Week 1 Challenge: Come As You Are

Finally, the new season of Project Runway has begun, and after a "get to know them" segment the show really got started.  The designers were woken up at 5 AM by the ever fabulous Tim Gunn (I really wish I could get the chance to meet him.), they were told to grab a sheet from their bed and head out to Parson's in their jammies.

It was amusing to listen to the whiners moan and groan, but I had to wonder what if they slept in the NNUUUDDDE.  Did they edit that out? Did they give them a minute to put something on? Way before kids (forever referred to as BK) I often slept nude, eau natural, free and breezy.  If that would have been me I would have had to insist on putting on a bra.  After nursing three babies my low swinging knockers would not leave the apartment without being slung up into a bra.  I'll go without panties, but gotta have a bra.  Then I shiver to think of the shear horror of morning bed head hair being seen on TV.  Yikes! Maybe doing this from good ol' home was sounding better and better.

So, after the children were sent of to school (except the soon to be freshman in college, she was still in teenage coma sprawled in her bed) I took a picture of me in the jammies to be used in the challenge, and set to work.  My lovely nighty was probably 2 years old and well, look it.  I had no problem ripping apart the nighty, but sadly reminised how it so perfectly made my so/so 40 something figure look good.      Really, it did.  Moving on, I decided I could use a colored sheet I had in the house since the designers had a multitude of dyes to use to change the color.

I decided this challenge would be fitted for one of my girls.  I have a pathetic home made dress form I made from duct tape of my oldest daughter.  It works and it's all I have.  I had a rough sketch of a dress with a halter looking front and a pencil skirt.  I wanted to do some kind of textural thing, and decided to make a waist piece by weaving strips of fabric.  Here's what I ended up with:

The beloved jammies...

Front.  I was amazed I was able to get enough fabric to make the front halter, long strips for weaving in waist and straps in back.  I even used the little flounce ruffle at the bottom of the jammies on the hem of the skirt.

Back.  I cut strips from the jammies and sewed them on top of strips of the sheet fabric to make the straps and used in weaving at waist too.

I know I wouldn't win with this design, but I do think I would make to the next challenge.  I don't figure someone will have a comment, but please be kind and know my kids are reading this.  (Actually anyone who leaves public messages, including emails, should think, "Is this something I'd want my kids, parents, pastor to read?  Just saying...)

Until next week...