large summer project

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Hello. This summer, to break up the monotony of full time work to which my soft student lifestyle is not accustomed, I made a reversible duvet cover and matching pillows. It would be just fantastic if you would click the link to see.





I bought the psychadelic orange sheet from a vintage clothing store, then added the green satin ribbon and orange fabric to make it more interesting. The cover is just lying on the bed because it is a queen, and the bed (not mine) is a king, which is why it looks a bit wack.




(orange daisy button closures)

Originally I was just going to back it with a plain sheet, but fatally decided against that in favour of sewing together 10 gazillion green and purple squares, thus forcing me to cancel any social plans I may have had for my entire holiday.
However, I was still not happy; squares by themselves looked a bit average. So, taking my inspiration from Rene Magritte paintings, I cut out about 10 fabric symbols (pipe, jug, bowler hat, key etc) out of the green and fused them to random purple squares. Better!





Finally, I made matching pillowcases, and to further imbue the spirit of Magritte into them, I embroidered the following:



(Go here for clarity. Oreiller means "pillow". I am an art history geek).