I work at a Ministry of the Government, and today we had a charity Fashion Show Fundraiser. Each division within the Ministry had to produce an item of clothing for the fashion show, made from recyclable office supplies.



My office knowing that I quilt and sew clothing, immediately came running to me for ideas, and because I had seen Sunny Fong on Project Runway Canada make a dress out of Post-it notes, I knew that I could make one too.

I first cut out the pattern pieces in fabric, and then sewed "feathered" post-it notes to the pieces, then I sewed the pieces of the dress together. Here it is on my 4'11" dynamo of a model. Surprisingly, it wasn't hard, just time consuming. The only part that was fidgety, was putting the zipper in. It kept wanting to get caught in the paper!

The end result was what I had imagined - a kind of go-go dress. I was very pleased with it!



The judges picked this dress as the winner:
And it is very well done, but I thought it was cheating - after all, since when are magazines office supplies?

Instead, we won "Fan Favourite". Which I think is really winning. As BSP says "Who cares what the judges think, anyway?" (BSP always unfailingly supports me. :) )


Stephanie (my model) added her own touches in the paper chain bracelet and post-it noted shoes (if you look closely, you can see that she even made a hair ornament out of more recyclable goods).




In the end though, I think what really counts is that I was pleased with it. I called it "Sunny Daze" as an homage to Sunny Fong's amazing dress - which was my inspiration.




(and, as always, pics are clickable to "embiggen").