I'm so proud of my student for completing her project in time for prom! This special dress memorializes the lives of two girls (one who passed, age 11, in March and one who was her prom date) that the student met during her four years in the pre-med track program and in my photography classes. She designed the dress, cut the patterns, and sewed. It is actually two parts. A top and bottom so that later she can where the top with jeans, other skirts etc. and the bottom can be worn to create other outfits - more casual. The images were scanned from prints she made in the darkroom and/or from her film. They were then sized and arranged carefully on a template in Photoshop so that the larger pictures would be in the bottom portion of the dress when cut. The fabric was prepped with Freezer Paper. It took her 10 hours to iron all the freezer paper onto the fabric. Once ready, we printed the fabric roll on a Epson 9800 inkjet printer. All that was left was to cut the pattern and sew! Oh, and add a little tulle at the bottom, a black belt, and black fabric to since the top. To complete the look jewelry and a corsage made by a classmate and made completely from photographs! She will also wear this dress to a special prom held at Joe DiMaggio hospital in Hollywood, Florida
(all pictures are posted with permission of student)
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