"Of the Vine" jacket update!
The jacket is done, the pictures are taken, and the application has been emailed. The work went well, the jacket in my dream is now in fact. The two versions are close, although practical  design decisions were made along the way, as always happens. And I would have done the work differently, if I had to do it over. Which happily, I don't!
All the background fabric was done, then the leaf cutting began. I attached the leaves by hand, put one whole side together with great joy. Then I realized I had only a few leaves left to put on the other side of the jacket. Unless I wanted my vineyard to be half empty, do yards more dying, cutting and stitching, I had to remove all the leaves, strip the vines as it were, and start again. My enthusiasm got ahead of my materials. This stuff happens, and you just grit your teeth, grab the seam ripper and start all over.
Second time around, the leaves were not as thick, the stitching was done by machine, and I divided the leaves in stacks before I started attaching them. I covered the stitching with glass beads and other leaves as I layered my way down the collar area of the jacket. This turned out to be a better look, not such a chubby jacket, and the jacket  body painting and dyeing shows, a good idea. Sometimes the second time around is better!
I added cords with round "grape" glass beads in a few places for fun, and then focused on the triangle piece that holds the jacket together in the back. This jacket design is based on an Issey Miyake pattern from several years ago, and I renamed it the Dragonfly Jacket, I use it a lot. For the triangle, I used a piece of the base fabric, then added some wooden beads I had dyed to give the illusion of grapes. ( To dye wooden beads and buttons, I leave them in a jar of liquid dye for a few days. Mostly it works.)
Sew all three pieces together, and hem and hem and it's done. I've left the leaves un-hemmed, or else I'd still be sewing. It will fray a bit, but not enough to take away from the look I wanted. Might even add to the soft flow of things. That's what I tell myself when the work becomes too impractical to be possible!
So now I wait. I've sent in my entry, done the work, with

 the help of Chris doing the photography, Toni with the name, Wayne as always with his support. If I'm not accepted for this gallery show, I still have a beautiful one of a kind jacket that I'm very pleased with, my dream vineyard in reality.