tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823850780571711152011-12-28T10:17:23.738-08:00musings on fashion, design and other thingsVanessa Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773533550225159757noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282385078057171115.post-60728941995297212342009-10-23T19:47:00.001-07:002009-10-23T19:47:30.505-07:00<img src="http://www.vintagesewing.info/1940s/42-mpd/illust/07-148-d.jpg"><br /><br />i really want to make an elizabethan style collar for my halloween costume. Will I be able to pull it off?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1282385078057171115-6072894199529721234?l=nessit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773533550225159757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282385078057171115.post-53269644679093398582009-05-26T20:41:00.000-07:002009-05-26T20:44:35.793-07:00I finally broke down and bought a scanner today which encouraged a frenzy of drawing and scanning. I ended up with two pairs of shoes that I am happy with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f0BOb-vESAI/Shy2wGtg6gI/AAAAAAAAACQ/TTgNl69OxRM/s1600-h/studdedbootie.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f0BOb-vESAI/Shy2wGtg6gI/AAAAAAAAACQ/TTgNl69OxRM/s320/studdedbootie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340344195706055170" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f0BOb-vESAI/Shy29EmTSgI/AAAAAAAAACY/Cm8v-IE1qvc/s1600-h/laceupbootie_rendered.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f0BOb-vESAI/Shy29EmTSgI/AAAAAAAAACY/Cm8v-IE1qvc/s320/laceupbootie_rendered.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340344418477230594" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1282385078057171115-5326964467909339858?l=nessit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773533550225159757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282385078057171115.post-59488728802910956082009-03-15T10:42:00.001-07:002009-03-15T10:50:36.418-07:00I picked up a copy of the <a href="http://www.brooklynrail.org/">brooklyn rail</a> on Friday morning when I was running errands and came across a very inspirational article, <a href="http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/03/express/wearing-me-a-tale-of-t-shirts">wearing me: a tale of t-shirts</a>. The author makes tshirts by hand and she writes about the difference between the desire produced by advertising and consuming through buying versus the desire involved in making.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/03/express/wearing-me-a-tale-of-t-shirts">"The desire involved in making is never fulfilled by obtaining its object but is instead transformed. What we make is guided jointly by our initial desire and the process of making, which includes not only our minds, subject to change, but all the problems we have to solve along the way, the surprises of human error and material inconsistency. What we imagine changes through the process of making, and thus what fulfills our desires is usually different than what sparked them."</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1282385078057171115-5948872880291095608?l=nessit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vanessa Thorpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773533550225159757noreply@blogger.com0