The Fashion Sewing Group  It's about the clothes.

These images are for the January - March 2011 newsletter.

Turning a lump of fabric and a few balls of yarn into something extraordinary is one of the best parts of putting our talent to great use. Details for this are in the
newsletter on page 8. The rayon yarns I used are shown--flatter, more ribbon like yarns make a lovely flatter trim. For the jacket I used the 1945A pattern with a wrap collar and on seam pockets at the hip--all in the Jackets Workbook.

This very special Missoni-like knit in the ink palette was
simple to assemble in the 1960 cardigan. It has a little
tendency to grow, so let it hang a day before you hem it or
add the pockets. (I’ll enclose a little sewing guide for it with a
purchase to remind you.) It’s very lightweight and would make
a great travel piece to dress up or down. You could even use
it as a swimsuit cover-up; each of the color ways has such a
variety of colors in the space-dyed yarns, that it would blend
wonderfully with many solid colors.

The Teal Boiled wool is terrific with the Navy Modern
Gab as well as the black and new dark walnut, a rich dark
brown that also picks up a bit of that color in both of the
Missoni-like knits. I also put it with the stone modern gab so
you can see how nice they look with a lighter toned fabric as
we work closer to spring and summer.

To give you an idea for another way to use these lovely boiled
woolens this month, here is the boiled alpaca coat I had made and shown in the newsletter a few years ago. I’ve gotten a tremendous amount of wear from it. If you recall, the edges of the 1963 coat were just clean cut and not hemmed. The front edges, sleeves, and collar were bound with a hand knit trim. Silk covered snaps hold it closed with a decorative button just sewn to the right side.

This rayon blended boiled wool could be even more versatile since it is lighter weight--the colors were chosen because they would be great either spring or fall.

Far Right: This is the 1963 coat with the collar tab in place and the collar front edges squared. All on page 16. Much like the Blueberry coating that was in the November issue, this is from the Luxe Line's coating that was alpaca and mink.