Earlier this month, I shared the full reveal of my brand-new sewing room and home office. I am delighted to say that after three weeks of settling into my new space, I love this room even more now than I even did at the start!Without a doubt, the most feedback I received about this room
Doll Armoire as Antique Sewing Center - too adorable for words!!
Bio Romper von Global Mamas - Kurze Jumpsuits für die Sommerzeit! Die handgenähten Bio Einteiler aus der aktuellen Global Mamas Kollektion werden mit ganz viel Liebe für Dich im Batiking und Sewing Center in Cape Coast Ghana hergestellt! Das einzigartige Design in kräftigen Farben, die weiche Baumwolle aus kontrolliert biologischem Anbau und die faire Produktion (nach höchsten WFTO Standards) machen die sportlichen Onesies garantiert zu deinem neuen Lieblings-Green-Fashion-Outfit! Romber von Global Mamas Modell/Farben: Bikes Blau / Mable Schwarz / Adobe Rosewood Rosa / Morse Code Grau / Sankofa Stone Blau U-Rundhalsausschnitt vorne und hinten Reißverschluss auf der Rückseite Seitentaschen Krawatten-Verschluss an der Taille Gerader Beinschnitt mit Manschettensaum Mittlere Oberschenkellänge Material: 100% Baumwolle (Bio) Pflegehinweis: 40 Grad Waschmaschine (mildes Waschmittel) Super kombinierbar mit den fairen Global Mamas Schmuckstücken und nachhaltigen Sneakern vom Kultlabel Panafrica! Größentabelle: S = ca. 89cm Brustumfang / ca. 70cm Taillenumfang / ca. 95cm Hüftumfang M = ca. 94cm Brustumfang / ca. 75cm Taillenumfang / ca. 100cm Hüftumfang L = ca. 101cm Brustumfang / ca. 83cm Taillenumfang / ca. 108cm Hüftumfang XL = ca. 112cm Brustumfang / ca. 93cm Taillenumfang / ca. 118cm Hüftumfang (Größen können aufgrund der individuellen Herstellung in Handarbeit leicht variieren)
Welcome to a weaving studio where there are no mistakes, you learn , have fun, and create beautiful fiber arts with out ever having to have woven before . My name is Jill Sanders I own SAORI SANTA CRUZ studio in the rural redwood mountains of Santa Cruz county California. This is my 8th year since i opened up my Saori studio. This is Antoinette's scarf fresh off the loom! here is the studio class room early before students show up here is Lily and Gena weaving for the Saori learn to weave in a 2 hour try it class here Lily is trying on my Fall equinox jacket she brought a bag of knitting yarns she wants to use and is using the Glimakra ski shuttle here for your chunky art yarn Lily wanrs to come back to finish weaving for a vest Gena is done. Gena's scarf ! Antoinette 's scarf off the loom I LOVE SAORI! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` I wove and made a top this summer but i never wore it much so i remde this into a hooded vest! i love the remake it and wear it all the time now! in fact it insopire my student Leigh Anne to come and take a sewing class and make two hooded vests last week! cutting out trying on after it is basted together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She had such a good time making two vests she came back and made two more simplier vests for gifts! isn't her hand woven Saori fabric amazing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ remember the my little pony pink sparking yarn I spun last summer ? go click here for my past blog on spinning this yarn well for winter sostice gifts for our granddaughters i wove it on my saori PICCOLO loom the end of a ready made warp i used ever little bit of warp up! i cut it up and sewed pillows ! in the stilness of the longest day of less sun these pillows brightened up my day HAPPY 2017 WINTER SOLSTICE let the sun into your hearts Peace through fibers Jill Nickolene Sanders MY WEB SITE WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM MY ETSY SHOP Classes here
Fits my measurements of: 18" shoulder to shoulder 40" bust 32" underbust 33" waist and is 60" long. Can fit a variety of shapes and sizes without changing it very much at all. Supports me without modern undergarments. I have included layouts for 60" wide fabric and 45" wide fabric for variety. Blogged at: 13costumes.livejournal.com/8500.html 13costumes.livejournal.com/8233.html 13costumes.livejournal.com/7335.htm
The holidays are impinging on my weaving! Finely I decided I had time to squeeze in a fast project and save my sanity! The saori woven cap designed by Su-chan in her Saori studio in Japan has been on my mind for 8 mons now ever since I saw one at Terri Bibby's studio. There is no pattern for the hats, the idea belongs to a designer in Japan and out of respect I can not give details, sorry. COME TO THE STUDIO TO SCHEDULE A 2 DAY CLASS IN WARPING AND WEAVING THE SAORI NO SEW HAT for more info contact me here click. for current saori hats for sale go to my etsy shop here saori hats for sale click here 1st bright cap warp for both caps so in 24 hours I did it! I woven two caps. these are all cotton and mix rayon yarns. I wound the warp yesterday afternoon, and sleyed the reed and threaded 1/2 the heddles. This morning I jumped out of bed and ran to the loom where I finished threading the heddles then beamed on and wove my first hat. Braked for lunch then started on the 2nd hat cap. The 2nd darker one is my winter solstice cap. Finished it by 3:30 pm. today loaded the photos and here they are, . The first cap , the brighter one, has shorter braided tassels. I like the longer ones on the second cap better, but I am going to break out the beads and add them to the shorter tassels to add length and sparkle. bright cap 1st bright cap 2nd winter solstice cap 2nd cap JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM my etsy shop
