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Crafty Tuesday Make it Work
Apr. 24th, 2018 08:07 amI have been binge watching “Project Runway” and “Project Runway All Stars”.
One of the people who has come into the public eye from the show is the mentor for the designers, Tim Gunn. He has a catch phrase that, apparently, is something he said to his students at the Parson School of Design, which is “Make it work.” Meaning take what you have and get it to the fabulous point you have in your head.
Yesterday I sat down and actually listed out what I want to do before DragonCon for the puppet show and nailed down the Art Show theme that I now need to break down.
I am at the start of the make it work journey.
There are things I can control and things I can’t. Fabric can be a crap shoot as to what I can find and what I have to make look like what I am creating. Eyeballs can be a bit of a pain too. Then there is finding the right hair, which can be a make or break point in getting my idea across. Accessories are where I have excelled at creating items that have impressed people.
What I am really good at is clothing for puppets. I can make or recreate just about anything for a puppet. I have frock coats down to a fine art. Shirts are not a problem for me. Dresses can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Armor is the next step in my fabrication bag of tricks.
So I will make it work and get done what I need to get done in a timely fashion rather than the panic of the last minute.
I am grateful when I do find that perfect fabric that solves a million of my problems.
One of the people who has come into the public eye from the show is the mentor for the designers, Tim Gunn. He has a catch phrase that, apparently, is something he said to his students at the Parson School of Design, which is “Make it work.” Meaning take what you have and get it to the fabulous point you have in your head.
Yesterday I sat down and actually listed out what I want to do before DragonCon for the puppet show and nailed down the Art Show theme that I now need to break down.
I am at the start of the make it work journey.
There are things I can control and things I can’t. Fabric can be a crap shoot as to what I can find and what I have to make look like what I am creating. Eyeballs can be a bit of a pain too. Then there is finding the right hair, which can be a make or break point in getting my idea across. Accessories are where I have excelled at creating items that have impressed people.
What I am really good at is clothing for puppets. I can make or recreate just about anything for a puppet. I have frock coats down to a fine art. Shirts are not a problem for me. Dresses can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Armor is the next step in my fabrication bag of tricks.
So I will make it work and get done what I need to get done in a timely fashion rather than the panic of the last minute.
I am grateful when I do find that perfect fabric that solves a million of my problems.
