And added a separate scarf
( the back story ) In the last month the world has changed forever. the second week of march 2020 Covid 19 became a pandemic as you know. i cancelled all my studio classes and sheltered at home like most of the united states.
it took a while for for some states to comply. as we learn more and more about this new deadly sars virus effecting organs and the brain besides the heart and lungs if you survive it it is sobering and scary.we are rural, and can not get our groceries delivered ( my husband and i are in the age group most at risk). so we drive into Santa Cruz to pick up a delivered on line grocery order from our daughters front porch in town.
to protect us i made face masks
I started a "sew covid 19 face masks" thread in my Ravelry group Ravelry my saori group click here( or join ravelry) I do instagram saorisantacruz but not face book . you will not see me on facebook ,intentionally .
durning this isolation i have been sewing and weaving … one of my most favorite pieces emerged but it was not fast and the first try i did not like so i redesigned it and came up with this it took 3 weeks …
but it was a long journey to arive at this tunic….weeks actually
after i wove this piece my daughter said to me " it is the Indian holiday Holi this totally goes with the holiday" and she was right ! very timely
first attempts
Before pretty dumpy looking design fail!
so i did a cutup and rip it apart day… i love the fabric and i wanted a new tunic out of it
i set to sketching and decided lots of gores would look cool but did i have enough fabric to do it?…
I drafted and cut pieces out of muslin pined and tried it on till i had this ...
i liked it ! but i was still worried , would i have enough fabric to make it? here is the jacket cut apart laid out in a rectilinear jumble of sorts pockets were the only left overs of the once finished jacket first attempt design try….i started laying out the gores still worried would i have enough fabric ??
i cut and cut and i barely squeezed out the 10 gores I made it!!! . the Left over fabric from the pockets were All i had left and i used used Them for the curved yoke neckline.
out in the studio the crab apple and plum trees burst into bloom with the colorful weaving and the blooming fruit trees my heart was lightening up.
it was a glorious day to look out and see them as i pined and sewed the horrors of covid 19 faded away for a few hours
i found two buttons in my stash that were perfect for the shoulder openings hoarding buttons for years is a good thing!
the tunic can be worn front back or back to front
this is the back
this is the front
the front . this piece in mostly cottons
now when i can go out again i will wear my Holi / pandemic of 2020 tunic … i thing in the next months i will be designing and sewing quite a bit i may have a compleate wardrobe before it is safe again to have someplace to go.
i hope you have time to weave and spin and sew as we all wait sheltering in place for a vaccine for covid 19 to … maybe over a year… stay safe , stay strong weave and sew . reduce the curve…
WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM
Before photo above i added the side panels to make less skimpy
A student videos trying it on
( the back story ) In the last month the world has changed forever. the second week of march 2020 Covid 19 became a pandemic as you know. i cancelled all my studio classes and sheltered at home like most of the united states.
it took a while for for some states to comply. as we learn more and more about this new deadly sars virus effecting organs and the brain besides the heart and lungs if you survive it it is sobering and scary.we are rural, and can not get our groceries delivered ( my husband and i are in the age group most at risk). so we drive into Santa Cruz to pick up a delivered on line grocery order from our daughters front porch in town.
to protect us i made face masks
I started a "sew covid 19 face masks" thread in my Ravelry group Ravelry my saori group click here( or join ravelry) I do instagram saorisantacruz but not face book . you will not see me on facebook ,intentionally .
durning this isolation i have been sewing and weaving … one of my most favorite pieces emerged but it was not fast and the first try i did not like so i redesigned it and came up with this it took 3 weeks …
but it was a long journey to arive at this tunic….weeks actually
after i wove this piece my daughter said to me " it is the Indian holiday Holi this totally goes with the holiday" and she was right ! very timely
my first try was design a pullover V neck, that i did not like so then i cut it down the front into a jacket
but i still did not like that…
Before pretty dumpy looking design fail!
i set to sketching and decided lots of gores would look cool but did i have enough fabric to do it?…
i liked it ! but i was still worried , would i have enough fabric to make it? here is the jacket cut apart laid out in a rectilinear jumble of sorts pockets were the only left overs of the once finished jacket first attempt design try….i started laying out the gores still worried would i have enough fabric ??
playing around with the placment of the 10 gores it took a long while to find the sections i liked with other neighboring sections
finely after about 20 try ons, sew try ,on sew ….my tunic is finished !
i hope you have time to weave and spin and sew as we all wait sheltering in place for a vaccine for covid 19 to … maybe over a year… stay safe , stay strong weave and sew . reduce the curve…
WWW.SAORISANTACRUZ.COM
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