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This is a table runner begun many many years ago in a class at quilt club. It was an interesting technique as the curved parts are actually folded down and then machine appliqued down. The class was taught by Annette Ornelas of http://www.southwindquilts.com/. Thanks Barb!! I hadn't remembered but a previous club member reminded me!
Except for hemming the lining , this jacket is completed and I am pleased. I stuck a piece of white fabric for the purpose of showing what it would look like with the white t-shirt I will wear under it. It is lined in black silk which was a bear to work with!!
This is the view from Marcia's studio (which is to die for) on a rainy summer afternoon.
Although we spent a lot of the day just catching up, Marcia did share some of the projects that she has in process and it was a thrill to see these new pieces. This one is in the final stages.
This is still in its early stages but I am sure will be just gorgeous when done. Her pieces are just wonderful and she has won many prizes and has been consistently in many national shows
We were all working on wearables this day. I took along a weaving from Laos that I bought from Priscilla some time ago as i though it would make a nice jacket although I needed to add to the yardage to make it long enough. I chose some of my hand dyed sateen that matched the crimson in the fabric as well as a thin layer of black. I still have to do the hemming and the band that acts as a collar and front. I am thinking of doing it little different. Thanks to Priscilla's suggestions, I centered the two fronts and the back so that the black area was centered on each side and the back has similar treatment. I am not sure I would have thought of that.
Marcia and Priscilla were working with huipils that Priscilla had bought in Guatemala and which she sells on ebay. I have several that I have not used yet. This is the back of Marcia's work in process jacket.
This is the front of the jacket. Gorgeous!! Indigo fabric will finish off the sleeves (matching the bottom pieces).
Priscilla made pullovers with two of her huipils. The one above also includes two of her beautiful beaded belts that she buys.
This is the second one just filled with birds (my favorites). I have four huipils altogether. One I can figure out how to use but am still a bit stumped about the three others as I may have to cut into the patterns to use them so we shall see.
This is a closeup of the second one which looks densely embroidered.
This one gives the appearance of almost being needlepoint but isn't. It is also very densely embroidered. I have one of this second kind and three of the above type.
Finally finished the jacket that I started in the kimono jacket class that Priscilla taught a couple of weeks ago. I then proceeded to go through a bunch of fabric from which I had long ago intended to make jackets . As I am in major cleanup phase, figured now was the time as I do like the casualness of the jacket and the ease of making. So in best obsessive Beth style, I quickly cut out four more and finished them off last night. The jacket is really simple and you make a pattern to your own measurements with Priscilla's help. The first jacket above had pretty routine fabric so Priscilla helped me by providing some strips that I could incorporate. There is a bigger strip in the back. The band is one of my hand dyed sateens with a little bit of purple silk. The jacket is made from a scarf that is two sari's sewn together which is what creates the stripes. It ends up a 30 inch by 2 yard piece of double sided silk.
This was a real stretchy fabric I bought at a sale a couple of years ago. It has lots of bling on it as well (although you can't see from the picture). I thought it would make a nice sweater kind of jacket and I do like it a lot! !
This was another sale piece of fabric that was loosely woven (had to serge all the inside seams so it wouldn't fall apart). I am not crazy about this one. It has a silk dupioni band. Just not my color and kind of boring.
Another piece of fabric that I found really cheaply at Joann's, so it came home with me ! It is double sided and I like the way it turned out as well and it will look great with black pants!
This turned out to be my favorite. I bought the piece of fabric (an old rayon I think) a few years ago at a garage sale. I had thought I was going to make a bog coat out of it but really liked this one finished. I just turned the fabric inside out for the band and added a little of my hand dyed gold fabric for accent .
Amazingly all the jackets used the same pattern and they all fit a little differently due to the difference is fabric!
Peaking out from behind all the jackets is this quilt top which is the remaining blocks from the two previous quilts I made! ! Guess the remaining six blocks will never find a home now!! This is just screaming to me for some applique on top so may try the Ricky Tims or Libby Lehman techniques to add some fused on applique.
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