I’ve been busy sewing new pieces for our Holiday Show next weekend. Below, it’s my new shape, a loose fitting coat with a wide shawl collar.

I love the relaxed casual feeling of this one. The collar is soft and full like a scarf. It can be pulled in close to the neck or left wide to fall off the shoulders.

I used two beautiful black and white kimono silks, each one with variations of soft waving lines. They work perfectly with the relaxed shape of the collar.

Echoing the waving lines, I appliqued skinny blue and purple bias strips onto the collar.

Below, the collar in process, the strips pinned in place.

A very close up shot, showing the strips and the little turquoise squares added for a bit of pizazz.

Under the collar I used a blue/purple silk. It’s a hidden surprise. A little something that peeks out when the collar is adjusted and moved.

Another new shape finished in time for the show. It’s a tunic length ‘Hitoe.’ A few extra inches in length creates that flattering, elongating shape we all love. It has slits on the sides for movement and deep sleeve hems so that they can be rolled up.

The one below is in a similar deep blue/purple that I used for the underside of the shawl collar coat.

And like the coat, there’s a surprise. When the top button is undone and the collar folded open, there’s a contrasting print.

I’ll have these and more tunic length hitoes, shawl collar coats, trench coats, jackets and scarves at our Holiday Show. Next weekend! December 7 and 8.

See you there!

Coming up! Our Holiday Show here in Portland, Oregon!

December 7 and 8. That’s the weekend after Thanksgiving weekend.

We’ll have jewelers extraordinaire, Carla M Fox, her website here, with her so very cool wood and metal designs. And Betsy Bensen, who uses the most gorgeous stones in her exquisite pieces. Check out her work here.

Carol Risley will be there showing her gorgeous leather and fur bags. She always has pieces with eye popping color. Her website here.

And me! I’ll be there, with all my work. Every jacket, coat, skirt and scarf will be out and on view.

Saturday, December 7, 10am – 6pm

Sunday, December 8, 11am-5pm.

4334 NE Davis, Portland, Oregon.

See you there!

They’re so classic. So pretty. So Comfortable.

Almost a full circle, my full skirts are sewn with 16 panels. Each panel wide at the bottom, narrower at the top for less fabric and a more flattering fit.

The silver skirt above is sewn from a beautiful kimono silk with just enough sheen to show off the piecing. It’s worn with a jacket appliquéd with my little square dots. The ‘turtle back’ design in the jacket fabric inspired the piecing in the skirt.

Below, a skirt sewn from a ‘meisen’ striped silk. I did not match the stripes on the seams because I wanted to add a subtle vertical element. It works, don’t you think?

It’s shown with a ‘hitoe’, my unlined jacket/blouse, printed with a bold pine needle and branch design.

Black and white with bits of red, you cannot go wrong with that color combination.

These and so many more jackets, coats and scarves will be at my show here in Portland. Coming up! The weekend after Thanksgiving, December 7 and 8.