Tuesday, March 18, 2008

From Drawing To Almost Wearable












This is a little project for a young lady in Colville. We met at a Quarter Horse show in Moses Lake Washington. She drew me a picture of what she wanted, and now I am trying to make it a reality for her. She has chosen an all white showmanship outfit. We have pants with a side zipper, wide waist band with no belt loops, and a simple straight leg. (picture coming soon)












Then the jacket........it has been very fun so far. It is also white, but it has bright yellow and orange lamb leather. I am still waiting for the Swarovski rhinestone zipper, Sun, Citrine, and Crystal Ab rhinestones. The orange and yellow leather applique pieces will be covered with matching rhinestones, and the white leather will be sprinkled with the crystal abs.

The sleeves are coming along, they are going to be all white so I have rim set some 30ss Crystal ab Swarovski rhinestones. The rhinestones are first put in place with a drop of super glue, set into place with tweezers, rims set on with tweezers, rims tapped with a wooden hammer, and then set permanently with a hand press. The cuffs are going to removable, and they are over sized french cuffs(picture coming soon) trimmed in orange, and will have tons of rhinestones too.














This showmanship outfit should be done soon, and when it is there will be a completed photo added to show it off.