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My friend Maxicat designs and produces exquisite clothes. She dyed and painted the fabric and appliquéd the frolicking goats. I know because I stared over her shoulder while she did it. Maybe, if you want something handmade and beautiful you could get in touch with Ms. Maxi yourself. (I’m looking at you, Papa Tragos).

maxicat:

This is the very first and only piece of work I’ve ever been paid to make.  And hopefully not the last.  

I decided on a thick grey cotton fabric.  I wanted the top of the dress to have a blue sky with clouds fading to the grey.  And on the skirt, prancing goats and wind turbines.  I’ve been practicing with my dyes and can apply fairly fine designs to fabric, so I asked Reed to send his own drawings of goats (should be a nice touch for a personalized gift.)  I put the goats on cut-out, goat-shaped pieces of a contrasting fabric and applied them to the skirt by hand.  I frayed the edges around the double-stitching.  This dress has nice big pockets (I love dresses/skirts with pockets.)  I picked an orange zipper for a little eye-popping contrast.  I think the oversized turquoise buttons were a good choice.  Here’s some pictures of the final product:

And a close-up of the goat appliques: