Category: Patternmaking
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Exploring SAORI garment construction
Enjoy weaving then stitching up a garment to your size.
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Easy to Weave, Easy to Stitch
Perhaps this is a post that doesn’t need to be written up. But this little easy garment is one of the most made in Curiousweaver Studio. It’s for when you want a change from a scarf, something quick, something useful and versatile and something that shows off your individual Saori style. Recently I had correspondence…
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More Winter Clothes
There are times when cloth rolls off the looms and others where they are either in stasis or pending. This week caught some rolling off. This cloth is from ‘Be Bold, embrace the hi-vis and ugly colours‘. I love the autumn tones of the cloth and wrapped it around the mannequin lots of times to…
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The Making of a Saori Garment
Back from Japan and so much to write I don’t know how to approach it all. So I thought I’d start with making a garment at Saori no Mori in Osaka with Hiromi. She is the resident staff designer with so many ideas. I took along my six metres of linen/cotton fabric to learn more…
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No end to weaving
There seems to be no end in sight to weaving and making clothes at the moment. This one was made with my 85cm w i d e width cloth. I still prefer the dynamic feel of narrower textiles but the up side is a very short sewing timeframe because there is far less stitching. This…