Yea â itâs out! My first magazine article since Creative Needle back in the early 90âs.
Sew Savvy â March issue that just hit the stands.
It was fun to see my Momâs face when she turned to it. đ
Though I sent as complete directions as I am putting in my pattern âDesign Bookletsâ, it was not surprising to see how much the edited the directions down. I expected that. Itâs too bad they didnât put in the flower from my garden that inspired it all â which looks like a Morning Glory â but is MUCH MUCH larger. I think someone in a seminar I gave called it a Kataba or something like that â Comment here if you know the name.
Anyway â after reading carefully through the minimal directions, it certainly confirmed in my brain that I want to keep on the path Iâm on with my directions â writing EVERYTHING out as completely as I possibly can â Including my design thinking in the creative process.
The collar on this jacket is what I call my âQueen Anneâ collar â made from the lower band. That style, along with my âBaseballâ collar and âCardiganâ neckline â and Stand-up Lettuce-Edged and Mandarin will be in a new pattern called âTransformedâ. That one will come out in March â after the Puyallup Show. Iâve had to get real with myself as to what I can accomplish right now.
We are even well into some remodeling at homeâŚYea!!! Knocked out a silly wall between my family room and living room â LOVE it! Found a heat vent in part of it so not totally what I wanted, but thatâs the way life goes. Iâm sure I can design around it in some neat way. Also on tap: new carpet, kitchen flooring, countertops, sink, and faucet! Just too exciting â and Iâm so grateful we can do this. AND â on top of that, an excuse for not cooking for awhile. hehehehe.
Hereâs a photo of the back of that jacket:
I hope you can âseeâ the divisions of that huge flower in the applique sections on the shoulder, and pocket. ANYTHING can be your inspiration for a garment.
Also note that the emphasis on the collar is on the garmentsâ right shoulder â the LEFT shoulder as one is looking at it â where oneâs eye goes â to the left side as one âreadsâ the garment. I really go into this in my new Pathways pattern.
Sprinkled on this jacket in the center of the back, and front is Bonash Mending Powder (granules of glue) that I then laid Gold Hologram Artisst Foil on and pressed â for little specks of gold âpixie dustâ. Quite a nice, subtle touch I think.
Anyway â enjoy. Would apprecite any comments.
Off to finalize âRefinedâ.
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