For my two friends with early-June birthdays, I made embellished camisoles--one plain, one fancy.
The fancy one is for a young friend of mine who loves to cook. I used a cooking-themed fabric to create a ruffle across the front of the cami (see photos, below).
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
She especially likes to make desserts, so I cut out a cupcake from the design on the accent fabric to create an applique on the back of the cami (see photos below).
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
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photo by Nita Lou Bryant
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
Decorative stitching around the neck, hem, and armholes on the cami's front (see photo, below) suggest swirls of piped icing to me. Hey! Does anybody else suddenly wish they had a cupcake?
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
My other early-June birthday friend is someone who generally prefers things that are plain, rather than fancy. So for her the only embellishment to the cami is the addition on the back of my Sedbi women's exercise apparel word mandala (Stronger Every Day, Believe It) and, near the hem, my logo. (See photos, below.)
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
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| photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
As you can see in the photo below, the front of the cami is plain, plain, plain.
But I did add one more thing--on the inside--that I think she will get a kick out of. I discovered I could make a fabric transfer of my business card! So I ironed that right smack onto her birthday camisole below the garment manufacturer's label.
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| Photo by Nita Lou Bryant |
My special birthday wish for my friend is that she wear my business card in good health. I can assure you that this is the first time I've ever said that to anyone.
Coming up next from Sedbi Design Studio: a mid-June birthday gift and one for my dear friend whose birthday falls on the 4th of July.
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