Friday, July 29, 2011

Challenge 1: Come as You Are- The Materials

Challenge 1! From Just Crafty Enough

This week the designers were woken up at 5:00AM by Tim Gunn and told to come with to the workroom in whatever they were wearing in bed and a single top sheet. They then had to create an outfit using their pajamas and that sheet.

This was a toughie for us as we don’t have pajamas our models size, so we needed to come up with a tweak to make this work. So, here is your Project Project Runway challenge.

You can use either the clothes your model is currently wearing OR a 10″ x 10″ square of fabric similar to your own pajamas. On top of that, you can use a handkerchief worth of white cotton or cotton-ploy blend fabric. The standard woman’s handkerchief is 10″ x 10″. You can manipulate the fabric anyway you want with dye, fabric paint, etc… You can also add things like buttons, velcro, and trims.

Make it work!

Time Limit – 18 hours (spend no more than that amount of time working on your design)

Accessories – Feel free to chose shoes and accessories from the Piperlime Accessory Wall to go with to go with your outfit.


Come as You Are


A PJ Challenge! How fun! So, since my model came in a bikini (which I guess you could sleep in, but I choose not to), I decided to use some leftover fabric from my PJ pants. Stripey cotton, Yay!


Come as You Are


Add in a plain white 'sheet,' and we're ready to begin. Assuming I had any idea what to do. I haven't made doll clothes since I was a kid, so this will be interesting. Here's hoping I pull an 'Anya!'


Thursday, July 28, 2011

Meet the Model

Meet the Model

Meet the lovely Katie, my model for this year's Project Project Runway. According to her packaging she loves windsurfing and "hanging out with her BFF's."

Meet the Model

According to how she is accessorized, she likes the color blue, 80s style sunglasses, pockets on bikinis, and the number 8.

Meet the Model

She also has difficulty standing. This might be an indication that she also likes whiskey, but she's sensitive about it, so I won't talk about it too much.

Meet the Model

So she might be doing a bit of modeling while sitting down...