I made this ivory & black grosgrain ribbon bag for Robin- I copied one that she had that needed replacing. It’s plain weave 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon, 2 black weavers, one ivory weaver, cut on semi-bias.  I learned a neat trick for trimming the tassel evenly- wrap the tassel in paper, cut thru the paper and tassel to get a clean, even cut.  The bag is lined in black taffeta.  It is 6 1/4″ square.  It’s on its way to her now.

 XO Gail & Fog

I saw this undulating twill in a Cole Haan ad- it’s done in leather and makes a beautiful bag.  The 2×2 twill is very simple, there is no magic to the weave, it’s the variety of widths of warp and weft that cause the undulation. 

I’d like to replicate this weave in satin ribbon, or in cassette & video tape for my friend Patricia, who is a Film Studies professor. 

 The cassette/video tape is pretty fragile, though, so I don’t know if it would survive the wear as a garment.  I make have to make a scarf instead.  When I stitched thru the tape, the needle holes  created a perforation that made the tape tear.  I have backed the sample with iron-on fusible tricot to combat  that problem.   I’m also not certain that the cassette/videotape would not disintegrate in the dry cleaning process.  The fusible tricot may also delaminate from the tape.  I have an adventerous friend on the Yahoo Weaving Group who is a dry cleaner, she has offered to process my sample as an experiment.  I’m sending it off to her tonight- so we will see what happens. 

XO Gail & Fog

The theme for the Weimaraner Rescue Quilt this year is “The Versatile Weimaraner.”  Each of the quilt ladies chose a category to illustrate- mine was tracking.  This image is the quintessential Weim photo, IMHO.  I used PC Stitch 7 to create a cross stitch pattern, I think I had 50 colors in the piece. 

 The cross stitch is done over waste canvas, on black broadcloth.  After the needlework is complete, washing gently removes the starch from the waste canvas and you pull it out thread by thread. 

The Finished Block

 The Finished Quilt

You can buy a raffle tickets to win the 2008 Weimaraner Rescue Quilt at  http://www.weim.net/weimquilt/    The winner will be chosen on Thursday May 29,2008 at the National Specialty in Warwick, Rhode Island.

XO Gail & Fog