Black, White and Stitched all over

“BEST OF SHOW” with origami ornamentation

Some very talented ladies at my office just won "Best In Show" at the IIDA Chicago fundraiser, STITCH

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Perkins + Will and DL Couch Wallcovering took the theme "Black, White and Stitched All Over" and give it a Japanese twist by folding the pattern "Glitra" into hundreds of origami stars to create this luminous gown. Glitra is the perfect material choice, as it is created from thin sheets of calcium-rich mica that reflect the light and are mounted on 100% recycled paper backing. Glitra is also completely biodegradable. Using three colors, they have created a calibrated gown from black to white, and all shades in between. At the top, we start with black, somewhat obscuring the face and neck, and as we travel down, the gown lightens up, climaxing in a trailing fish tail of pearly white! Our sponsor was DL Couch Wallcovering.

Team members were: Christy Reese, Betsy Maddox, Lisa Mettenbrink, Mollie Grojean

Ladies, next year can I play too?? How did I miss this?