Julia came for a 3 day Saori weaving intensive and sewed 2 vests from her weaving here at saori santa cruz

 meet Julia .. she came from the east coast to California for a 3 day Saori weaving intensive. She was not a weaver but totally imbraced the saori philosophy and wove all day for 2 days and sewed the last day.

i had  Julia  put on one of my Saori jackets to wear as it was chilly in the morning she said " it feels so amazing to me, wow "

she brought a old pink  silk sari she wanted to tear up in strips and use in her weaving 

looking at her 2 day weaving  progress i estimated that she had enough yardage to sew a vest or two in our last day.

she tried on some of my  saori garments and decided to sew  like this vest.

unfurling her yardage off the saori ch60 loom

cut sew pin try on!

she loves it!

here is a video of her modeling it 

enough yardage  left to a second vest  the draping collar  in the Saori beginning  clothing design book 

saori clothign design book here in my etsy shop  

trying on and sewing vest 2 

here are the 2 vests side by side 

 a marvelous jam packed 3 days here at

SAORI SANTA CRUZ STUDIO

peaceful weaving in the costal redwood mountains

Jill N Sanders

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“, last year I’d completely lost my confidence and with it the joy I got from my spinning and weaving. Its really thanks to the saori philosophy that I’ve regained my passion for working with fibre and I feel like that thing that was missing from my life, the thing that gave me my spark, has returned to me. Last year I struggled with depression and had problems sleeping almost every night. Now I’m sleeping better and I get up everyday with my head full of things I want to do.”