Jacket Class Day Three

Marcia continued to work on her jacket made from scraps of beautiful fabric given to her by Marcia Murphy.
And Liz completed the outside of her Halloween jacket and sewed the lining.



Suki captures Marcia's chair and resists posing for photos.
The view looks a bit discouraging for a cat who likes to wander outside
Nancy takes her jacket back down and begins sewing on strips.
And Caris decides to make a shorter version of her jacket without lapels.
Donna constructed some Seminole Strips for her jacket.

And Marcia made a few decisions about the front panels.

Jacket Class at Marcia's Studio Day One

Yesterday was the first day of another great jacket class at Marcia DeCamp's beautiful studio. The weather favored us with only a few showers and not the possible snow. Caris Burton is preparing a pattern for another of her beautiful subtle silk jackets.

Some of Caris's fabric.
Caren Betlinski began the day by finishing up a jacket she started in a previous class and Liz Scott started a jacket with a Halloween theme.
After Caren finished work on the jacket she started a vest with a red and black colorway.

And Nancy Crouch started a jacket with a beautiful fabric by Sherrill Khan as the focus.

Caris's jacket betins to take shape.

Marcia worked on the start of a jacket using fabric given to her by Marcia Murphy.
Caren's finished jacket incorporating her fabulous threadwork flowers.
Another gorgeous flower on the back.

Jacket Class at Marcia's Studio Day Three

Today was a busy sewing day with two drop in guests. Inspector Suki began the day in Donna's chair and spent a lot of time indoors to her dismay as there was a big black dog visiting which she didn't appreciate. Marcia began work on an apron for the upcoming RAFA booth at the Clothesline Festival.
Caris brought in her beautiful "big apple" vest which she made from a packet of fabric purchased at the City Quilter in NYC. She is looking for a "big apple" button to decorate the front.
Donna made a lot of progress today. By the end of the day she had the fronts and sleeves all finished and was wrapping up the back.
Caris models her gorgeous silk jacket. She only has handwork yet to finish.

Marcia holds up her finished apron. It was made from pieces constructed at a Nancy Crow Workshop.

Varda models her jacket still in the "pinned" stage.
Nancy Hicks dropped by to model the gorgeous vest made during the last class. The photos don't do it justice.

Beth Brandkamp, showing shooting the photo, also dropped by to work on sketches for an upcoming workshop she is taking with Ruth McDowell.

Liz almost has her jacket pieces completed. There will be green bands around the neck front and back.

New Jacket Class at Marcia's Studio Day One

Varda Main, who is new to our group, brought in the gorgeous jacket she started in my jacket class at the Bobbin Case. Since some of us have been attempting to begin an orange jacket we were a little green with envy.
After looking at other options Donna began using this fabulous hand dyed fabric for her creation. My photo doesn't do it justice.
Inspector Suki took particular interest in our group today, taking a great deal of time away from her busy schedule. Marcia is working on a top made from a rayon sarong.
Caris is also working on a hand dyed piece...this one in silk. Liz had a patchwork jacket back started in the corner and Varda's creation begins to take shape on the left.

Another Completed Jacket from my Jacket Class

Claire Welch finished her great jacket which she plans to wear on a trip to Germany. She used a wonderful piece of Australian fabric (a fat quarter) as a focal piece and as I recall used every scrap. She said she is very pleased with it and thinks jacket making is addictive. No surprise to me as I probably have several dozen jackets.

Another Great Day at Marcia's Studio

The day often begins with "show and tell". I brought some "confetti fabric" which I have been making recently. These are 1/4" squares butted together and sewn with a gold metallic zig zag.

They are sewn, not fused. I have been putting the finished squares together to make "fabric".

Beth brought a fabulous piece of Marimekko fabric from Finland.
I also brought some Miao embroideries from China.
I purchased these years ago at the so called "dirt market" in Beijing and plan to incorporate them in a jacket.

Pat Berardi has her jacket from my last jacket class almost finished. We all loved it.
Inspector Suki dropped by to inspect Beth's pattern.
It apparently required a little more intensive effort on her part.
My cow jacket begins to take shape.

Pat spent most of the day quilting this fabulous quilt on Marcia's longarm machine.

Beth added a silk lining to her jacket from the last class.

The cow jacket back is about finished.

The flowered band on the red strip is a beaded band from Solola Guatemala. It was intended to be part of a belt but will look wonderful here.
The sleeves begin to take shape.

And I start work on the front.