I’ve been on the hunt for 100% cotton poplin fabric for the last several months and I had no clue Fabrics-Store had a whole range sitting pretty on the site. Of course they offer the fabric in a quintessential white color as well as a bevy of gorgeous floral prints; but when I saw the…
Pattern Review: Julia Tiered Skirt in Crisp Cotton Poplin
Enid Marx, also known as ‘Marco’, was one of the early 20th century’s most prolific and prodigiously talented designers, expanding her creative vision across a huge range of disciplines. From painting and printmaking to illustration and textiles, she spread her singular vision far and wide in a career spanning over 70 years. As a textile…
This tutorial is to support the dart instructions in the Nico Pattern booklet found on page 23. Transfer the dot markings from the Front (Piece A) to your fabric using your preferred method. This tutorial uses small red dots with a fabric pen. Fold the upper strap down to align the dart edges with wrong…
There is a pale, almost lilac tinge to Gouache Linen’s pastel blue, echoing the dreamy, mystical light of Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte. Master of the uncanny, Magritte transformed familiar objects into magical or metaphorical symbols by floating them amidst hazy, pastel skies and airy white clouds, letting them drift off into another world, where lucid…
Louise Bourgeois was one of greatest figures in modern and contemporary art, world renowned for the incredible scope and ambition of her sculptural work. Much has been written about the uneasy psychological tension of her art, which explores memories and traumas from her troubled past, casting light into the darkest recesses of her mind. But…
Contemporary artist Brent Wadden makes woven artworks that deftly blur the boundaries between textile and painting, proving the two disciplines aren’t so different after all. Stretched over canvas and hung on gallery walls, his boldly geometric textiles might first appear to be abstract paintings, but closer inspection reveals they are tightly woven by hand, lending…
This tutorial is to support the collar instructions in the Capucine Pattern booklet starting on page 36. At this point in the process, the pieces should look something like this. Interfacing applied, the hang loop installed, pattern markings drawn, stay stitching in place, and corners clipped. Note: Make sure the pattern markings are transferred to…
Okay, so there is a little background on choosing Ami. I look for vintage elements in contemporary patterns, something that I have started doing more of, influenced by my love of vintage clothing. I look for vintage clothing when I thrift. The adventure that comes with thrifting can be such a rush. It is one…
New York based textile designer and artist Caroline Kaufman takes a free-wheeling, experimental approach to creating textiles, working in an improvisatory way to produce surprising and unexpected results. She is perhaps best known for her recent, wildly complex tufted textiles, which play with madcap colour schemes and zany patterns to produce functional rugs that look…
This tutorial is to support the collar instructions in the Capucine Pattern booklet starting on page 27. Transfer the collar pattern marking to the fabric. Then mark a stitch guide line 2” up and 2” over from the dot marking with a fabric chalk or pen. Note: The line along the collar is 1/2” from…
As a pre-teen, I would cut out images from fashion magazines and create new outfits in a notebook. I made sure they were complete looks; shoes, accessories, you name it. Glowing, I would brag about how I could make better outfits than the fashion editors did. Fashion evolved into painting, then into graphic design, which…
“No artistic success has given me such satisfaction as the sight of a peasant or a worker buying a length of material designed by me.” Liubov Popova Russian Constructivist Liubov Popova was a force of nature, expanding her creative ideas across painting, theatre set design and textiles. But many would say the bold, graphic power…
I think finding your sewing machine can be a love story. When I started sewing, I used a machine that was borrowed from the costume mistress at my ballet studio. It was a pipe dream of mine to own my own sewing machine and so I absorbed all the information that I could. She said…
This tutorial is to support the facing instructions in the Ami Pattern booklet starting on page 39. The blouse and facing should look something like this at this point. On the wrong side of the blouse, mark a line 1/4” from the center folded edge with a fabric pen or chalk. With the wrong side…
As summer winds down in the Northern Hemisphere and we collectively mosey (or for some of us, beeline) towards all things plaid and pumpkin, I decided instead to purchase what one friend called the “loudest” fabric I’ve ever picked to make the floral Fall pullover of my dreams. Moving to a new city back in…
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