Thursday 23 April 2009

Green Dress for a Green Award


This is one of my favourite fabrics, and I've been saving it for something special. Tonight is the Green Toronto Awards, and Not Far From The Tree is a finalist! Yay! Safiya and I are invited with Laura to the reception beforehand, and then Mr. S. is joing us for the awards later in the evening. I'm really excited for Not Far From The Tree - cheer for us!


I made it this morning, out of a pink tablecloth (the back), that favourite fabric of mine (which was an apron), some other scraps, and some vintage buttons. Green dress for a green award (we hope!) - an offering to you, dear readers, to balance out how curmudgeonly I was yesterday. I was thinking late last night that maybe Earth Day for some people is like Christmas for others. It doesn't make sense to waste resources in the middle of a long cold winter to have a big party, but sometimes it's what people need. It's the corporate "sponsors" that irk me, not the people I know, my neighbours, celebrating Mother Earth :-)




Now, I need to give Safiya a bath to remove the honey from her person before we leave....

I'm so excited! Wish us luck!

4 comments:

Things Hand Made said...

How exciting, its a beautiful dress, might have to try one like that for my little flower. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Laura said...

She's going to look dashing! Oh wow, I thought I could get any more excited for the awards ceremony, but you've gone and pushed me over the edge... See you tonight!

Vanessa said...

the dress turned out beautifully! good luck and can't wait to hear how you did!

Jess said...

Very pretty! What pattern did you use?