Journal 52, Week 29: Fashion

For Week 29 at Journal 52, Chelle's prompt was Fashion.

Now anyone who knows me, knows I used to be a fashionista, where I had so many clothes, I could claim I could go an entire year and not wear the same outfit twice.   And it was true, too.  I had two big walk in closets filled with clothes, all sorted by color (and on their proper plastic colored hanger, too, I might add).  Blouses, jackets, and pants were in one closet, while dresses and coats hung in the other.  I had drawers and drawers of pull over tops (stretchy tank, mostly), and an equal number of shorts. That was then, not so now.

I quit smoking when I moved to Wichita, and gained 60 lbs.  For someone who originally weighed 95 lbs, I was a tub.  I am sure I was considered obese!  Especially, since I'm a mere 4'11" tall.  But it was hard to take off, and I still am not down to where I would like to be at 110.  I've given up on ever being (seeing) 95 lbs again.

So today I have very few clothes, and the ones I have, I wear all the time.  Sweats or sweaters and pants in the winter (or long heavy gowns when I'm not going out) and mostly shorts and tank tops (NOT stretchy) and sleeveless dresses in the summer.

Having said all that, I hate this prompt.  But here's my interpretation of FASHION.

From the back, I have my Staz-on reinkers, with a few brushes, then my 91% alcohol.   To the right of the alcohol are two cups for mixing,  then one of my file folders cut in half, along with a mask and stencil of a mannikin my friend Annette, aka Voodoo Vixen sent me.

Why I chose midnight blue is beyond me, because I originally had planned to go with yellow and green.

But the deed was done, so there was no turning back now.

I tried to compensate for the color in PS, but the colors are really off, so I left this one as it was, hoping you could tell the true color, which I can't seem to get.

Ah! Better color in this one, as I show the red I chose.

Unfortunately, my repositionable glue didn't hold too well.

Again, I had NOT planned to use fabric, but what can I say?  I was mopping up my brush and got this.

I tore the fabric to size (I apologize for this horrible photo),

then sewed it on my machine, first using a running stitch, then a regular stitch once it was bunched up a bit.

I had another face left from another project, so added it and the fabric using E-6000.

While cleaning the brush on the fabric, I managed to get a few drops of pure alcohol on the substrate, which made the unwanted circle.  I used it to my advantage, showing which week this is.

A few final detail shots

show why I can't scan this one.

I admit this is one of my least favorite entries, but since I'm not on Facebook or Flickr, only my devout followers, readers, and friends will see it anyway.  And thanks for visiting, even though I'm no longer a fashionista.