Author Archives: Rebecca Fox

The Masquerade Ball

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

As we move into the darker, colder seasons I’m able to focus more on indoor art projects.  NMC Dance Club’s Masquerade Ball gave me the perfect opportunity to reawaken my visual-arts chops.  The base of the mask is papier mache … Continue reading →

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I see London, I see France: My Journey to Panty Perfection

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

I see London.  I see France.  I can see Russia from my house.  I’m sorry.  I couldn’t resist the cliché with the political twist…. While Lisa was here on a working vacation in July she, with the help of the … Continue reading →

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Improvisational Catification

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Wild-eyed run.  Seeds strewn. An Improvisational Catification.

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The Hayloft Always Feels Like Church

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Spring in The Cathedral New leaves yellow-green turned over against warm, steel-grey sky Opening the rose window of the loft door, I find sanctuary from a baptism of rain. Dewlap-clad gospel singers gobble their praise of the weather as the … Continue reading →

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Blue Convertible Dress Converted to Green

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Let’s begin the post with a little disclaimer.  The dress looks great on the dress form, but I think it’s important to see clothing on a real, live, squishy, active human.  I’m not the most photogenic person, especially when I’m … Continue reading →

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Magic Socks

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

These are magic socks.  The toes are grafted so there are no nasty, pain-making seams across the toes.  They seem to fit no matter what as long as you think lovingly of the person you’re making them for.  I first … Continue reading →

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For Pete’s Sake

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

I am not dying.  I am dyeing.  Really, I CAN spell but somewhere in the wee hours of the night my dyeing process became a dying process.  Both are good techniques to do well I suppose.

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Work in Progress: Hanging Out

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

This is the stretch silk charmeuse fabric I dyed last night hanging out in a fare facsimile of the finished convertible dress.  Fabric that is cut on the bias–as the skirt of this dress is–must hang for a while to … Continue reading →

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Dyeing in Process

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Arranging fabric on pulley system in preparation for dyeing.  Yup, pulley works.  Yay! Fabric being dyed main color: teal blue that doesn’t really look teal. Under-dyeing with ombre technique using teal blue. About an hour later: Over-dyeing in bronze using … Continue reading →

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Swatch Me Ombre

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Ah, more dyeing adventures and another work in progress….Just to complicate the dyeing process of a silk dress-in-the-works, I’ve decided that I would give ombre dyeing a shot.  It didn’t go too badly with these small strips of silk.

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