ToDo: First Project with Garment Designer, Susan Van Campen

Handwoven Garment 

Susan Van Campen, Inland Empire, California

Susan won a door prize called Proportioned 4 You (an e-Book of patterns) from my business at Stitches West this past February. 
Below is a garment she made using the Cape Coat pattern in the E-book.

Front View

Susan say:

I wove the fabric on a four-shaft loom with ten dent reed. The warp yarn is an 8/2 Cotton and the weft is chenille.

Back View

A Little Bit About Susan

Susan is a retired LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has been weaving for a couple of years now.

One of her retirement goals has been to learn to weave fabric with the goal of making clothing. Susan is the co-president of the Inland Empire Handweavers Guild.

ToDo/NewDo: Patricia Martin's Custom Dress Form

A Dress Form that is 'Me'! 

Patricia Martin, San Luis Obispo, California

Patricia says:

I have been in the studio without distraction this week so I worked on a personal project. It benefits no one but me. A dress form that is me.

I used a variety of resources to create the shell over the old dress form.

The body was inspired by the my.blueprint video by Judy Jackson. The pattern I used was Simplicity 8258.

The sleeves were developed using the Kenneth Kings article in the latest Threads magazine (thank you Kenneth).  (May 2020, page 62).

My comments:

It is interesting the body image we have in our heads and what it is when we see it removed from the self. This was a project I have felt the need to do for some time. It will help me with some designing I have planned for the handwoven fabrics I create and to check my Garment Designer patterns ease. 

Some resources:

https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2013/06/16/make-your-dress-form-work-for-multiple-figures

https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2016/04/30/custom-dress-form-options

https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2011/01/31/padding-a-dress-form

A little bit on Patricia

Patricia is a hand weaver/fiber artist from San Luis Obispo, California. She owns and operates Whispering Vistas Studio. She has an MFA from Long Beach State University with a concentration in Fiber.

Patricia teaches weaving her in studio and exhibits her woven works in galleries and art exhibits.

Example of Patricia's weaving

Patriciamartinartist.com

Instagram: Patwove