Garments Completed in Jane
Foster's Sewing Classes
Located in Walnut
Creek, CA - In the San Francisco East Bay Area
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Susie made this silk dupioni jacket using a chenille
technique. The jacket has several layers of
silk dupioni. It's gorgeous on Susie!!
See Jane about making a garment using this
technique.
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| Anne L writes "I sought out and began working
with a teacher, Jane Foster, a gifted artist,
seamstress, and clothing designer. I have
learned a great deal from her. Lately, I have been
working with vintage Japanese kimono fabric,
repurposed into more contemporary designs. I buy my
kimono fabric online,
from collectors, in small pieces. My approach is
to pair the vintage fabric with modern silk. I feel
that this honors the artists who created the
original kimonos and recycles their creations into
something that can be worn and enjoyed today. The
designs are my own, first sketched and then draped
and fitted on a dress form."
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Vintage Japanese Kimono fabric (lightweight silk),
ca. 1940, pieced with Anne Klein silk crepe (black)
and Indian dupioni silk (rose). Unlined. |
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| Anne completed this wonderful vest from pieces
of silk kimono. It has a piping detail, and this
time she used a
Diane Ericson pattern. |
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Grace made her second garment with silk knit.
This fabric is not easy to handle as a beginner but
she crated a very useful basic shell. |
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Diana used Folkwear's Navajo Blouse
pattern and plain turquoise cotton for
the blouse. Miniature buffalo head
nickel buttons and plain mother of pearl
buttons are used to represent the
Mexican and American coins Navajo women
sewed to their blouses. According to
lore the button/coins could be used as
money
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The belt is a Navajo wedding belt Diana's husband
bought in the Southwest. The skirt
(McCall's 6840 tiered skirt pattern) is made
from brown cotton with a printed turquoise concho
design embellished with ribbons and metal conchos. |
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| Alexis is ready for the prom with the new dress
she designed and made in Jane's sew labs.
Outstanding!! |
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| Alexis made her cute outfit for a style show.
She will go to The Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising in the Fall to study graphic art.
Good luck Alexis. |
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| Dr. Joy completed her first dress,
and is proud of her creation. She found
the beautiful velvet as a remnant at Britex, and
paired it with the solid black. This was one
of the projects she worked on with Jane at the
Spring Asilomar Retreat. She looks
fantastic! |
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| Fran made this Sandra Betzina jeans jacket and
embellished it with twin needle stitching using
variegated thread. |
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| Mallory has made several of these bags, plus a
skirt, an apron and shorts. She is off to a
wonderful beginning in learning to sew. |
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| Vicki looks fabulous in this aqua tee shirt. |
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| Maria cleverly used a striped denim to make
Marcy Tilton's skirt pattern. It has bias sections
and godets and a designer pocket. |
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Carrie and Jane
designed this bag as it was being constructed!
Ties were first
sewn to two pieces of muslin to create the
fabric for front and back. The bag was lined
with black silk.
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The narrow ends of
the ties were braided for the handle and grouped
together and wrapped for side decoration. |
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The wide end of a
tie was used as the base for the closure. This all
resulted in a fun "green" bag! |
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