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Pleated Harlequin Shirt with Vintage Squares of Gold tiny tiny Buttons & Sheashore Rippled Oyster Pleated Skirt

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Luscious handMADEpleats

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Day 101

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Hand Pleated Origami Organza

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Day 76&77&78&79&80&81&82&83&84&85

Origami Organza Pleat Snood
Double Pleated Sculptured Frock
Hand made Hammered Copper Jewelry

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Day 43&44&45

Day 42

Day 41

This beautiful example of ethnographic costume is a Turkish gala-coat "Usth-kurby" Popular with the court, it was from the 16th to 19th century. These garments were often sumptuous and made in opulent silks, velvets and fur.

Orig. in Berlin Ethnographic Museum
Max Tilke Oriental Costume their Designs and Colours 1922

Day 40

Folds sculpts cloth

Day 35&36&37&38

Its just a WRAP!

Day31&32&33&34

Hand Made 4U

Day 28&29&30

Day 22&23&24&25&26&27

SILENT sound SCHHHH

Day 16&17&18&19&20&21

DAY 12&13&14&15

Origami ultrasound welded pleats

Day 11

Origami Pleat
Etched Cloth of Silver

Day 8&9&10

Some Wedding Dress Designs
Swathes of Silk Tulle
Silk Satin Fortuny Pleats,
Silk Faille Bow Trains
and lots of
Vionnet Organza Rose Corsages

Day 7

Day 6

Shop till you drop.
Summer look in London, the little details are great. Carefully folded hankerchief in top pocket and schoolbag slung over his body, preppy styled jacket jeans and trainers to finish this casual look Love it!

Day5

New Beginnings a spirited view

Day 4

the place where I live
a funny seaside town
on the edge of england
and the tip of europe
a bohemian city
of regency squares and victorian follies
beach huts and beach bums
oysters and champagne
fish and chip suppers
plummy whine the brash and the loud
the glorious and the damned

Day 3

A cocoon of cloud chandelier
bathes my room
with rippled light
tied and twisted cloth
wrapped and unwrapped
in bundles
drape my bed
baroque scrolls at my head and feet
pillows of lace bows and oriental scarves
with vintage birds in tea colors
lace edged crisped linen sheets
a pleasant place to be
to rest and dream
and think
of happy days
children laughing
running in the wind
playing with the sea
teasing the waves
with their fun and run
dreaming of castles in the sky
learning with castles in the sand
drawing names and loves
as waves wash by
a pleasant place to be
the chandelier sparkles
eyes sleep heavy slowly close
drifting now upon the sea
the moon shines down
sleep captured
a pleasant place to be

Day 2

Warm feeling
croissants
dark coffee slurps
and tired eyes
sunseeking
shadow hiding
lying being
lying
being still
Light strikes
wisps of breeze
sneeze
start the day

Day 1

'Its just like a dream with no end or beginning'.....
Madonna burbles in the background
I take another sip of tea and contemplate reading The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery for the sixth time today
The light is fading fast outside, I light the fire flames leap and dance and shadows are cast on regency ceilings and roccocco carved plaster frieze...pause a moment passes. Snuggle into the fake fur throw on my sofa and watch the twilight winter sky, through tall french windows that open onto the balcony. Sparkling flickering lights glow on what remains of the christmas tree, chandelier glass, glints in shades of blue, purple and pink, small pink, tinny birds with feather tales and swirls of sparkle and glitter, pendents of glass with pearls, and beautiful crystal angels leaping from branch to branch. A fairytale existence of mellow light and sounds and tastes.Reality seems along way away.
Madonna chimes again...
"just like a dream you wonder what you see".