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Cashmere and Vintage Japanese Textiles
It's cashmere season. I've been digging into my stash and fondling the pieces. My hands landed on a big bundle of overdyed orange I'd been holding onto for years.They finally called to me. I was...
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Trouble with Blogger
Thanks to all of you who responded to my last post. I answered your comments but Blogger is not posting them.I've been researching this issue online but have not solved the problem. I'm also having...
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Sewcial Distancing
Hi everyone!I'm here on California's central coast basking in the rain and staying home. It freaked me out at first to realize I'll be home for the next few weeks (months?) but I'm fine now. I want...
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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Sewing
How can I feel so good about all this time to sew and make? Shouldn't I be feeling anxious, worried and stressed? Am I the heartless person who blithely goes about her life not caring about...
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Love Birds!
Most everyone who knows me knows that I love birds. Joe says it's because I have a bird beak for a nose. I'll take that. I do!Often, when I don't know what I feel like sewing my hands go to bird...
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Silk Screening with Thickened Dyes
Hi everyone, long time! I've been doing a lot of surface design, a lot of hand sewing and a bit of machine sewing. I just finished a class with Pat Pauly. I took the same class last year at the...
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Textile Surface Design
I think all of us are asking ourselves, how do I dress and look good wearing a mask? For some reason some of the more "out there" clothes I have made seem like they'll make me look like a crazy lady...
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Block Printing
A few months ago I took a block printing class from Valori Wells of The Stitchin' Post. It was one of the best classes I've ever taken. And it was online! She taught us from her home studio over two...
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Screen Printed Haori Jacket
I took another online class, screen printing with thickened dyes from the lovely Pat Pauly. She is offering several such classes online in the coming year. I recommend them. They are labor intensive...
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Color Galore Tunic
As promised, my next garment from the fabrics I worked on in the last Pat Pauly class. If you're interested in this type of work, Pat has two openings in her January class.This garment is not for the...
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Two Marcy Tilton Patterns
I have been making a lot of comfy clothes lately. What I'm wearing most days. This one is Marcy Tilton's V1768. It's fairly figure hugging but I like it a lot and I think it would look great on a...
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Staying Busy...Slowly
Our days here on California's Central Coast have been fairly mild. Lots of sun and chilly, although that sun keeps my mood fairly even. But dang, some day's it's hard. I feel swept up in all the...
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One More Shirt
Here's another shirt made with fabric I printed in two Pat Pauly classes. It is an OOP Marcy Tilton pattern V9174. I wish Vogue had not discontinued it. This shirt is one of my favorites.I've used...
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The Lessons of Hand Stitched Lettering
I've heard several friends refer to hand stitching as a form of meditation. I used to think that wasn't the way I experienced it. But I've just changed my mind after starting the book, How To...
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Marcy Tilton V1784 Tunic
First, the bad news. Blogger has decided not to allow RSS feeds and email notifications for blogs anymore. I guess that means readers would have to remember to visit blogs...or, I need to find...
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Surface Design on V1274 Tunic
First, a bit of housekeeping. As I mentioned last post, Blogger will not be allowing you to follow me by email, using their Feedburner link, after July. So, I'm switching to Constant Contact as of...
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Textile Surface Design on Vogue 1784
I'm continuing to use the fabrics I printed last time. Every part of this process makes me happy, from printing to finished garment. I love figuring out where to use the various pieces of cloth....
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Spoonflower Printed Fabric
I finally did it! I've been wanting to have the fabric I print (I use a silkscreen process that's a combination of what I learned in Pat Pauly and Kerr Grabowski classes) reproduced by Spoonflower....
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Versatile Vogue 1817--New Marcy Tilton Pattern
Marcy Tilton's new jacket/vest pattern is super versatile. I've made it in a techno fabric and a French terry, both are super comfortable and the perfect all-year weight for my climate.This is another...
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Recycled Cashmere
A good friend taught me a new textile trick last July. I know it's been around for quite a while but it was new to me.She showed us how to imprint a silk scarf with recycled men's silk ties.The...
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One Holiday Cashmere Sweater Using Three
It's raining here on the central coast of California which is always good news. Perfect for the solstice and the approaching holiday.It's been really chilly, too. Sweater weather, for sure. This...
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Jackets, Tops and A Vase
Lots of rain, cold and COVID combines to give me loads of creative time. I feel like one of the lucky ones who figured out a passion and it serves me so well right now.My pal, Sharon, and I bought a...
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Graffiti Puffer Jacket
Often, when I attend one of Diane Ericson's Design Outside The Lines retreats, I'll swoop up a hand painted piece of fabric made by her son Miles Frode. This one was a huge painter's drop cloth with...
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Printed Cashmere and Trouble With Blogger
Hi everyone,Truthfully, I'd blog more often but Blogger makes it SO difficult to respond to questions I hesitate to write a post. At this point, everything I did to resolve that issue is not working...
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The Demise of This Blog-and new Instagram Account
Well, the signs have been there for a couple years now. Slowly, blogging has become harder and harder. All kind of troubles and costs have befallen this blog and honesty I just don't find myself...
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