Dress #364 Bottle Green

The skirt for today's dress is from a water bottle I found on the street in Paris. I think the brand is from Croatia. Lovely bottle. The bodice is a recycled Sprite bottle. Lining is tissue paper, and some gold for the belt.

Dress #350 Haute Chocolate

Just a simple chocolate dessert---er, dress. Recycled silk from a J. Peterman coat of many years ago, and a ribbon from a chocolate gift from my neighbors in Baltimore. Sparkles instead of sprinkles to finish.

Dress #345 Golden Wheat

In France, wheat symbolizes good fortune and abundance especially at the start of a new year. The florist sell  bunches of wheat right next to the white flowers symbolizing a fresh start for the year. I've seen miles and miles of golden wheat fields in the Western U.S. but today is the first time I've handled wheat. It is beautiful! The grain groups look like little flowers. Dress of wheat, linen, and some gold ribbon that I picked up on the street.

Dress #313 Gala Black and Gold

Gold lamé  and black velvet---I thought Yves St. Laurent had done a dress very much like this but I couldn't find an image on-line. I like the combination. Simple and elegant. Recycled fabric from a gold top that I loved to wear with gray flannel trousers, and a piece of double faced black velveteen ribbon.

Dress #302 Leftovers

What is Thanksgiving weekend without leftovers? These are all fabrics that have been used on other dresses recently. The little bead pin is new. Cotton, cord, and a bead.

Dress #300 Dress-up Thanksgiving Dinner

A dress for going out for dinner today at a fancier restaurant. Silk from one of my favorite blouses of years ago, velvet ribbon, and a cobbled together brooch.

Dress #275 Mme. Papillon

I never knew making Halloween costumes could be such fun! This is for the All Hallow's Eve costume ball. Fabric motif, recycled fabric, and two scrapbooking rhinestones.

Dress #269 Grown-up Tutu

This dress is for all those women who'd still like to dress up in a tutu once in a while. I think we can get away with it, don't you? A ruffly trim, a bead, ribbon, and recycled black fabric.

Dress #267 Shogun

All paper and all recycling today. The dress "fabric" is from a page of a copy of Shogun in Japanese found on the used book table, and the black scarf is the wrapper from chopsticks at our last sushi dinner.

Dress #255 Umbrella Day

It is a gray and rainy day in Paris. A perfect day to use this gray umbrella fabric and to experiment with a different sleeve shape. The belt and buttons are insulating fabric, such as you would use for an ironing board cover.

Dress #253 Paper Bag

Well, I was totally without inspiration today. I started playing around with a paper bag---my favorite color!----and I'm pleased with the final result. Not only that, but I'm inspired to try several other things. Paper bag, adhesive nail art, and Sharpie.

Dress #250 Over the Top

I wanted to use this fabric, and the bead on the belt matches so perfectly. But what else can I say? Cotton fabric with gold veining, recycled packaging belt, and a bead.

Dress #239 Pink Custard

Jeff brought home delicious little custards from our local market, in lovely golden tins. I liked the combination of the gold and the pinky/apricot of the polka dot paper. (I liked the custard, too.)

Dress #234 Pencil Peplum

I'm seeing lots of peplums in Paris---most of them much more exaggerated than this one. This version would work for the office, as well as out to dinner later. Cotton and recycled gold foil from Kayser bakery.

Dress #233 Night Dress

The text is an Icelandic lullaby, from the disposable cover of the pillow on our flights over here. Loved Iceland Air---I only wonder why it took us so long to discover them. The translation is: 
Bye bye and hushabye,
Can you see the swans fly?
Now half asleep in bed I lie, 
Awake with half an eye. 
Heyho and welladay, 
Over hills and far away,
That's where the little children stray 
To find the lambs at play. 

Dress #225 Silk Paisley

This is recycled from a man's tie. I love how the pattern swirls and fits the silhouette of the dress.

Dress #223 Jeff's Shirt

Men's shirts are made of the most wonderful fabrics, and they make great little dresses, too.

Dress #219 Sunrise

As we fly off to start another new chapter in our lives, I thought that Monet's Impression Sunrise would make fitting fabric for the dress. Made from a shopping bag from the small and lovely Musee Marmottan where the painting lives.

Dress #212 Security Lining

We've been using many envelopes sorting papers, and preparing for departure. I recycled an envelope to use the attractive blue and white security lining.

Dress #201 Checkup

Sitting at the dentist's office waiting for him to come in and say "all's well," I noticed that the paper bib was a nice "fabric." The dentist gave me a gold star for my checkup. Recycled paper, and dental floss.