This summer has become a time of creativity for me. Ever since I've come home from college, my hands have been furiously working on one project after another, and I still see many in my future. I figured I would share what I've made so far because if you ask me, it's pretty nifty stuff. Allow me to demonstrate:
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| T-Shirt Dress |
This dress above was made out of two large T-shirts. I went online and did some research about making simple dresses so that I could make another layer out of crochet, but decided those patterns were lame and made up my own. I will show the next layer to this after I finish making it, seeing as I just started.
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| London Dress Remix |
I bought this dress in London a year ago by accident. All right, not by accident, but truly I didn't mean to. I went to this market up in Camden Town and I thought this dress was cute, so I made the mistake of asking how much it was. The guy said fifteen pounds, which wasn't a bad price, but I only had twenty pounds on me and didn't want to spend all my money. As I walked away, he stopped me and asked why I didn't buy it. Long story short, I miraculously brought his price down to ten pounds and made off with the dress, only to find it a tad short. Wearable, but slightly out of my comfort zone, especially when I returned to the conservative States. Therefore, I decided to change the skirt (and the buttons, I lurve these buttons) to make it more me. Methinks I have succeeded.
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| Crocheted necklace |
I have made at least three of these necklaces. I got the pattern from the book
Austentatious Crochet by Melissa Horozewski. I have fallen in love with this book and also made the pocket book as well (but that's a present, so I'm not showing it. Not to mention a small cape for my nice outfits). I'll probably end up making almost everything in the book with little touches like these coin beads.This one I simply happened to make for myself and I've decided working with small yarn sucks, but the end result is so darn pretty, I can't help myself.
Well, there you have it. If you ever asked the question: what does an art major do after college? Here's your answer. We continue to create and work, but instead of projects chosen by our professors, we have to be a tad bit more independent. I do have an idea for a series of paintings (or charcoal, color pencils, something...), but I'm having far too much fun crafting. Until later then, I will have my finished crocheted dress up soon... I hope!
