Earrings of Jade & Coral
Continuing with the theme of showing a variety of work, a pair of earrings. Using gold wire, pink coral is combined with pale jade and translucent aquamarine.
and Walter
Walter asked to be included too.
Clyde & Henry
Dozens of my little guys were sold in a craft fair and at a local design shop. The newest are fraternal twins, Clyde and his brother, Henry. They are 10 inches tall and whimsical.
(Little Guys, 2008)
Folkways Dress
With an old linen sheet on hand, and a yard of an Art Deco Liberty print fabric, created a dress based upon a Folkways pattern (published in 1976). It has an Edwardian appearance. Have long been tempted to try making a pricked hemstitch, and this was the ideal piece upon which to work this technique.
See a close-up of the hem below.
Pillow Cases
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| Pillow Cases: linen, cotton, cotton lace, 2008 |
Making pillow cases.
Top to bottom:
•Rose linen. White linen border with handmade lace.
•Cotton seersucker. Yellow & grey diamonds on white. Cotton batik border.
•Pima Cotton with fine line leaf print in white on blue. Border reverse: blue print on white.
Linen Holder
At "les Puce", a flea market for antiques on the outskirts of Paris, in a shop selling antique linens, there was a handmade cloth covered box. It was for display only. Given kind permission to examine it, I looked at its construction and made sketches. Working from the drawings back home, I was able
reproduce the box. 
Garbo-esque
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| (Grey felt fedora with wide brim, 2008) |
Hat making is in full swing. Today was the first day working with straw. It's very much a learn-as you go process. Later in the day investigated hats at posh Bergdorf Goodman. Looking carefully at the hats on display realized the millinery techniques that were once a mystery to me are now part of my skill-set.
Made a grey felt fedora with a deep crown reminiscent of a style Garbo might have worn.
Phants & More
There's practically a herd of elephants on the mantlepiece. And peanuts are in production to feed them all.
I will be posting as this little workshop of one speeds along.
On Sunday I taught a sewing workshop at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn. It was an intro. to sewing machines. Everyone went home knowing how to use a machine, and with a zipper pouch they had constructed. As one person pointed out, "people were really happy, so it was a success." That's nice to hear.