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 An Online Extra to Threads MagazineThreads' Ninth Exploring Design Challenge Designers Sandra Betzina, Mary Ray, and Kayla Kennington model the versatile garments they created from colorful fabrics in varied textures
How do you challenge a talented designer who has experience working with difficult clients and fabrics? Give her the most difficult client of all: herself. Supply her with six different fabrics, insist that she use at least of five of them, then, dream up a two-part fictional scenario for which she must dress herself -- twice. Tell her that she must change her clothes in a public place, and then give her three months to design and sew her ensemble. For the ninth year, Threads did all this and then some, inviting authors Sandra Betzina, Kayla Kennington, and Mary Ray to participate in our Design Challenge. Each designer was asked to imagine herself as the owner of a successful art gallery, who would be spending an afternoon critiquing student work at a prestigious design school. Her attire should show that she's both a businesswoman and involved in the arts. Later, she'll attend a cocktail reception in celebration of Threads' 20th anniversary, and will need a change of clothes. Her evening ensemble must have a feature that repeats 20 times, once for each year of Threads' publication. This feature can be decorative or structural, but it must be visible on the surface of the garment. In addition to the six fabrics supplied by Threads, each designer received $100 to spend on trims, linings, buttons, or any other notions necessary for her design. Last November, the three designers travelled to Minneapolis, to present their finished creations at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo. In this video, Threads contributing editor Linda Lee introduces Sandra, Kayla, and Mary as they show off their outfits and explain their design and construction to an enghusiastic and curious audience. For more on the Challenge, see the June/July 2005 issue of Threads (#119).
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