Wednesday 30 March 2011

Tag Tuesday Challenge - Vintage Sewing

What a great theme for a tag! It had me rooting through my vintage sewing supplies as soon as I read it. But of course, as usual, things turned out very differently from what I had set out to create. I blame it all on the Graphics Fairy, lol. I wanted to use one of her images of an antique dress form on the tag. And then I saw gorgeous old scissors on her image collection, and all of a sudden, vintage sewing had gone steampunk!! Can you imagine, me having even a hint of steampunk on a tag? Guess there is a first for everything.

So I created a faint background of a vintage Coats Threads ad and coloured the dress form slightly.
I created a skirt out of the antique scissors, silvered them with the Clear Star Gelly Roll pen, made a necklace out of vintage hooks and eyes, and a belt out of vintage poppers. Added a little flower made from antique lace trim, some MOP buttons, and a little ruffle made from vintage McCall's dressmaking paper. Oh, and a teeny little vintage sequin.

Here is my "Vintage Sewing " gone-slightly-steampunk tag -


I had oodles of fun with this one!

Toodlepip, xxx

25 comments:

suziqu's thread works said...

A little bit of Vintage immagination goes a very long way - this has turned out so creatively Liz!
Hugs, Suzy

my cup of tea said...

This is really cute! Loved how you used the hooks and snaps!
~Donna~

Zoechaos said...

Gorgeous work love the bottom of the bodice. XOXO Zoe

Barbara Jean said...

that tag is adorable!!

blessings
barbara jean

BelleSouth said...

Such a fantastic tag!!! Love it!

Rebecca

Sarah - Red Gingham said...

What a fabulous tag!!! Love how you added hooks and domes as decorations. But really love the swishy tail from a paper pattern. Jolly well done!

Angela said...

It's gorgeous! I love this tag!
Angela

Jean Franks Beck said...

Love, love, looooooove it! A match made in heaven, vintage sewing and steampunk! Gorgeous artwork.

Marie Lost Bird Studio said...

WOW, I love it Liz!!!
Your tag is just stunning and I love all the details.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Hugs,
Marie

Dorthe said...

Liz, WOW -
IT HAS GONE BEAUTIFULLY STEAMPUNK... OH MY-THE SCISSORS WITH THE POPPERS ON AND THE HOOKS NECKLACE- GREAT,GREAT- DEAR FRIEND.

Hugs,Dorthe

Catje said...

Beautiful! I'm impressed with the imaginative use of sewing stuff! :)

Catje

woodandfabric said...

oh my!! Such a Lovely Tag! I love all those details! Great, great work!
Michelle *Û*

Diann said...

Wow...just the best! Its an awesome tag full of detail..you go girl! Diann

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Oh this is soooo lovely, especially the necklace you created, brilliant!
Wishes
Lynne

Unknown said...

Loving the tag but the extra on the main image are wonderful

Love Dawn xx

FredaB said...

What great ideas you used on this tag. Love the dress form with hooks and eyes and the snaps.

Whomever gets this will be very lucky.

Hugs

FredaB

Gaby Bee said...

Gorgeous work...very creative with lots of fabulous details to explore.
Love it!

Gaby xo

Anonymous said...

This is beautiful, Liz. Must be something in the air today. On another blog I discovered that Tim Holtz has a dress form die. I'm thinking I NEED that one! And here's YOUR dress form tag! Coincidence or a nudge for me to buy the die! ;-)
Hugs, Diane

Julia @ Vintage with Laces said...

That's a super cool and creative tag, Liz!
Hugs to you,
Julia

Hellemor said...

Gosh, this is very beautiful and elegant. Love all about it.

Janna said...

I love, love, love your tag. It is so very cool!!! So creative.

Linda M. said...

Fabulous tag. I love all the details especially the snaps and hook and eyes and the hint of steam punk going on is fantastic.

Cindy Adkins said...

How did I miss this amazing tag? It's gorgeous, Liz!!!
XO

marie said...

I love this tag Liz! The bit of pattern tissue is a perfect touch.

Marjie Kemper said...

Such a fabulous tag... love what you did with the scissors/snaps and the metal around her neck... it's gorgeous.