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| One of my favorite current garment projects is a lightly padded, shaped vest using the Santa Cruz Jacket & Vest Pattern. I started sharing the in-process story and photos in the Dec. newsletter (see archives). I started with a pattern I like the overall shape of. The pattern has some shaping elements ( see the darts in the back photo) See the unusual fabric source that inspired the vest on my homepage and follow the link there to see the garment in the first stages of design and construction. Currently, I am enjoying hand stitching and stenciling on the surface. I want to design using what is already there as my guide. The existing surface design has a random pattern and I expand on that theme by printing through several stencils at a time- this gives me unplanned small bits of stencils here and there as I print (see photo of vest back). Taking out the needle and embroidery floss, I stitch along some of the edges of the shapes and find a ‘v’ shaped element that I can duplicate as a stitch. I feel like I am ‘in sync’ with the fabric I have chosen …and it is leading me into some fresh design directions as I play. |
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