This Saori jacket deserves it own post!

Linda started to weave  a little over a year ago. She came to Saori Santa Cruz for a scarf class.

But look at what she just wove and tailored from her latest wool yardage that she soaked and fulled and pressed  ......

There were wonderful stories she shared as we drove to the santa Cruz Handweavers guild meeting last week. My favorite was how she learned to set in a sleeve. I can not begin to add the flavor and life of her story, but it goes like this, she was on a summer holiday, a newlywed at the time near a lake in the mid west( sorry details forgotten) and was really bored. some releatives of her husband were retired Jewish  tailors and had summer cottages near by. She thought she would sew to have something to do. she had made her own wedding dress after all.    They sweetly took pity on her sewing skills and took her under their wing for awhile, and taught her skills she never forgot that summer. They bought her a sewing machine, a singer which she still uses to this day, and used to sew her saori jacket.

  At the guild meeting Linda got up to show her amazing jacket. I am the first to tell you that most of our guild does not undersatnd, or embrace Saori and are quite traditional, so this was a brave thing for her to do! She took off her convertable twisted fringe collar to model the  option to the delight of most  the members.  I think this is a beautiful meld of untraditional weaving with traditional sewing skills. Another way to incorporate Saori into ones own vision.

" Hi Jill,

Thanks so much for the post with great photos of my Violet wool jacket. It is quite colorful!
It has been such a pleasure to know you. You have helped me learn to weave, and now to weave yardage to make some things that are so me.

Many Thanks,
Linda  "

 A close up of linda's perfect set in sleeve! Her  jacket is completely lined  as well .

She wound a warp  warped and wove the fabric with clasped wefts using a all wool saori limitted cone yarn set she bought last year.

Bravo Linda

Peace through weaving

Jill nickolene 

www.saorisantacruz.com

my etsy shop

Three new students try Saori for the first time

Three new Saori weaving students, and a beautiful spring day on the deck in the redwoods.

 trying on my saori clothing designs.

 How to wind bobbins, what are pre wound warps, well what exactly is a warp?

 OMG my "indigo riff"  jacket looks  so fantastic on her! It is always hard to price ones work.  Days and days of weaving, decades of experience of designing  and sewing skills accrued. The cost of materials skyrocketing. In the end the artist never wins but I  keep producing  absolutely one of a kind  artisan clothing, art to wear pieces becauseit  it is my passion, and my talent. Some are here:
my etsy shop

PEACEFUL WEAVING IN THE REDWOODS
JILL NICKOLENE SANDERS
www.saorisantacruz.com

Thrid grade class LEARNS ABOUT WOOL AND SAORI WEAVING

  Today  was a wonderful day . A 3rd  grade class visits Saori Santa Cruz to learn all about wool,  Last night I lined up a few of my saori looms , wheels , and drumcarder to be taken out on the deck to set up for the class visit today.

Deck set up this morning early  and ready for the 17 students , plus parents and teachers......

  OK READY SET GO!

hands on weaving

 sucess!

  Many thanks to the mom's and teachers for there help winding bobbins....

 supervising the spining wheel, and drum carder  while I helped the students weaving.

 Snack break, it was hard to pry some students  from the loom and weaving!

 Thank you Alison, holding a lovely cardered wool batt.  She has a daughter in the class and  helped coordinate the fun class visit.

 SUCCESSES spinning too.

 But They loved weaving!

 spinning

 Time to  go, some moaning they wanted to stay, but I had so much fun too , a really great  wonderful day!

Thanks to all the moms who carpooled and helped .... I am  off to clean up ....

 wait what is this confetti ? The looms on the deck  had the plum tree blossoms sprinkled all over them they  had suddenly floated to the looms, and deck , it was as  if it was a celebration for the lovely sucessful day.

 The  finished cut off students group weavings. I will send  them off to there class next week. I think a baner or even  cut up in pices  then  sewen  on a long string like  flags to decorate  and drape there class  room would be cool too and my lovely thank you letters( which I hung on the gallery wall)  from  the students  and teacher.....

PEACEFUL WEAVING , with  WOOL, in the redwoods
Jill Nickolene Sanders
www.saorisantacruz.com
my Etsy shop