Scandal!

My pal Dr.Steve has been at it again! Through the magic of photo developing, innocent pics of local kids at play, taken around Belltown...including the night of my Grotto-A-Go-Go party, where he captured Fifi Kalamata leading the Conga line!...have developed into seemingly more scandalous snaps....Look!

Who I'd Like To Meet This Year

The kinky, the kitschy, the cornballs and clowns...

Pagans, performers and peers...

The oddballs, the outcasts, the out-of-the-ordinary...

Colorful crazies and queers...

The fetishists, faghags, the fearless, the fools...

Artists and anarchists, too...

People whose one rule is breaking the rules...

Oh...you know...people just like me and you!

HAPPY PRIDE!!
Photos swiped from Flickr...again this year!

Sew On and Sew Forth

Hey, you curious crafters...let's take a peek inside my adorable vintage sewing basket! Why? Because I said 'sew'!

It once belonged to good ol' Granny Galore and has been lovingly cared for over the years.

Oooh...pale pink silk lining!

Stuffed with goodies!

I'm nuts over pearl buttons!

They don't make 'em like they used to...

Lady Alice understands...

Wooden spools of silk thread and well-worn vintage thimbles...

The 'SUCRETS' tin has a secret...

Sparkling rhinestone and pearl buttons!

And a couple random flowers made from scraps and such...

Little Red Riding Hood has a secret, too...

Which suits her to etui!

Hello Dolly!

Exquisite French Dolls found on Pinterest!

Fantasy Aprons!

Darlings, have you heard the news? After many years of being a devoted Lady of Leisure, I've just acquired an actual DAY JOB....!!...I know!!  And the main reason it's taken me so long is that there are only a few places that a bona-fide slacker like me would care to engage work. I needed to find a place of inspiration, imagination, color and creative expression! Most importantly...cubicle-free! Something like...a fabulous fabric store, perhaps, where I spend a lot of time anyway? And...it happened! I'm on the job and loving the creative environment, where shelves upon shelves of quilting fabrics are as close as I get to a cubicle.

Inspiration overload and a plethora of gorgeous fabrics, from fancy to fantastic, have motivated me to start designing a few Fantasy Aprons! All those wonderful cocktail and teatime aprons were so popular in the 40's and 50's...but with the dawn of the dishwasher, they just disappeared into the thrift-store racks. Why, oh why? I think it's time to bring them back, don't you?? Thankfully, major pattern companies are reproducing some vintage patterns too cute to forget! Remember my fancy pink satin apron?

It's a vintage-inspired pattern and that's just the type of thing I had in mind...creations of silk, satin, lace, tulle, and gadzooks!!...of course...organza!! The possibilities are endless, I tell ya! So, I have the basic pattern but decided to drum up and dream up a few style ideas from the humble apron's glory days...f'rinstance......

How about a blue-green opalescent dupioni silk with an overskirt of beaded aqua lace? Striped black organza with a scarlet flower applique? A deep blue duchess satin with ruffles the color of the sea, adorned with iridescent Swarovski crystals?? Pearls! Rhinestone appliques! Beaded trims! Aaaarghhh! I'm practically paralyzed with not knowing where to start! But as soon as I do, I promise I'll be sharing the Fahn-ta-see! Anyone for hors d'oeuvres?