19 Feb 2012

are we having fun yet? (lots of photos, some progress)

sunny day / napsütés


i think our workshop is a funny place... a little retro... i taped the looks i'm aiming for to the wall.
szerintem nagyon vicces hely a műhelyünk, kicsit retró... a terveket felragasztottam a falra.





experiments in striping / csíkozási kísérletek.





homemade striping / saját készítésű csíkozás.








same fabric cut and waiting to be a pair of shorts.
ugyanaz az anyag kiszabva vár a sorsára.


almost / majdnem...








experiments in gauged pleating / ráncolási kísérletek.


toile / próbaing.


silk paints / selyemfestékek.





experiments / kísérletek.


off i go to design the embroidery patterns.
elkezdem megtervezni a hímzésmintákat.




















patterns ready for two sleeves / két ujja.


painted / festve.





painted and embroidery pattern transferred.
festve, hímzésminta rámásolva.


embroidering / hímzek.


testing reds / pirospróbák.


detail... i didn't want to make it traditionally dense.
részlet... igazából még ennél is ritkábban akartam hímezni... :)




some really bad photos...
to my biggest disappointment, the machine was set to
taking small photos, so i had no chance to crop or otherwise edit them.
but who cares, their main purpose is to document what i do...

i spent a week at home.
we made very little progress as you can see,
but that's normally how it happens.

rigth now i'm back in budapest because of course
i have other works to do as well.

i'm starting to get a bit panicky now
that there's only two weeks to go
and we have no finished piece yet.

but i know i'll get my act together and everything
will be ready in the last moment.
with a little help from my mommy.

please keep your fingers crossed...

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elég béna fotók lettek, mert a gép
kis mértere volt állítva, úgyhogy nem tudtam őket cropppolni.
de végülis ezek most csak a dokumentációt szolgálják.

egy hétig voltam otthon, haladtunk egy icipicit.
sajnos nenm sokat, de ez általában így szokott lenni.

most pesten vagyok, mert azért más munkám is van. :)

kezdek picit pánikolni, most hogy már csak
két hét van, és még egy kész ruha sincsen...

de tudom (vagy legalábbis nagyon remélem), hogy
össze tudom szedni magam, és utolsó pillanatra
minden szépen készen lesz (némi anyai segítséggel).

lécci-lécci szorítsatok, hogy kész legyek, és jól sikerüljön minden. :)

27 comments:

  1. Agnes, these are great. I adore that embroidery work and the pattern is superb! Good luck --- you're doing fabulous!
    xx

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  2. nagyon izgi Ági! igazán szépen alakul minden! a Lengyel Görgyi könyvek nekem is nagy kedvenceim ;) hajrá, Kalocsa rocks!

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  3. Aranyos vagy Sári, köszönöm a biztatást! :) A könyv örökség a nagymamámtól! Megvan a keresztszemes is... :) :) :) A többi cucc inkább kalotaszegi ihletésű lesz... és egy matyó is... Remélem, elkészülök!

    Kellemes vasárnapot!
    Puszi,
    á

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  4. Amazing Agnes!!! I love the stripes and embroidery together, I'm sure everything will turn out fantastic and on time of course:) I'm wishing you good luck!

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  5. Thanks, dear Ia! Yeah, let's hope so!

    xoxo
    agnes
    :)
    :)

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  6. Incredible work !! Oh my i love love the embroidery, the drawing, the pleating, you did a hell of a job so far Agnes. And the results for now are amazing!! Just cant wait to see the end and, i love the stripes on the shorts too. Thanks for sharing the great images, nothing wrong with the size of it, we all see the beauty of your work!!! and that's what count! Good luck with the project!

    Audreyx

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  7. Oh, Helen, I didn't see your comment! :P

    Thank you, all, for your sweet, encouraging words!

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  8. Agnes; this is so nice, your work is amazingly beautiful!! The pattern is great!! I wish you the best<3
    -Victor xx

    http://digitalogphoto.blogspot.com/

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  9. Looking gooooooooooooooooooooood! We believe in you Agnes!!! Keeping my fingers crossed!

    xx E.

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  10. Thank you, dear friends!!!!!!
    It's so comforting to know and feel that you're with me.
    I'm very, very glad you like it so far.

    lots of hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  11. Agnes - your work is absolutely amazing - love how talented you are. Well done and we believe in youuuu!!
    All the best,
    Axxx

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  12. Thank you so much, sweet Anya!!! :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  13. After seeing these pics, I'm sure it'll turn out great Agnes! The embroidery looks amazing and I love the work you're doing with stripes.
    I'm looking forward seeing more!!!
    Have a great week :)
    xoxo

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  14. Thank you, very much, dear Flo!!!! :) :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  15. Hello, I adore your embroidery work and in particular the pattern !!! It is beautiful !!!
    I wonder if you could give me the name of the awesome book you take to help tou beginning the pattern ?
    thank you in advance
    (A french fan^^)

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  16. Hello, dear french fan, Victoire! :)

    I'm glad you like it!!! :)

    The book is "Kalocsai virágok" by Lengyel Györgyi.

    But you can definitely start on your own, too, if you

    Google "kalocsai" or "kalocsai hímzés".

    Good luck!

    Hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  17. love it! love it! Oh Agnes, fabrics are wondeful! :)))

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  18. Thank you, so much, M.!!! :)
    I love fabrics, too!!! Touch, touch, touch! :) :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  19. My good! You have talent!!!! I´m speechless! Love it!
    You will make it happen, don´t we all work best under stress..?? I do. To bad but I need that hunted feeling to get totally focused.
    Love,
    Hanna

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  20. You're so sweet, Hanna, thanks!!!! :) :)
    Yeah, it's too bad, but I need that pressure, too. :P

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  21. The process of this is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Completely stunning.
    I am quite sick, and I was sad that I wouldn't be able to go to work, but now I am feeling like maybe I will take an extra week off and do some embroidery

    xx Effie

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  23. This is just fabulous, Agnes! I love following along with your progress pictures—*sigh* beautiful! I wish you great success with your project!

    Hope you have enjoyed a lovely weekend...

    x
    Sarah

    p.s That is what Moms are for :)

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  24. Effie Dee, that sounds so good, i hope you get well very soon. :) :)

    Thank you, so much, sweet Sarah! Yeah, we've been working like mad... :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  25. This is absolutely amazing! The craftsmanship in these... wow. I'd love to see more of the process!

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  26. Thanks!!! :) I'll show some more a little later. :)

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