It’s coming up! The ACC Baltimore Craft Show, with its new name, American Craft Made.
I am buried in my happy place. Kimono silks flying, ideas bubbling, sewing machine buzzing, zeroing in and focusing on new work.
Such as this pieced trench coat. All in blue and white kimono silks from leftovers of previous projects.
The back.
But wait! Before I focus completely on new pieces for Baltimore. I want to take a last look at a couple of jackets that found their way to their new homes.
Like this pieced jacket in bright colors set off with white. A few weeks ago I posted this one in process. All the fabrics are from my never ending piles of leftover scraps. No new silk was cut for this jacket.
Actually, it’s a theme for this whole post. These three jackets are all from remainders. Fabric pieces from previous projects.
The back.
This one was also sent off to its new home, sewn from the last bits of this gorgeous brocade, a red and gold kimono silk with peacocks and peonies.
And the back,
From now on, all my new work will be for the Baltimore show. It’s the first weekend in March. That will be March 3-5.
Can’t wait!
The pieced jackets are my favorites—especially this blue one!
Thank You Jan! I love using up my scraps! These fabrics are way too beautiful to not use every little bit.
All lovely. I’ve been trying to do the same with my quilting and knitting – going to the scrap baskets/boxes and finding scraps/leftovers that can be pulled together into a new project. I’ve had a couple of pairs of socks return home with huge holes in the feet (too large to repair) so I’ve salvaged the legs and have been knitting new feet using leftover yarn which sort of matches the original yarn. It will give the owner another couple of years wear – and saves me the half the work of knitting an entire sock!
Wow Judith, what a cool idea! Your socks sound amazing.