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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Saori Santa Cruz Mom's and kid's weave and sew pillows class

Look at the happy faces ! we had a fun class!
Hand woven PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS !

 Lets take a look at there class...


  Saori looms and sewing machines set up






  The SAORI CH60 LOOM  AND THE SAORI PICCOLO LOOMS kid and new weaver friendly .





  Never before weavers creating there pillow tops!


  WHILE ONE FAMILY WAS WEAVING THE OTHER SET WAS SEWING AND STUFFING THERE PILLOWS














  18 lbs of stuffing in 6 pillows!! wowzers!




  BUT WHAT  BEAUTIFUL PILLOWS!



 off the loom !






  off the loom time to sew !


  how cute is this!
  a really fun bolster
  moms large pillow




  very very happy kids and mom's

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 New products from 2018  Ashford
 there new 6 cone yarn stand
indispensable, no pigtails or eye hooks to snag yarns ! my can not warp with out tool
6 cone thread stand here   I threw all my other bad cone stands  away!
 you can also use it for clasped weft and winding bobbins!





  my second new ashford tool I can not live with out now  are these  warp weights!


  something went wrong with my beaming on  with this warp but no problem…. warp weights to the rescue!



  here you can see the difference between bulky warps I wound tightly on the warp and thin 8/2 cotons but half way through a 14 yard warp discrepancies crept in!
it could have been a nightmare warp but ashford warp weights to the rescue.
 on the left are the ashford weights, on the right are a craftsman made knock off i tried as well. they look similar but they do not remotely preform the same  .
the cup hooks on the  tear drop style are to large and open, the washers are smaller and therefore not heavy enough to weigh down the warps well , they fell off . to put the washers on it is fidely to get them over the cup hooks where as the ashfords never fell off were the right weight and preformed swimmingly ! for decades I used film canisters, tins, S hooks with fishing weights etc etc , BUT THESE ASHFORD WARPS WEIGHTS ARE AMAZING. I bought a slew of them for the studio and I sell them here in my Etsy shop ashford warp weights here

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 Peaceful weaving spinning ,sewing in my studio in the   California redwood mountains

Jill Nickolene Sanders

WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM

my Etsy shop









2 comments:

  1. Your studio is such an inspiring space and you can see what a happy day these mums and kids spent making pillows. I had to laugh at the technology creeping in with the children's cell phone, or maybe they were taking a photograph? I shall have to get some of those Ashford weights, they look invaluable.

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    1. Yes they were taking photos photos with there moms phone ! The childten were so excited and engaged . The children all want to come back and wanted to weave again and learn how to spin yarn too they told me! The moms want to have a class with more of their friends so they are going to put it together and schedule a class with out children for a friend’s craft day here at studio in May or June !
      They totally loved it too!
      Jill

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