GARMENT GALLERY 2000-2005
"DRAGONFLY" 2005
Hand painted rayon/silk warp woven in 2/1 twill, novelty rayon woven in plain weave, and immersion dyed mohair loop woven in a modified 3 thread bird's eye, all on 8 shafts. MX Dyes. Trimmed in commercial fabric, in-seam buttonholes. Pattern from Burda.
This garment appeared as part of the Fabric Forecast Year in Review, Handwoven Magazine Issue 130 May/June 2006
"PHOENIX RISING" 2005
Handpainted mohair bouclé, cotton, rayon, and silk warps with MX Fiber Reactive Dyes. Handwoven, 8 Shaft Block Twill. Vogue Pattern.
This garment appeared as part of the Fabric Forecast Year in Review, Handwoven Magazine Issue 130 May/June 2006
"PEACOCK FANTASY" 2005
Pieced handwoven rayon, cotton, silk and mohair (front band), rayon lining and binding, beads. Adapted from a Vogue Pattern.
This garment was exhibited at:
FIBER CELEBRATED 2007 Intermountain Weavers Conference Juried Exhibit, Durango, CO
Transgression & Transformation (TnT) Surface Design Association Juried Fashion Event 2007 Kansas City, MO
SEAMS: CONTEMPORARY ART TO WEAR 2008 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ Curated by Joanie San Chirico and Dorrie Papademetriou
"COCOON" 2005
Pieced handwoven plain weave mohair, rayon, cotton, and silk. Recycled animal fur, rayon lining, polyester and silk binding. Modified Folkwear pattern. Featured on the home page of Folkwear Patterns www.folkwear.com
This garment was exhibited at:
Handweaver's Guild of America exhibit "Make a Grand Entrance", Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
FIBER CELEBRATED 2007 Intermountain Weavers Conference Juried Exhibit, Durango, CO, IWC Award for Excellence in Functional Wearable
Transgression & Transformation (TnT) Surface Design Association Juried Fashion Event 2007 Kansas City, MO
"SMOKY CRYSTALS" 2005 (Sold/Private Collection)
Pieced squares of fringed, handwoven, brushed mohair, rayon, and cotton. Original pattern. Sold
"PASSION FRUIT" 2005 (Sold/Private Collection)
Pieced vest from handwoven rayon, cotton, and silk, silk trim, rayon lining. Original vest pattern from "Making a Pieced Vest from Leftovers" Workshop.
This garment appeared as part of the Fabric Forecast Year in Review, Handwoven Magazine Issue 125 May/June 2005. Sold
"FRINGE JACKET" 2004 (Sold/Private Collection)
Handwoven cotton and rayon, broken twill, polyester lining. Adapted from a Burda pattern.
This garment appeared as part of the Fabric Forecast in Handwoven Magazine Issue 124 March/April 2005. Sold.
"BUTTERFLY COAT" 2004 (Sold/Private Collection)
Handwoven four shaft inlay (Theo Moorman technique). Wool, acrylic, Pendleton Woolen Mill blanket edges. Trimmed in wool jersey. McCall's pattern.
This garment appeared in a feature, "Theo Moorman Goes Big", Handwoven Magazine, Issue 127 November/December 2005. Sold
"RISING SUN" 2004
Handwoven 8 shaft twill variation silk, cotton, polyester, and metallic. Silk coordinating fabric. Adapted from a Vogue pattern.
This garment appeared as part of the Fabric Forecast Year in Review, Handwoven Magazine Issue 120 May/June 2004
"GODDESS CABARET" 2003 (Sold/Private Collection)
Handwoven, handbrushed (during weaving) mohair fabric in a 4 shaft rib weave on a straight draw; trim and coordinating jacquard wool skirt fabric from Pendleton Woolen Mill (field trip during the ANWG 2003 conference); pewter buttons; cape and skirt adapted from Vogue patterns.
This garment appeared as part of the Fall/Winter '04-'05 fabric forecast in Handwoven Magazine Issue 119 March/April 2004.
This garment also received the Lois Fronk Award for Sewn or Tailored Garment, Convergence 2004 Fashion Show Exhibition, "Fibers with Altitude, Garments with Attitude", Denver, CO. Sold
"COMPLEX WANDERINGS" 2003 (Sold/Private Collection)
Handwoven 8 shaft 2-block Point Twill (Strickler #165) of cotton and rayon; machine quilted to fleece backing; dyed animal skin for accent fabric; polyester sari for lining; adapted from Design and Sew Pattern #325
Originally designed as a sectional warping demonstration, the first five yards of fabric came off the loom and was exhibited at Convergence '96 "Lengths of Time" yardage exhibition in Portland, Oregon. It took another six years to clear the remaining 6 yards from the loom. Everything has its season. Sold
"SOFTENED EDGES" 2003 (Sold/Private Collection)
8 Shaft deflected double weave (Weaver's Fall '97) handwoven of rayon; reversible; silk jacquard contrast fabric; pattern adapted from Paw Prints Pattern Company "Kanji Coat"
This garment appeared as part of the Spring/Summer '04 Fabric Forecast in Handwoven Magazine Issue 117 November/December 2003. Sold
"SURGICALLY TIED" 2003
Handwoven, handbrushed recycled plain weave fabric (it used to be a skirt, circa 1982) of mohair, rayon, cotton; cotton velveteen upholstery fabric ( leftover from a job circa 1970's) for lining; Kumihimo braid front closure; adapted from a Vogue pattern.
The making of the Kumihimo braid inspired the "Endnotes" essay in Handwoven Magazine, Issue 115 May/June 2003
"EVOLUTION" 2002
8 Shaft Shadow Weave (Weaver's Spring '99) handwoven of rayon and acrylic, inkle woven bands, silkscreened polyester lining (from a graduate surface design class in 1979); Original Design
This vest inspired the article "Designing from the Stash" in Handwoven Magazine, Issue 111 September/October 2002
"EVENTUALLY" 2002
Handwoven wool fabric circa 1978 (my first yardage); machine quilted cotton contrast fabric; cotton lining; adapted from a Burda pattern.
"SLICE AND DICE" 2000
Pieced recycled handwoven fabric of rayon, cotton, and silk; wool crepe trim and binding; antique jacquard cotton casement fabric for lining, adapted from a Butterick pattern.
This garment inspired the article "Slice and Dice Those Old Castoffs for a New Look" in Handwoven Magazine, Issue 102, November/December 2000