Butterfly Jacket Class with the Weaving Guild

I spent three delightful days last week with the Weaving Guild in Rochester. The first day was a fashion show for the guild, followed by a two day Butterfly jacket class. Almost everyone opted to add some Seminole Patchwork to their jacket.

The Weaving Guild is much more than just weavers. They teach classes on several of the fiber arts at their new location at the Piano Mall in East Rochester. Here a gorgeous jacket begins to take shape from silk and parts of a skirt from Indochina.

A hand embroidered square is going to be part of two vest fronts.

The silk jacket progresses.

Two jacket fronts are finished.

This one uses a mola in the back for its main focus.

A gorgeous hand dye is the focal point for the front of this jacket.

The silk jacket at the end of the day.


And finished a few days later. The back.

Made by Eileen Driscoll from Ithaca.

Sewing Day at Marcia's Studio

Linda worked on some pieces from her stash.

And I started a new jacket based on a piece I purchased on my last trip to Laos.

Some foiled pieces left by Marcia Murphy during her last visit.

My jacket progresses.

Inspector Suki inspects some of my pieces for softness and compatability.

And Linda makes progress on her piece.

While looking for pieces for the blue jacket I found this beautiful parrot cross stitched on wool which would also make a beautiful jacket back.

Butterfly Jacket Class at the Bobbin Case

On Tuesday and Wednesday I taught a class called the Butterfly Jacket (my name for it) at the Bobbin Case Bernina shop in Rochester. This beauty was all sewn and just being fitted before adding the lining and the finishing work.

The starting point was the beautiful hand dyed fabric in the back panel.

Beth made this wonderful jacket from hand stamped fabric from India which she had purchased at a local quilt show.

The striking back panel is pieced.

The lining has already been added to this one and its ready to have the side seams sewn before its finished.

The beautiful back panel came from John Marshall.

Val Schultz visits with her beautiful vest

Val Schultz paid a visit for a final fitting of her beautiful vest which she started in my class in August. She used an antique shisha mirror piece from India as a focal piece on the back.

The pattern is called the "Quilters Vest" by Virginia Robertson.

Finished Jacket

The jacket is finished and I am pleased with it. The leaf fabric came from my friend Nancy Board and is an Alexander Henry print from over 20 years ago and a favorite. I made a couple of bog coats with thei piece I had back then.

Its a made to measure kimono style. The band is purple velveteen. There's a bit of trim with hand dyed ribbon and beaded shisha mirrors.

Gorgeous Wool Felting- Masha Ginsburg

Take a look at the beautiful wool felting done by Berlin based artist Masha Ginsburg.

http://www.masha-ginsburg.com/mashaginsburg_en/gallery.html




Masha is a one woman show in Berlin. There, she makes wearable art from start to finish. Working with the finest merino wool, Masha makes felt with a secret recipe that leave the traditionally matted fibers fluid and skin friendly. The result: true couture one-of-a-kind pieces that have a following in Japan--not only for their unique texture, but the interesting ancestral, yet modern shapes of her pieces

She also has articles for sale accessible from her web page. Take a look.

Work Day at Marcia's Studio

Today was a work day at Marcia's studio. Inspector Suki saw her duty quickly to inspect all the boxes and stand guard. We were assembling and sorting garments for a special wearable art fashion show we are curating for the Mancuso Quilt Show in Pennsylvania next month.

Some of the garments hanging in Marcia's closet.

Of course it wasn't all work. We spent some time in the studio just discussing current and future work...including one of Marcia's newest Jet Trails.

And work in progress.

Marcia has to complete these three pieces for Pat Pauly's challenge before the end of the month.

I briefly worked on my Nepal Batik Quilt. I have decided to try and finish one UFO...then do something new...then another UFO...and so on...and hope that the new piece doesn't also become a UFO

Long Vest Class in Rochester - Day 3

Anne has her Tibetan Vest all but finished. Just a few hand worked details remain. We all loved the addition of a bit of red silk at the edges.

After a hard morning's work everyday we retreated to Lemoncetta across the street for an excellent lunch.

Donna has most of the outside of her Turkish Coat completed except for the sleeves.

And Val is almost finished with the fronts of her long vest.

Caren's long vest is really more on the light purple side. For some reason it didn't photograph well but is lovely in person.

Long Vest Class in Rochester...Day Two

Today appeared to be visitors day. Here a member of the church checks our progress.

And yet another raffle quilt appeared for Val to quilt on her longarm. I have totally lost track of what quilt is for what year.

Julie has her vest finished except for the beading she is working on.

And Anne has the outside completed and is ready to attach the lining.

Barb laid out the fronts and backs of her vest using some beautiful Guatemalan fabric.