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so here is the linen shirt, one of them, but this is THE one…

nance wondered if it is shot linen.  i think it might be.  learning.

shot or not, it is overflowing with potential.  will need to make what i think i remember are called raglan sleeves?  i am a small skinny person, this is an ample shirt.  but i also very much like loose jackets.  and then there is the collar…it might "go"….

if i go through with re-organizing this shirt into the Traveling Jacket, it will be a first in many years of being committed to hooded zip sweatshirts.  as i am going forward, i seem to be going back….???

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    I love the color… and I have a lot of “Flax” clothing in my closet. Being an ample person, I love the drape and flow… though I, too, sometimes can do without the collar. Wonder how it will transform….

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    isn’t the color amazing? it has almost an amberpeach
    running through it…giving it a glow…
    What if i indigo boro’d the rim where i take off the
    collar?, or, even a piece where the shoulders are
    revised????? oh sigh. and a lining. what about a
    lining.
    had said to Deb G on her blog that the Traveling Jacket
    would need an inside pocket…and wouldn’t you know it,
    this already HAS one!

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  3. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    shot for sure. and perfect. won’t this be fun?

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  4. nance Avatar
    nance

    grace… i think i have the pants in this same fabric! it is gorgeous.

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  5. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    I love the idea of an indigo addition, the two colors would really sing together!

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  6. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    this has pants too, that go with it. but for a more
    voluptuous woman than me. and a short sleeved shirt.
    i feel guilty cutting it up. but from knowing my Thrift
    Shop, no one would want it. hmmmmm

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  7. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    YES! a perfect kind of fun, too.

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  8. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    “sing together”…like that thought/image/sound…!

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  9. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    Hi Grace! I am so excited this adventure will include some clothing. I have a shirt of my own in mind to mend from what I learn during Jude’s workshop. I am so glad we will be in on it together.
    Am enjoying seeing what you have been up to – the perfect light in the curtain and the little goat. and loving the couple of glimpses of your photo clipping collection…

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  10. deanna7trees Avatar
    deanna7trees

    …lavendar-blue, dilly, dilly…

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  11. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Oh this is beautiful! I’m sure you can make something wonderful with it….

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  12. helen Avatar
    helen

    I’ve taken off collars on alot of tops and then just bind the edge. Glennis had some shibori cotton ribbon stuff (see bottom of the wristlet I made her on her blog) that would work great to incase the neck hole. My mind is blank right now, and I should know the name of that ribbon, cause it’s not ribbon in the sense that one thinks of it.Any whooo great jacket and I love the “Flax” label in it. Wonderful piece to work with.

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  13. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    I love this jacket, but now I’m getting nervous. Do we have to sew? I have clothes to mend … a couple of linen shirts with little worn holes, but i have no idea how to redo something like this jacket. i think this class is making me a little nervous. I have never wanted to make anything too big..
    oh i always get like this before I start something new. glad i have all of you guys to help me through. glad you are along, grace..

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  14. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    susan…yes…we work together! it will be quite
    something, this gathering of women, i’m sure.
    i wish i could “come over” and bring my clipping
    collection. i love it a lot and there’s not much of
    a way to share it, really.
    so, here we go soon. it’s 6:30 here and i am on the
    edge of my seat waiting for jude to post the first
    lesson…oooooooo….anticipation………~
    xoxo to you

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  15. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    dilly, dilly…i remember that…what on earth does
    dilly dilly mean????? do you know?

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  16. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    well…ribbon….hmmmm. it still will need to be
    a “work” jacket in a way. but a good idea. thanks!

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  17. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    linda…it will take care of itself. guarantee!
    i have NO idea what i’m doing so we will fake it!
    xo

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  18. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Grace, faking it I can do. Been doing that for years. Don’t you love the class? I am just so happy to be here. (or there…)

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  19. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes…i do love the class. and now it’s me that’s
    scared…as i’ve said before, i don’t think i HAVE a
    Left Brain. in think that whole hemisphere is just
    kind of a closet for a very almost overactive Right
    Brain. but then, since last May with the first class
    of jude’s, everytime something has arisen that is
    outside my comfort zone and everytime i have just
    trusted and gone forward with trying, i have been
    totally and completely amazed with what has happened.
    so….faking it. Hey ho!
    let’s see where it takes us……………

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  20. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Grace
    i go through waves and this is one of those down ones.
    i see that kimono and freak out. i do love the weaving.
    onward faking

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