Hand woven Saori sewing retreat at Saori Santa Cruz

Meet margo!  She is a talented artist in jewelry and bead making which she also teaches.
She is a new weaver , and just started weaving January of 2018 when she purchased her Saori loom. Her goal was to weave yardage and sew it into garments . She has been amassing yardage for months and she scheduled classes and  came across the country for 5 day intensive for creating her own clothing . Highlights of her  5 day saori sewing classes here at the studio ….

 Margo brought around 47 yards of her  hand woven SAORI FABRIC
 here it is unfurled on the studio steps

  AMAZING especially  for a new weaver!

  here in the tree house sewing studio with  all of her  yummy fabric awaiting sewing fun!   But first….

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DAY 1

  I like to discuss what styles and flattering  cuts the student like . after that I have them try of some of the over 50 muslins I have made as a starting point.

 As well as trying on some of my SAORI GARMENTS

 

 when styles and alterations and mesurments have been decided on we start to now to get to cutting out

  THEN THE BASTING

 and more sewing 

  until…..

  we have her first jacket !

  let's add pockets shall we?…

 now the runway!!!! the cliping of straggles of yarn ends will done when she arrives home ….we have many more yards and garments to go and it has been a productive first day!

  the jacket front can be worn differntly draped to one side where her woven tabs are are featured...

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DAY 2

  sewing basting, trying on a sweet cotton vest!

  2nd garment done and someing things too...

 learning some tecniques…..

  and trying out  spinning wheels in the spinning studio

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DAY 3

making the 

 TURQUOISE AND PURPLES ARTISTS VEST 

 basting and trying on 

 

  love to add pockets !

  she loves this one too!

  close up of pockets

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DAY 4

Autumn yardage 

  cutting and basting

 racer back hooded( or convertible collar) vest

  she is  extreamly happy with her her 4the  garment too!

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DAY 5 

  this last piece was a bit of a miracle ….. see below this was all the snippets we had left have
i cut out the vest!

  I carefully pinned it and margo sewed it

  we did it!!!!!!

 " and I love it "

  can you see that charming crow glassbead necklace? Margo creates the glass bead and necklaces!

  just enough time and scraps from the tuquoise yardage for her to be the first student  to sew
new hat design

 5 DAYS , 5 GARMENTS PLUS A HAT! Margo comments were " I WILL BE BACK" ," THIS WAS WONDERFUL"

For info in scheduling  a  saori retreat, sewing intensives, spinning and more go to my web site

WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ

 and email me or call call from the links there ….

Peaceful weaving, spinning sewing in the California rewoods 

Jill Nickolene Sanders