On Thursday Susan and I tag teamed it and taught a quick Garment Designer from beginning to end type work shop, Showing where all the menu's where what you used them for and then took some measurements. We work through the step by step on how to create a pattern for sewing or knitting and how to print, cut paste and tile the pages for sewing and how to read the Shaping instructions for knitting.
On Friday Susan put together a Day of Exploration in San Diego.
We started with Spirit of the Cloth - They have wonderful fabrics, Vintage fabric, Kimonos, Vintage Fabric, Cambodian, Japanese and Thai Silk. I loved the way she cut a piece of fabric, she finds a thread, pulls and follows it across the fabric and then cuts at her line. This insures the fabric is square and you don't have to loose fabric as you try to straighten yourself. It takes time, but definitely a lost art.
Then visited:
Lost City Beads
Shepherdess
The retreat participants picked up yarn and beads and lots of cool stuff to use for there accessories!
Those were all in the general area of Old Town San Diego.
We then traveled over to Carol Gardyne Boutique a wonderful shop in the Little Italy area of San Diego. She creates some wonderful Hand Painted Silk Scarves.
We then changed gears and visited the Quilt Visions Gallery and the Mingei International Museam.
Both had wonderful eye candy - color, history, fabric and inspiration.
Saturday Susan taught how to pattern draft by hand and with Garment Designer - Hats, Belts and bags.
The paticipants worked hard, had there hands full of projects and idea's.
Sunday Linda Medina showed us the many ways to embellish our Hats, Belts and Bags.
Here are a few of the decoupage books that the participants made for themselves to make notes about all the different things they learned at the retreat.
We had a wonderful time hosting such wonderful ladies, Thank you all for coming. We look forward to next years retreats, keep an eye on our events page for dates and locations, or email me info@cochenille.com to sign up for our monthly email news.
~Sonia Barton~
5 comments:
how fun that must have been. You spent time in an area I used to spend a lot of time in. When you said Little Italy, I immediately thought of a little pizza place that I used to LOVE to go to.
Come by my blog when you get a chance, I awarded you with the Creative Writer Blogger Award.
Oh my goodness...this is amazing:) i love it! ur awesome! I wish to see CA someday! It's beautiful! thanks for sharing all the details! Looked like a wonderful time.
beautiful! I so need to get back into sewing . . .
This looks like it was so much fun! I wish I knew how to use my sewing machine. All I know how to do it cross stitch.
Thank you Maria, Little Italy has great food, and wonderful atmosphere.
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