favorite references

  • Elsebeth Gynther: Easy Style: Sewing the New Classics

    Elsebeth Gynther: Easy Style: Sewing the New Classics
    A fabulous book if you have the urge to create your own clothing designs. Basic patterns are provided, along with countless variations in sketches and photos. In addition to raglan and set-in-sleeve tops, pants, and skirts, there are pocket patterns, hats, and dozens of collars. There is a lot of basic sewing information, and there are many garments presented with step-by-step instructions, but this book is especially valuable because it gets you thinking about design possibilities. (btw the image is incorrect--it's the cover of an american knock-off on the same theme. The original is a paperback in yellow). (*****)

  • Nina Ericson: Klader:Creating Fantastic Clothes
    Great ideas for creating simple clothing. Most have very simple construction; the appeal is in using unusual materials to convey personal style. There are patterns for blouses, skirts, and coats, but for me the inspiring photos of real people are the true charm of this book. (****)
  • Verity Wilson: Dress in Detail from Around the World

    Verity Wilson: Dress in Detail from Around the World
    An inspirational feast for lovers of clothing, cloth and embellishment. Replete with detailed line drawings and sumptuous full-color photographs of garments from all times and places: Palestinan dresses, Indian trousers, Korean jackets, Russian coats (of salmon skin!), African tunics. The photos provide endless ideas for ornamentation, the drawings show every seamline as if to cry “recreate this!”. I just found this book-- it was love at first browse. (*****)

  • Madelyn van der Hoogt: The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers

    Madelyn van der Hoogt: The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers
    With my imagination in a very advanced yoga pose, I could conceive of a weaver who didn't need this book. Maybe if you did only plain weave, or only tapestry, you'd never have reason to pick up this volume. Or of course you might be a natural genius. The rest of us occasionally need some help, and this is where to find it. Essential. (*****)

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October 05, 2004

andante

Amazing how one short travel interlude can cast ripples of disarrangement weeks ahead. Lots of things intervened with the ordinary fiber activities. Including my own stupidity in scheduling an appointment last week during the usual Tuesday knitting time. As of this morning though I am happy to report that the lastest weaving sample is beamed, threaded, sleyed and tied on. Ready to start weaving.

I also got out the bolt of muslin and tore several long strips 18" wide. I'm going to fiddle around and see if I can't come up with some uses for narrow yardage other than the well-known ethnic shirt look. It's a bit tricky trying to drape stuff on yourself with only one pair of hands. I have to keep reminding myself that it's only muslin, it's ok to make a mistake! That's what muslin is for.

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