ASG/Simplicity 2007 Contest

Some while back I had posted about working feverishly in getting my entries for the ASG/Simplicity Annual Contest ready. The ideas that I  had for a long while were completely changed by me at the last minute. The two days will of getting everything together will remain in my memory a long while…including the fact that one needs to be extremely careful when threading a serger when it is turned on and the cutters are on….

The initial presentation was to send them pictures of the finished items. I chose the five piece wardrobe category. And it was quite an ordeal and to think now that I almost didn’t make it….first I slashed my finger on the serger which prevented me from doing a lot of work, then I couldn’t find my ASG membership card….(it definitely is Murphy’s law) but thanks to the excellent staff at ASG that was sent me via email….and that is not all… LOL. Our post office closes at  5 pm with the truck leaving at about 4:45 pm….and with my aching finger I was having tons of trouble getting all the paperwork together…try typing with one hand!  But with dh (what a guy!) helping and the Postal authorities holding off for me…I barely made it with seconds to spare.  Then started the anxious wait to see if I would make it to the finals….

Around the beginning of June I received an email from Simplicity letting me know that my entries had moved onto the final judging and I was to mail them off for final judging. YES! I was extremely excited and spent quite a while in getting everything done just right…checking all seams, loose threads etc… and yes I think that serger of mine is not quite friendly with me…I managed to slash the same finger again…this time requiring stitches. I held off the bleeding by tying a cord around the finger while I finished the last few stitches of hemming etc. LOL!

This morning dh tried to wake me up telling me that Simplicity had called but I guess I was too tired to understand and when I did wake up I couldn’t bring myself to dial the number….wondering whether they are going to thank me for entering the contest or are they going to tell me that I had a place! And YES! The news is that my enteries are the runner up in my category!!!  Am I excited, you bet!

This was my first attempt at making something using patterns and I have to admit it tested my abilities to the utmost. The designs I used are actually licensed to Bullard Designs and have been released by Bobbi Bullard. You can see the designs here:  http://bullarddesigns.com/arabesque/arabesque.html   Although the designs are multi colored, I decided to use only one color throughout. The picture I’ve posted is not really a good one and as soon as I can I will post better pictures of the complete outfit but just to give a bit of a sneak preview. The laces used are from my upcoming Vintage lace collections which will be released at the ASG Convention end of July. And how do I feel…. exhausted but extremely pleased. YAY!!!