Author: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson
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Making the Jasika Blazer: Fitting 1
Finding the root cause in fit problems can be deliciously old school.
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Making the Jasika Blazer: The Muslin
One maker’s tale of constructing the Closet Core Jasika Blazer using modern professional tailoring techniques.
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Pull on the Piña Thread
Piña, a fabric made from pineapple is making a comeback in exhibits this summer from SF Legion of Honor to SFO Museum.
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Fall Fabric Game Changer
A great way to shop fall fabrics by feel with insider tips on material content and best patterns to use it with.
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Bring Intentionality to Your Closet
My experience in Design Your Wardrobe, a 3-week process to bring intentionality to clothing choices by Seamwork.
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Guo Pei’s Couture Fantasy Report
While much has been written about China’s global couturier Guo Pei, what touched me most was her focus on the details.
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Still Life: Beth Lipman: All in Time
In my quest to put ideas into the creative hopper this summer, I went to see Beth Lipman’s still life show, All in Time, at the Wichita Art Museum. In our pseudo-post-COVID state, we’ve all been working to figure out what is still life, and what we want to preserve. Do we go into the…
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Challenge: Make Another Pair of Jeans
In a previous post about the Sew Your Own Jeans retreat, I mentioned that the instructor, Lauren Taylor, challenged us to make a second pair of jeans within a week of finishing the workshop to solidify our learnings. At first, that overwhelmed me but, my classmates inspired me with their diligence. Molly made a lovely…
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DIY Fix a Belt
Belt leather can deteriorate over time but it can be easy to replace to give the belt a new life and a new look. The leather on this belt had become stiff and dry. I was concerned that it would flake and further deteriorate if I wore it. I decided to keep the gorgeous hardware…
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The Rio Grande Bag
I’ve designed and made quite a few bags before but this is the first time I made my own leather straps so I will mostly focus on that part. I used a Tandy Leather Co tool called a leather strap cutter that my Dad got me and leather from along the spine of the animal…
