The inspiration ~ I have been seeing a lot of Aztec and other aboriginal type of crafts lately. I've always had a soft spot for Navajo art, after having visited New Mexico in 1992.
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The embroidery ~ I found this 80's vintage misses (junior's, maybe?) Chiori jumper at a garage sale recently. I thought this diamond pattern would look cute on it. The jumper itself is so cute that I thought doing flowers on it would be cute-overkill.
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| Navajo inspired embroidery |
I did a little multi colored chevron on one of the bib pockets.
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| Navajo inspired embroidery |
And added some french knots.
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| Navajo inspired embroidery |
I did multi colored diamonds along the bottom of the skirt.
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I did this on the front and the back.
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What do you think? Did I modernize it a bit or is it still totally 80's? Even so, I have noticed that the 80's are back in a big, big way anyway.....
I've always loved American
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and your update to this piece
is perfect...
I also wanted to thank you for
your comment today on my Rose.
I'll take your info about pruning
it this fall.. and do it! I sure
would like it to continue each
season to be the beauty it is..
Thanks again
Sandy
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