Friday, November 18, 2011

The Brees Blazer again

Remember this?

brees blazer

I made this jacket last year, just before leaving Canada. Ellen Degeneres saw it and liked it so Drew had one made for her (not by me- my contacts within that camp don't know where to find me these days) and will be presenting it to her on Monday's show. I saw a post on facebook which is how I found out about this coat-

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Prepping the back

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Roll

roll

canvas

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Ariston Napoli

Just because.

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Ariston Napoli

Ariston

Fans of the bold, colourful cloth typical of many Italian merchants (especially Isaia) will love Ariston Napoli. This latest piece- a blue and brown check- comes from them, and is surprisingly robust for an Italian cloth. They are represented in the U.S. by Kemp and Hewitt.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Silliness with scraps

Far from random, some careful planning is required, the sort that only another patternmaker can really appreciate.

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