Clothes

My Vest is Finished! – Ready for CNCH: Conference of Northern California Handweavers

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I got the cloth woven after much spinning of comic papers for the wefts. 3/2 pearl cotton was the warp. The pattern was one of my experiments in my point twill sampler  (4 shafts).

My friend who did the sewing  is laying out the pattern. Silverware holds down the pattern replacing pins!!

The first cut! She did take a piece of the extra fabric to stitch a seam and a curve before the actual cutting—just to check how it would stitch up.

Making sure we cut two different backs—not two right sides; but one right and one left.

She took extra pains to be sure every stripe matched for the center back seam. However, the sewing machine had a different idea—but it looks OK.

Interfacing stabilized the cloth and was a good idea.

Stitching the back seam. Now it felt we were really doing it!

Laying out the fronts—again making sure we had a right and a left.

Cutting out the lining.

Choosing the button. We decided on this one, but I’ve changed my mind. I want to find one that doesn’t stand out so much.

Here is the front! The button not decided yet.

And here is the back. I’m happy with it!!

Jacket to be shared!

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Here’s the jacket–Cathy Cerny and I are sharing it. I have the summer when I go to Japan and Cathy has the fall when her exhibition opens in the fall. After that we’ll dicide how the sharing will go. Neither one of us could bear to part with it.


Here’s a map of where I’ll be for the 11th International Shibori Symposium. I’ll begin around June 23rd or so. Bye for now! 

An Old New Find For Me

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I seem to have found myself finding vintage clothes and loving them and not being able to resist them. These are from known designers from the 60’s and before (I think). Jeanne Marc I remember from the hippie days from North Beach in San Francisco.  The yellow outfit is a copy of Adolpho. Jigsaw from London designed the navy blue and white one.The dress with the bow is by Cynthia Steffe. And the Marimekko dress reminds me of dresses I made and wore. Anyhow the fabrics are delicious and some of the construction is haute couture. What a find for a textile lover.