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The Clyde Jumpsuit is a great all-purpose jumpsuit with large, crescent-shaped pockets spanning the side of the jumpsuit leg. Unique, three-panel design results in vertical seams along the center front and back of each leg in addition to the inseam, allowing for limitless fit adjustments and style changes. Use this classic, building-block jumpsuit as a jumping-off point for a variety of wardrobe staples that will serve you well for years. Large pockets are the iconic feature of the Clyde. I created the side panel crescent pocket as a solution for bulky and crinkly pocket bags that are often a hallmark of inseam pockets. They are large enough to be truly functional and are just a hair wider than the side body panel for ease of use. Medium-width shoulder straps and a scooped neckline make this jumpsuit perfectly suitable to wear on its own, or over a thin top or sweater like overalls. In a soft linen, this jumpsuit feels seasonless and relaxed. In a heavier canvas or wool, it's indestructible.
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"Stitch a sweet needle book from the scraps you can't part with. The pattern includes templates and full instruction for a palm size needle book with 4 pages including the cover and heart at the center. The little book will certainly hold your pins and needles and tools or it could tell a story, mark an occasion, like a birth or anniversary, or be a sort of travel journal, the pages filled with little things found along the way and saved."
I get asked in my spinning classes " what do you do with hand spun art yarns?" I say " It is ART, you hang it up and and enjoy it!" BUT i also like to weave with my art yarns… if i use for weft i use my Saori looms, but if i want the art yarns in the WARP and also the WEFT i use my loom ashford rigid heddle loom buy here along with there exclusive freedom roller and i use the exclusive heddle size for the ashford looms in 2.5 size which fits my art yarns here are my two latest art yarn scarves what is this thing I have in my hand???? it is the new ASHFORD HANDI HANDLEin my Etsy shop. this brand new handle allows you to advance your cloth or warp beam easily if you have mobility issues with your hands,( which i do not but i still love the feel of this new tool and use all the time ) absolutely brilliant it comes in 2 sizes. smaller for the ashford sample it looms, and knitters looms, also a larger size for the ashofrd rigid heddle and table looms! love my ashford rigid heddle loom it is the only rh loom with the exra roller beam you can add called the freedom roller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ after i wove the bright sparkly scarf i wove a guy art art scarf I strongly dislike all the clamps on all rigid heddle looms! so i use a Irwin med size bar clamp to hold the loom and to use in place of the stupid clamp and peg that are sent for warping. no more flying off peg disastrous episodes ! they are less then $10 at the hardware store the sucess is in part to the 2.5 heddle and the ashford freedom roller again which allows you to put more than a few yards on your ashforsd rh loom! \ soaked and drying in gingko leaves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzan drove down from Redding for a SAORI TRY IT CLASS CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO I love the saori C H60 LOOM click here ALL Saori looms have bulit in bobbin winders! and as a newer weaver Suzan absolutely adored weaving on the saori CH60 loom! She broiught a weaving she just finished to show me a hand spun while long rug! I asked her if she know how to spin yarn? she said no the yarn was in a bag that came with a old loom she was given sooooo we went up stairs to the spinning studio and i taught her how to drop spin the golding bronze rimed spindles i use are here in my etsy shop these spindles are amazing "This was so much fun , and I learned so much, we will be back" PEACEFUL WEAVING AND SPINNING IN THE CALIFORNIA REDWOODS Jill Nickolene Sanderts WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM
I found a new-old picnic basket for $3.98 while out thrifting. A little work and now I have a craft center I can pack up and put away at a moment's notice -- and it looks cute both open and stored away!
