A month? No way!

I can't believe it has almost been a month since I last posted anything! Time really flies by around here! Here is some of what I have been working on:

The rooster button in the middle is a vintage button from my own collection. It is a very unique
button, one of my favorites, and I think the colors found in it are amazing.
I titled this piece "Chanticleer".

This is mannequin #2 under construction. This skirt was also cut on the bias (like mannequin #1 that is in the background) but I left an opening in the side. My plan is to mold the skirt a bit more and have some of the pink and black tulle spill out of the opening and possibly cascade in layers. I am also working on making her a sash from black satin and I have some vintage jewelry pieces that I plan on adding somewhere. She has a long way to go but she is definitely a pink Saturday wannabe!

This is a view from the back. I lined her in pink taffeta.

A close up of the front:

I also got talked into bringing home and "fixing" a mannequin #3! She's really going to take some work! I'm currently trying to sketch a pattern for her. I'll post pictures of her once I start to really work on it.

Oh, and I finally found these!! I had been searching for them for quite some time now! I knew they were around here somewhere but they kept alluding me! I should explain that I have "stashes" around the house everywhere. I like to think that it is organized chaos but it is possible that it is more chaos than organized. Anyway, they are blue rhinestones from a vintage necklace and I wanted them to add to the bird piece that you see in the next picture.

This is a blend of past and present. The pink pin in the upper left hand corner is a vintage pin, the blue rhinestones that I am going to add are vintage, and the button on the bottom with the blue rhinestones is new. It is from Mood Fabrics in New York City....one of my favorite stores! Now that I finally found the blue rhinestones I can finish this piece! It has an interesting story behind it too which I will share with you once it is finished. This is another pink Saturday wannabe!

I also finished a pillow project and got rid of those darn onions!

Now, on to the next thing!