A SERIES IN 1 SENTENCE

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.

Comments

[joyce]

oh my! simply beautiful...

[Sarah]

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.

[Emily S.]

Gorgeous. I'm with Sarah - lots of people will want to buy one! You're very talented, Alison.

[Alex]

Hope you'll be coming to Japan to introduce this series to the Japanese market!
It's beautiful.

[Laura]

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.

[sarah]

well the first complete item looks entirely wonderful...

[shula]

wish I had a gocco...

[martha]

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!")

[Heels]

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.

[filambulle]

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!

[sally]

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. ;)

[amy dawn rose]

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.

[Mery]

beautiful! I'd buy one!

[michelle giacobello]

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 :)

[cari]

gorgeous!

[amisha]

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!

[claudia]

love your blog; your writing, your pictures, your work.

[Dacia]

it's gorgeous. love your doodles and textile/color choices. very nice!

[Zoe]

absolutely love this

[kerry : k8tykat]

whew.
i think i had to take about 10 breaths for you.
simply beautiful!

[motor verzekering]

It looks interesting however I don’t have a right Comment on this topic at this point of time.