I Made... a couple of heart leggings designs

This is my first creation using my Fashion Girlz fashion design paper. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. Of course, using Crayola markers maybe wasn't the best choice but it was all I had quick access to at the time. I need to see if I can find my old Prismacolors, that would be ideal.

The inspiration: Yesterday at breakfast at Taqueria Acapulco, a little girl was sitting on the bench across from our booth waiting to be seated. Besides being awfully cute, she was wearing cute little capri length leggings. The base color was pink with medium-sized red hearts on them. First thing that entered my mind was, "Ooh! I want those!" But of course, that's a no can do buckeroo since they were like little girls' size. Why can't clothing designers make textiles that are little girly for big girls? I don't know how many times I've cruised through the girls' clothes section at Target on the way to the boys' section and cooed in envy at all the cute stuff that I would love to wear. But, as the fashion industry is against me in this philosophy, I decided to draw what I think would be a good use of a textile such as this in adult wear.

I decided to make a "Sweet to Street" duo with this look. There are two girls per page. I drew the "street" look first. I personally think the model I created (obviously I gave her a makeover) looks like a combo between the Jem and the Holograms characters Video and Clash. Knowingly that not everyone would rock the "street" look, I created a more tame version on the other model, giving her slight Bettie Page-ish look.

When I finished the designs, I asked Barrett the following, "If you had a wife or girlfriend, which would you like to see her wear?" He pointed to the "sweet" look. I asked why and he replied with, "Because she looks like a cutie little teenager." Hmmm... maybe this would be a collection for the juniors' department. I would wear either look myself. Epiphany alert! Maybe that's why I am quite frequently mistaken for a sixth grade. Hmmm....

Third time's a charm...

This will be the third time I've tried to blog about something. I think I may have got it right this time. I will be blogging about stuff I make be it edible, audible, visible, sniffable, playable, teachable, readable, or whateverable. I think that's something that I will enjoy blogging about and that people would enjoy reading about. I may not make something everyday, and some days I might make several days. I'm one of those people who erratically goes in and out of "the zone".

I made a Mickey Mouse blanket for my nephew's first birthday today. I used two cuts of polar fleece: one in solid red and the other in a light blue Mickey Mouse print. I put a no-iron Mickey Mouse applique in the bottom corner of the red side. I cannot get iron-on appliques to work for me so I was very thankful when I found one that required me to sew it on. I used a contrasting zigzag stitch to finish it. Red on the light blue side and light blue on the red side. I love contrast stitching. :)

I think it turned out very cute and I hope he uses it for years to come. I'd love for it to be his coveted "blankie" but I think a certain store-bought chocolate brown dinosaur blanket might have already claimed that honor. He will outgrow the dino blankie soon though, whereas mine is quite large and he could get more use out of it... just sayin'.

So after I got the blanket finished today and had a late lunch at the food court at the mall (SARKU!), I went by Half Price Books because when I was there yesterday (after a fortuitous but unnecessary visit to the AT&T store right next door) I saw this huge book of fashion design drawing paper. It's this giant 400 page sketchbook of a thing called Fashion Girlz (ISBN 978-1-84786-715-5) that is full of underwear clad models for you to draw clothes on. I've always loved to draw outfits and stuff but never could get those fashion designer model illustrations right so this is like PERFECT! I contemplated getting it yesterday but decided to pass but kept thinking about it ever since. So I went back and got it today. I was inspired to create a look after seeing this little girl's leggings at Taqueria Acapulco this morning. I've started drawing it already--I hope to finish it later tonight and post it tomorrow.

While I was at Half Price a took a walk through the Art section, and honed in on a book I've never knew I needed until I saw it today! It pulled me in with it's tractor beam. It's called Japanese Style (ISBN 1-84222-081-0) and it has everything about Japanese design from commercial packaging to architecture and fashion. I can't wait to sink my teeth into that one because I pretty much love any and every thing Japanese. I just know I'll be inspired to make some stuff based on what I find in this book.

Well, it's back to work on my little girl leggings fashion design for now.