Monthly Archives: May 2006

All done with six of the tutus…

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 30, 2006
I finished sewing peacock feathers to the peacock-feather top this morning. It’s beautiful. Blue-green silk, off-the-shoulder, with a three-pleated collar running around my shoulders, with peacock feathers down the center panel and a red AIDS ribbon at the top. Goes over a purple tutu completely covered in peacock feathers. I like [...]
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finished the pink top, working on the orange one

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 30, 2006
I think the pink is my favorite! It’s actually a flaming fuschia with orange highlights, and I embellished it with these very cool silver holographic flower-bow-thingies that I bought from the local Hallmark shop. Paired with a hot pink tutu and fluorescent pink fishnets, it’s gorgeous. I’ve started working on the orange top. [...]
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Finished the peacock-feather top this morning

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 29, 2006
and am now hard at work on the blue-green top (which I think will have red “AIDS ribbon” lacing). Mike and I had a very pleasant day together Saturday–we shopped at the Alemany and Ferry Plaza farmer’s markets and bought all kinds of goodies, then cooked a nice dinner of French onion soup, Kumamoto oysters [...]
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What to bring…?

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 26, 2006
I’ve been casting about for a small fiber arts project to bring with me–not because I plan to do any fiber arts stuff while on the Ride (it’s far more fun to hang out with people, not to mention being on the road 11 hours a day), but because if something happens and I get [...]
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Working on the peacock feather top…

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 25, 2006
Finished cutting out the green-and-blue tops today, and have started sewing the peacock top. (I know I was going to save it for last, but I changed my mind: putting on the feathers will have to be done by hand, so will make a good project if I have to travel somewhere or wait [...]
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