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A blog about Saori hand weaving,sewing clothing from hand wovens and many fiber arts from felting to hand spinning to fiber dyeing.
I have decided that for the next 3 TBTs (I would just like to point out that not one of my TBTs have been posted on a Thursday...), I will finish out the SPWF series of costumes as they are sort of a matching set. This next dress just really didn't blow my skirt up and was my least favorite of the whole weekend. What did I do with it when I got home? I dismantled it. Why? I have no idea. I think some sort of lunacy grabbed hold of me and made me do it. Whatever the case, it is no more. Well, that's not entirely true. I still have it in pieces in a rubber tote in my garage. I might put it back together...but the hat I can't. I re-made it into a mourning hat for my friend Beth. At any rate, this dress is another blending of two inspirations. One a fashion plate, the other an extant garment...let's begin shall we? Here I am looking very peeky. I had just gotten over a fabulous bout of bronchitis and was still feeling a little under the weather. But my antique reticule matches my dress perfectly and that's what counts isn't it? YES!!!! Inspiration #1 Extant Garment from Abiti Antichi. I saw this dress and loved the bodice immediately. I adore tabs and I adore buttons....HELLO!!! The bodice has both!! How glorious!!! My bodice had hooks and eyes on the hidden center panel...I wish I would have taken photos.... Inspiration #2 From the LaSalle Library Fashion plate from 1883. The ruching on the side of the underskirt and the way the bustling in the back is caught up in a sweet bow over the pleating at the back of the skirt really made my costumer's heart quicken!! I decided for the side front treatment to pleat instead of ruche and put velvet strips to separate the sections. Patterns Used Bodice: TV463 French Vest Bodice Underskirt: TV261 1885 4-Gore Underskirt (without the back bustling) Overskirt: TV382 (just the front draping) Bustling: Self drafted Fabrics: Silver Moire is cotton The rest is synthetic More pictures of the dress on Emma. The color is much better her. The inspiration for the hat came again from a fashion plate. I loved the way the hat perched towards the front of the head. The tall flowerpot hats had not come into vogue yet so I was delighted to be able to fashion this hat. It is constructed of wire and covered with the fabrics of the dress and feathers. I like to try to use antique or vintage feathers when I can, but at the time didn't have any gray or silver colored ostrich plumes. I sewed together 3 new gray plumes and curled them to emulate the other ostrich plumes in my collection. The small egret spray is antique... I had the fun opportunity to try absinthe!!! It was FAAAAABULOUS!!!! Here some of are with Steampunk Boba Fett!! He was so utterly awesome! I thought I'd share the picture of more of us on the day I wore the Fushia Flower Day Dress...I should have put that in on the last post, but didn't even think of it! I think we all look great in our pretties!! Until next week my friends! Be blessed! g
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The Layla Top in Lavender is a fitted bodice with a square neckline, front paneling, and scooped back neck. It features two invisible zippers, one at the side and one at the center back.
