Project Convergence: Day 2, Mood Fabrics

With sketches and fabric in hand....off we went to Mood Fabrics! What a blast that was.














































Thank you Mood!!





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Location:Los Angeles, CA

Project Convergence: Day 2, Design

On the second day, we began by looking at student sketches. Each student was asked to conceive a general plan of how to utilize his or her handwoven fabric. The idea was to bombing the fabric with a commercial fabric (to be purchased at Mood Fabrics), and to design either a mixed fabric art wear, or an ensemble. Here are their sketches or ideas:

Ann



Mimi



Linda



Carl



Claire



Joyce



Peggy



Eileen



Annette



Mickey



Audrey



Sharon



Lindsay



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Project Convergence: Day 1

Day One
On our first day, after Introductions, students shared their fabrics. Below, meet members of the class, and her/his fabric.

Peggy, from Buffalo, New York



Eileen, from Ithaca, New York



Annette, from Pedrickton, New Jersey



Joyce, from Hamilton, Ontario



Claire, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Claire sews for a living and create costumes for theatre.



Mickey, from Austin, Texas



Audrey, from Perth, Australia



Sharon, from Hillsboro, Oregon



Ann, from Los Alamos, New Mexico



Carl, from Thousand Oaks, California



Mimi, from Tacoma, Washington



Lindsay, from Stuart, Florida



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Project Convergence... the group

I am back in California and now teaching a workshop at Convergence, an international weaving conference. Our workshop is entitled, "Project Convergence". There are 13 participants, and we have 3-1\2 days to make a garment or ensemble out of handwoven or hand-created fabrics.

Here is the group.  Come on people!  Let's begin.






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Wouldn't You Love to Study Here!

Each year at the Italy Fashion Design Retreat, we take a tour of the Biblioteca (library) in Verona. Here is our group with staff from the library as well.





Wouldn't you be inspired to study in this building?












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Location:Verona, Italy

Close-up of Stitch Patterns

And a few close-ups of stitch patterns from Pitti Filati.












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Location:Italy

Pitti Filati Trends

Late last week, I spent two days at the Pitti Filati trend show in Florence, viewing the fashion and knitwear trends for Fall/Winter 2013/2014. Here are a few previews of garments and styles.
















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Location:Florence, Italy