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Another Quilted Silk Jacket Tia Mary 06-29-2009
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Posted by Tia Mary on June 29, 2009, 10:55 am
Hi Guys,
Well, I need to get myself geared up so I can start the prep work
for the kimono silks to be used in the quilted jacket I will make DD for
Christmas. I am going to be at my cabin for about 6 weeks starting the
end of July and want to work on it then. I have to baste the ends of
all the different fabrics (that's about 2 dozen!) before I can launder
them. Then pressing and deciding which fabric will go where on the jacket.
Most of the fabrics have some sort of butterfly design on them as DD
loves b'flies (HMMMM -- guess where any leftover butterflies will
go?!?!?). I will get all the pieces (18 or 20) cut out and then ship
them to myself at DD's. I'll do the quilting once I am at the cabin and
then hopefully have time to get the basic jacket put together. Not sure
if I will get it finished. Working on silk is tedious and very time
consuming so I take a lot of breaks. It would be nice not to have to
send the jacket back and forth across the country! If I get it
finished, I can carefully pack it in a box and leave it at DD's.
Anyway, posting about it means I have to get started -- LOLOL! Once
I tell everyone I am starting, I can't back out :-). I'm also going to
work on the winter cat quilt for myself! I've been collecting fabrics
for it for about 8 years so it's time to get started!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

Posted by Lobo on July 1, 2009, 11:34 am
Have you made one of these before? I'd love to see a photo. I tried on a
quilted silk jacket at Chico's that I'd have loved if the color hadn't made
me look dead. I've thought about it ever since and contemplated making one.
Lobo
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> Hi Guys,
> Well, I need to get myself geared up so I can start the prep work for
> the kimono silks to be used in the quilted jacket I will make DD for
> Christmas. I am going to be at my cabin for about 6 weeks starting the
> end of July and want to work on it then. I have to baste the ends of all
> the different fabrics (that's about 2 dozen!) before I can launder them.
> Then pressing and deciding which fabric will go where on the jacket.
> Most of the fabrics have some sort of butterfly design on them as DD
> loves b'flies (HMMMM -- guess where any leftover butterflies will
> go?!?!?). I will get all the pieces (18 or 20) cut out and then ship them
> to myself at DD's. I'll do the quilting once I am at the cabin and then
> hopefully have time to get the basic jacket put together. Not sure if I
> will get it finished. Working on silk is tedious and very time consuming
> so I take a lot of breaks. It would be nice not to have to send the
> jacket back and forth across the country! If I get it finished, I can
> carefully pack it in a box and leave it at DD's.
> Anyway, posting about it means I have to get started -- LOLOL! Once I
> tell everyone I am starting, I can't back out :-). I'm also going to work
> on the winter cat quilt for myself! I've been collecting fabrics for it
> for about 8 years so it's time to get started!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary



Posted by Tia Mary on July 1, 2009, 2:20 pm
Lobo wrote:

> Have you made one of these before? I'd love to see a photo. I tried on a
> quilted silk jacket at Chico's that I'd have loved if the color hadn't made
> me look dead. I've thought about it ever since and contemplated making one.
> Lobo

I made one for myself last summer -- photos are in my Webshots album.
There's no batting in the jacket so it's hard to see the quilting. I
backed each piece with dupioni silk and then quilted that. Then once
the pieces were assembled, I lined the whole thing with silk. Three
layers of silk are enough for me -- no batting required ;-). CiaoMeow
>^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

Posted by Lobo on July 5, 2009, 3:35 pm
> Lobo wrote:
>> Have you made one of these before? I'd love to see a photo. I tried on
>> a
snip
> I made one for myself last summer -- photos are in my Webshots album.
snip
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)

Thanks! Lovely
Lobo



Posted by marika on July 5, 2009, 5:03 pm

>
> I made one for myself last summer -- photos are in my Webshots album.
> There's no batting in the jacket so it's hard to see the quilting. I
> backed each piece with dupioni silk and then quilted that. Then once the
> pieces were assembled, I lined the whole thing with silk. Three layers of
> silk are enough for me -- no batting required ;-). CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<


I have been visiting the Jean Chin exhibit at the American Museum of Art
this month, because it is so neat. It's called Common Threads

She has some neat photos on Flickr of it
Check the last 3 on the right called Unravelled
http://www.flickr.com/groups/jeanshincommonthreads/

The description of the process is on the flickr site.
I'd say it's the exact opposite of the projects everyone does here.
The finished product was really neat btw

mk5000

"But you made your way back home
You sold your soul
Like a Roman vagabond, yeah
I heard you from the wishing well in the city"--day and age, killers


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