PSYCHEDELIC BEDOUIN
Although I designed this coat for those chilly playa nights at Burning Man, it just so happens to be cold in our hemisphere right now. How convenient!
If staying warm is your goal, this is the coat for the job! This fabulous textured rainbow shell is a heavy-duty upholstery fabric. I lined the coat with minky, a soft acrylic fiber that’s commonly used for baby blankets. Put this on and you’ll be snugly all night long.
There are minky pockets set in the side seams, so your chilly fingers will always have a place to hide.
Another fantastic detail is the zipper–it can opened from the top or bottom, meaning you can ride a bike or use the bathroom without removing your fortress from the cold. With both zipper heads pulled to the top, the coat can even be worn as a cape.
The fabric selvedge has such a nice fringe that I used it for the hems.
There’s only ONE Psychedelic Bedouin, so get it quick from my Etsy shop!
Thanks to Mr. Siadek for the great photos!
SKIRT FESTIVAL
I’ve been sewing a lot of gypsy-esque skirts lately. They’re fun to wear (twirl much?) and the most comfortable thing you’ll ever put on.
They started out as playa-garb, but I quickly discovered how perfect they are for just about everything else too.
The patchwork skirts are made from cottons, silks, and vintage polys. I used cotton jersey and elastic lace for the waistbands. The jungley skirt is a rayon with lycra waistband, and sadly is the last of its kind.
All these skirts are in my Etsy shop, and I’ll be posting more over the next few months.
POST-RENEGADE REVAMP
Maria and I have a good time at Renegade this past weekend. We met some really cool people, sold some art, soaked up the sun, and had a nice visit. Our booth was definitely one of the most colorful spots in the park.
I’ve been thinking about my business a lot over the past couple weeks, and I’ll be making some changes to the way I do things. I’m making a distinction between being busy and being productive, and trying to channel my energy into what works, which for me has been masks and striped leggings. I’ll also be making sure that I have time to work on my personal projects–small projects should be knocked out so that they are finished, not sitting in a growing pile of things in progress. And most importantly, I want to give myself some free time!
Hopefully somewhere in there I’ll be posting more often. It’s a lame excuse, but now that Jason has a day job it’s really hard to go out and take photos of what I’ve been sewing!
In the meantime, a lot of items in my Etsy shop are on sale, so check that out!
RENEGADE SEWING
This weekend I’ll be setting up shop at the Renegade Craft Fair. My friend Maria is flying in from NOLA to split a booth with me, so the weekend is guaranteed to be fun, and hopefully quite lucrative.
My sewing machine died mid-stitch this week, so I ran out and bought this new Singer. I had to have something right away to finish my market sewing, so I think this will only be temporary, but it’s handling my coiled bowls so much better than my old machine. And I must say, I really like the boxy design. I may wind up holding on to this machine as a back up.
Hope to see some of y’all this weekend!
RAINBOWS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES
Literally, people have pulled over on the side of the road to ask me where I got these shoes. They are attention grabbing and generate a lot of conversation, plus I think they’re fabulous.
I got the tan cotton shoes at Payless for $10, and used acrylic paint to spice them up. The shoelace is a white metallic cording I had lying around, and it’s the perfect final touch.
In other news, I’ve been busy generating stock for markets and all your holiday shopping, plus a million little projects (and a couple bigger ones). I’ll get my Halloween costume posted before it’s completely irrelevant, plus I’ve been working on a great little party dress for our upcoming trip to Vegas.
