Chiltern Yarn Bombing...

A couple of weeks ago I had a few days off work and on my travels up and down the highway stopped at Chiltern for a pit stop...to find the town has been yarn bombed! How cool is this...the whole main street is decked out for a coming music festival... 

Shop verandah posts... 

Musicians at the crossing point...

On both sides of the crossing...

All genres included...

Ladies in the audience...

Happy Stitching...

Dressmaker Exhibition...

There was a reason why I was tripping up and down the Hume Highway recently...to go here!...

Or more technically correct the ACT (Canberra) to visit with friends and go to...The National Film and Sound Archive ...to see...

an exhibition of the costumes from the film...Loved it!...the detail and workmanship in each piece - stunning...there was also a short documentary film "Behind the Seams" to watch which was so interesting and informative.  We went around the exhibition, watched the film and then...back around the exhibition for another go...My friend E & I spent four hours at the NFSA and went around the exhibition three times! - having another final look before we left for the day. Did I say I loved it!!...I've seen the movie more than once and to see the costumes and the amazing detail not apparent on screen was well worth the drive north.

OK so the four hours wasn't just in The Dressmaker, we also had the experience of a Virtual Reality Experience as part of the Carriberrie exhibition/event which was amazing and we were lucky to get to see it as it was nearing the end of time it was being presented...it happened to be the start of NAIDOC Week which was appropriate but really was just coincidental...neither of us had ever experienced a Virtual Reality presentation before and we both raved about it afterwards...so much fun...it was like really being in the different communities sitting on the grass or the sand or a log watching the performers tell their stories through dance and song.  We also sat through a number of newsreels showing in the cinema including a tourism "advertisement" for Melbourne leading up the 1956 Olympic Games which was presented as a short film about a family preparing for daughter's wedding showcasing various places around Melbourne as each family member took care of things like travelling to Melbourne by plane (I think on TAA!!!)...Mum going into Town (the City) to buy a hat...Grandpa bringing flowers in from his place in the country (somewhere like Ferntree Gully!)...it was a bit of fun.

A few pictures...taking photos wasn't restricted in the exhibition and I took full advantage of being able to bring home a record...

It was just so well curated and presented.  Each item had a description not only of where it sat in the story but who wore it and details of the fabrics and construction methods used...

Each outfit beautifully presented, not behind glass or a wall so the details and fabrics could be fully appreciated...

 

 Scenes from the movie formed backdrops to the mannequins...

Glass cases showcased props and one set out some of the tools and techniques used by the costume designer and her team in creating the costumes and props.

It was just so fabulous...

Happy Stitching...