I managed a short walk today to mail a couple of letters and took along my digital camera. The colours of Fall are so warm and comforting which seems a bit strange as the season itself is heralding in cold and discomfort, at least in my mind. I'll share some of the photos I took, along with an image I developed while playing in Photoshop.
"Threa
ds" magazine may be familiar to many of you, especially if you do sew wearables. I don't often buy this magazine, but I always check it out and pick it up if there is something I feel I could use in that particular issue. The most recent issue, November 2007, has a few articl
es that are quite adaptable to sewing with handwovens or knitted pieces for that matter. There is a vest pattern which is made from a rectangle 72" x 27". It has to be cut in 2 places to give it it's shape, but it is quite interesting and worth trying. I do have a couple of extra pieces of handwoven fabric that have been patiently waiting for some time to be developed into a unique wearable and this could be it. I need to measure the pieces and see if there is indeed enough handwoven or if I would need to add some commercial fabric to the mix. Either way it would be worth a try. The 'Threads" vest is shown with a fringe which my fabric does not have, so I guess that would mean another trip to Mokuba for fringing materials. That would be such a hardship--NOT!!
There is also a pattern review and illustrations of other patterns with details of the brand of pattern and the exact name of each one. Many of them would easily work for handwovens. I picked up my copy at Shoppers. Give it a look see.
