Samantha Pope Creations

Under the Sea Dress and Crop Jacket Under the Sea dress and crop jacket were made for a client to wear to a Surrealist Ball. The brief was an over the top dimensional garment that was comfortable to wear, elegant and stunning. The dress is Vogue 2931. A full length mermaid dress with a bodice fitted to the thigh, flaring out to a train at the back. Alterations made to the pattern included - the fullness of the skirt was reduced because of a limited amount of sequin fabric available. - the built in corset was extended to sit on the hips and provide more support. - the bust bow wasn't included The sequin fabric consisted sequins in black navy and blue, sewn in undulating lines up and down the fabric. The sequin fabric is a navy stretch mesh with undulating lines of blue, navy and black sequins in two sizes, stitched onto the surface. The lines run in both directions up and down the grain line to catch the light from any angle. The watery ripple effect could only be...

  CBD BOJAGI Art Quilt Photo by David Leane, Photography by David In 2014 I attended the Geelong Textile Forum, studying the technique of making silk Bojagi garments with tutor Catherine O'Leary. Bojagi is a Korean wrapping cloth. While the technique fascinated me I had no use for a transparent silk organza garment so I sold mine to anther student attending the forum. I still wanted to use the skills I had learned but utilise them for something very different.  Bojagi jacket and hat Every 2 years the South Australian Quilters Guild holds an art quilt exhibition called "Dare to Differ". I have previously entered this exhibition twice and you can read about the creation of my "Cityscape" quilt on this blog. For the 2015 exhibition I chose to use the Bojagi seaming technique to create a map quilt showing a scale street map of   Adelaide,  the capitol city of my home state, South Australia. This is the...