EALGAS dress is under way!

In designing hats or costumes, my proccess is that I first start by collecting things. Information on significant colors, shapes, adornments and pattern making.  All the hats that I make take hours of shaping and sewing and stopping and coming back to and falling in love with.  So, in creating an entire costume, means doubling the proccess in time and content. 

The hats and costumes that I am now making from my Goblins Bend collection, are being inspired by the entire story that I have been writing for the past year. Goblins are as varied in description as they are in appearance .

 Did you know that Goblins are earth elements, so that they are the spirit of the earth.  In the case of EALGAS inspiration ,this is a very important point. She will be dressed in greens, browns, violets, purples and adorned with elements of the earth.  Thus sustaining and giving her power. She is taller than most, strong and beautiful.  Her intense appearance quiets the forest.

In keeping true to the fact that all my "Goblins", make their clothes out of materials we know nothing about,,  I have begun to sweep the forest floor for remenants to make EALGAS dress.  I am now researching dyes and I am trying to keep her dress true to the fact that she lives in a particular area of Goblin Bend that does not get much light accept for twilight. Her colors are greens, shades of purples, cold and browns and she is particularly attracted to shiney objects.  In my legend, EALGA is calm and creative.  She is quite removed from "DENORA DARK", who you will meet much later.  EALGAS beauty is found in her ability to bring peace to the somewhat dark area of Goblins Bend so her dress is going to be  a gift to the small animals and creatures that come to her for protection.

This weekend I made the trip from the desert, where I live 6 months out of the year, to Silent Valley, where I live during the summer months.  It is nestled in the area just below Idyllwild, and creates the perfect setting for ANYTHING!  This past winter, I began a new collection of hats called, GOBLINS BEND.  I have always been fascinated with mystical beings, warlocks, witches, fairies and all things that go "bump in the night".  In creating this collection, I am bringing to life my childhood dreams of what would I wear if I lived as a creature in the woods!  The first hat I released from the collection in May 2012,  is called EALGA.  Created from yarns, twigs, tree pods, lace, feathers and other things one might find on the floor of the forest, she is a captivating creature filled with mystical powers!  I am about to begin her dress.  Again, when I begin to design for either women or dolls or whatever...I totally let my imagination take over.  I am going to design her dress out of things I find on the floor of the forest, materials that feel good in my hands and just anything that I would put on my dress should I be so lucky to rule a little corner in  "Goblins Bend." I never know what will unfold, it just does as I sit down under large oak and cedar trees!  I usually start early in the morning, stop in the mid day and then dream about part two!...Talk to you in a bit!

Here is a photo of the hat to which is the jump off point for the rest of the dress...ENJOY!