Jigsaw Jackets - Intuitive Sewing

The Jigsaw Jacket Workshops were a first

there were 2 of them

running on consecutive Fridays and Saturdays for 4wks

each group consisted of 4 participants

Judith, Alex, Jeanette & Inge
Kate, Jeanette, Sue & Rosie
[Kate & Alex aren't in photos due to them missing on the last day]

The girls arrived with bags of fabric, garments, buttons & trims

some favourite treasures 

some acquired more recently
some appropriate some not quite

As much as everyone wanted to create an interesting Jacket

we all know sewing is as much about the journey as the destination

and it was the playing with combining different fabrics, colours & textures that was intriguing to everyone. 

Having created these jackets for years I know there is a formula to follow 

so armed with the girls faith in my knowledge 

we sorted, traced, cut, sewed and occassionally unpicked our way
to the end of the journey.  

l-r Judith, Jeanette, Inge

Judiths Jacket is a combination of Op shop sourced Tweed Jackets & skirts & doily edging

and I'm hoping it's going to fit in her suitcase 

and we'll get snaps of it in front of famous spots throughout Europe.

Jeanettes Jacket was a combination of Op shop sourced napkins, a skirt, lace trim and filed fabric

which all blended beautifully

and looked fabulous with her REinvented Jeans Skirt.

There might also be some snaps of Jeanette wearing her Jacket

while visiting family in Europe.

From memory Inge used mostly upholstery fabrics for her Jacket

and was one of the few to opt for the pockets and cuffs.

Inge wore her latest Change of Heart Skirt to the last workshop

which was a perfect match!

Both Inge and Jeanette managed to make a start on their next ones!

Inges from vintage Curtains

and

Jeanettes from a vintage Bedspread.

 

Jeanette C who is the newest to sewing 

was the first to finish

[not that it was competition]

and her Jacket was created completely from [pre]existing garments.

Rosie really wanted to incorporate an old beautifully tailored pure wool Jacket 

which had been lovingly filed in the back of the wardrobe for years

so we did

combining it with new & filed fabrics, jackets and a lace top

we also managed to retain 

the beautiful hand crafted welt button holes & hand stitched buttons.

Sue created a light weight Jacket by combining fabric remnants and garments

which complimented one another fabulously.

It's remarkable how different everyone interpreted the same pattern
how unique each Jacket is
and how the personality of each person is captured in the one garment.

It was exhausting
 with 15 pattern pieces in total this was a challenging project

 thank goodness I had the foresight to envisage it would take us 4wks to comfortably finish a Jacket

 everyone left the Studio on a high
bursting with a new found confidence in their ability to create intuitively


and I can't wait to do it again!