Revisit fabrics tucked away in your studios
Digging through bins of fabric and unfinished projects I came across a Vogue Betty Jackson pattern with a cute hoodie pull over shirt. After buying more fabulous fabric at RIKI's Warehouse Sale last Saturday, it is my intention to be more careful about having a pattern that fits before I cut into the high end fashion fabric.
I measured my body (boy am I ever glad my membership at California Fitness begins tomorrow) smiles... Being an Internet enthusiast I researched computer aid design CAD software for MAC, and in that process, I found a great PDF about Body Measurement. Just click to review — attaching it here for you to look at. To follow is the first page, and you can see even though these are instructions for CAD software input, we can gain from seeing this cool visual.
Also, our Network will be having a body measuring workshop in July to develop our own Croquis — a PDF example of one interpretation is attached. Croquis Family Just click and you can take a look.
I feel so grateful that touching fabrics has again ignited my intrinsic enthusiasm for garments and quilt making, and to further express art in fiber, whether for the body or for the wall.
Have you ever noticed that we who love fabric have keen memory about where we bought a certain piece, how much we paid for it, who was with us when we bought it, and what we planned for it? How about pulling out unfinished projects, doesn't that reconnect us again with the process of making? A lot of us have taken classes and workshops with our good friends, and also made new friends while attending these events.
One experience that came back to me this morning when I found an unfinished project was the beginnings of a Friendship Quilt I started in Jeanette Reynolds' class she taught for the Napa Valley Quilters. I think it was in the late 90's. When I pulled out these blocks in various states of completion, also strips of fabric, the template itself, worksheets, supply list, well, the day came back to me, and my eyes teared up remembering the loving circumstances of that day. The comaraderie among women is truly enhanced by belonging to a group of makers and appreciators.
Women's History Month 2008 ends today, but it seems that we are among many who see fit to honor women's history frequently in many of the workshops offered through various Quilt and Wearable Art groups. Do you agree?
I measured my body (boy am I ever glad my membership at California Fitness begins tomorrow) smiles... Being an Internet enthusiast I researched computer aid design CAD software for MAC, and in that process, I found a great PDF about Body Measurement. Just click to review — attaching it here for you to look at. To follow is the first page, and you can see even though these are instructions for CAD software input, we can gain from seeing this cool visual.
Also, our Network will be having a body measuring workshop in July to develop our own Croquis — a PDF example of one interpretation is attached. Croquis Family Just click and you can take a look.
I feel so grateful that touching fabrics has again ignited my intrinsic enthusiasm for garments and quilt making, and to further express art in fiber, whether for the body or for the wall.
Have you ever noticed that we who love fabric have keen memory about where we bought a certain piece, how much we paid for it, who was with us when we bought it, and what we planned for it? How about pulling out unfinished projects, doesn't that reconnect us again with the process of making? A lot of us have taken classes and workshops with our good friends, and also made new friends while attending these events.
One experience that came back to me this morning when I found an unfinished project was the beginnings of a Friendship Quilt I started in Jeanette Reynolds' class she taught for the Napa Valley Quilters. I think it was in the late 90's. When I pulled out these blocks in various states of completion, also strips of fabric, the template itself, worksheets, supply list, well, the day came back to me, and my eyes teared up remembering the loving circumstances of that day. The comaraderie among women is truly enhanced by belonging to a group of makers and appreciators.
Women's History Month 2008 ends today, but it seems that we are among many who see fit to honor women's history frequently in many of the workshops offered through various Quilt and Wearable Art groups. Do you agree?
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