re-post from same date eleven years ago. Bazaar is happening October 26 this year. I am looking forward to it.
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Nylon … fleece …. clothing as architecture housing the body
The shrug'n'vest = coat in nylon from this post is enough of a delight to keep me exploring the warmth and lightness and shelter of nylon in garments.
Here the nylon got translated into a hat (better pix to follow) and with its top notch for my top knot it stayed on my head on a recent windy day and was cosy.
Fleece material, which epiphany'ed me a year or so ago, is here as a vest (I love the design – two slits and it is done!) and teamed with the nylon shrug. It serves when the wind has more of a chill in it than the nylon vest is comfortable with.
Wanting to see how the nylon would express as basic clothing I used the origami (orikeito) dress design mentioned initially and then later.
I am pleased! It flows …. floats …. houses.
The reaction to varying temperatures is being observed; autumn with its cool mornings and warm mid-days, cool winds, chilly winds, hot sun, shaded sun provides many situations.
Here's the hat; simple foldover and then foldup design.
The scarf resulted from tying together cut-out pattern pieces from a blouse; I liked very much the texture and colour of the material so knotted the pieces into a scarf which continues to drape nicely and unravel interestingly over the years.
The rummage sale where I came across the pieces in a MISC box with other DWIP's (Discarded Works In Progress; this had the pattern attached to it, likely the donor hoped someone would make up the blouse; wonder what she would think of my re-purposing) is at the Monterey Center and happening again in October.