47 AM
absolutely love this
Posted by: Zoe | April 06, 2007 at 08:52 PM
whew.
i think i had to take about 10 breaths for you.
simply beautiful!
Posted by: kerry : k8tykat | April 07, 2007 at 01:43 PM
It looks interesting however I don’t have a right Comment on this topic at this point of time.
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