Maria T
Please meet Maria, a true artist in many aspects of her life. She is a regular Friday morning student and I have watched her grow and improve her sewing year by year. What I love about Maria is that she always adds that little extra something to make her garments unique. She is SO creative with leather, and her linings are often screened with designs. She has a flair for interior design and generously entertains us in her Pacific Grove home when we go on our Asilomar Sewing Retreats.
Marfy pattern
Butterick pattern
Maria looks cool in this linen dress. First she made a perfectly fitting muslin in a princess style. Then she sucessfully drafted the collar following directions in an article in Threads magazine..
StyleArc's Autumn Dress pattern
Marcy Tilton Vogue V8636
Jane's Big Collar shirt pattern
Marcy Tilton Vogue V8636
Maria made this skirt from a border print in a lightweight knit.
StyleArc Mindi pattern
Marfy skirt
Butterick pattern B5849.
Maria made a Alabama Chanin style skirt. She designed the motif for the silk screening, and screened using different colored paints to get this Fall effect. Sally Baker made the silk screens ( visit her on Etsy here).
Maria made a Alabama Chanin style skirt. She designed the motif for the silk screening, and screened using different colored paints to get this Fall effect. Sally Baker made the silk screens ( visit her on Etsy here).
Marfy 2270 jacket pattern
Couture construction
Maria used a eggplant colored fabric to trim her top.
Vogue pattern
Marcy Tilton skirt pattern
The frayed edges, trim, and buttons finish off the look.
Maria used silk screens and to decorate her silk charmeuse lining. The typical metal chain used in a couture jacket can be seen at the hem.
The jacket is lined with a patterned silk charmeuse.
The detailing of the zippers and the top stitching really make this jacket stand out. what a great design idea to sew darts on the inner elbow and on the right side. Yeah Marfy! Maria worked on this Marfy jacket while she vacationed with Jane one of her Sewing Retreats. Now that it is completed, it is just stunning.
Maria made this wonderful leather jacket using Marfy pattern 2270.