• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Ann Williamson

Handmade Designer Women's Apparel

  • Home
  • Designer Apparel
    • Special Occasions
    • Coats & Jackets
    • Ensembles
    • Tops
    • Scarves
    • Archives
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • About
    • About Ann
  • Videos
    • Ann’s Video
    • Pink
    • At Holocene
    • Pieced Coat
    • Black, White and Red Striped Ruana
    • Fireside Chat Video
    • ArtBeat Video
  • Events
  • Contact

Skirts

Full Skirts

November 17, 2019 2 Comments

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.

New for ACC SF 2019

July 28, 2019 6 Comments

A couple of new pieces for the American Craft Council show in San Francisco. It’s next weekend!

Just finished, a silver colored full skirt and jacket.

I used a gorgeous Meisen silk with a tortoise shell pattern for the jacket and appliquéd little blue squares to highlight the design.

For the skirt, I pieced this oh so cool kimono silk to mimic the tortoise shell patterns of the jacket. As the skirt moves and light hits in different areas, the shapes are revealed.

Also ready to go, the shawl collar coat with appliquéd squares that I was working on last week.

Hokusai waves for the collar and a speckled print for the coat. What can I say, these fabrics are so beautiful.

The collar is soft like a scarf and can be adjusted so it lays out flat and wide or folded and pulled in close. As it moves, a little surprise, bright purple under the collar.

These and all my other jackets, coats, skirts and scarves will be up and on view at the San Francisco ACC Show. Next weekend, August 2, 3 and 4.

See you there!

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Ann Williamson, Designer

Ann Williamson, designer, with models
Clothing Designer Ann Williamson — Oregon Art Beat video.

Upcoming Events

Baltimore American Craft Show 2022

Friday May 20, 10am – 6p
Saturday May 21, 10am – 6pm
Sunday May 22, 11am – 5pm
Baltimore Convention Center
1 West Pratt St.

https://www.craftcouncil.org/show/season/american-craft-made-baltimore

Subscribe

Follow on Instagram @annwilliamsondesigns

Beaded, Japanese kimono silk jacket. Close up deta Beaded, Japanese kimono silk jacket. Close up detail.
#annwilliamson
ACC Baltimore American Craft Made show, now thro ACC Baltimore 
American Craft Made show, 
now through Sunday
See you there! - booth 217
@craftcouncil 
#americancraftmadebaltimore 
#annwilliamson
Pieced Japanese kimono silk jacket. On its way to Pieced Japanese kimono silk jacket.
On its way to the 
ACC American Craft Made 
Baltimore Craft show- at the Baltimore convention center. 
Starts this Friday, May 20- through Sunday, May 22
Booth 217
@craftcouncil 
#americancraftmadebaltimore 
Craftcouncil.org
#annwilliamson
Pieced and beaded Japanese kimono silk jacket. Re Pieced and beaded Japanese kimono silk jacket. 
Ready for the ACC American Craft Made Baltimore show, 
in person May 20-22
and online. May 16-29
Booth 217 
Can’t wait!
@craftcouncil 
#americancraftmadebaltimore 
Craftcouncil.org

Search Ann’s Blog by Category

“I measure the success of my clothing by how it looks and feels on the woman who wears it.
I want each piece to flatter and enhance the body it adorns.”

  • Shop
  • Special Occasions
  • Coats & Jackets
  • Ensembles
  • Tops
  • Scarves
  • Archives

Footer

Contact

ann at annwilliamson dot com

Follow

  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Studio

Portland, OR

© 2022 · Ann Williamson Design · Portland, OR