I’ve created a new website to sell my hand dyed clothing and accessories! (Like the quilted shawl pictured above.) My blog will now be located there as well.
You can also join my mailing list here, if you want to know when I have new work for sale. I would love it if you came over and said hello! Hope to see you there!
-Stephanie:)
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We hit 80° here in NYC yesterday, so it feels like summer is on the way, and that means it is time for GIANT LINEN SHAWLS! Giant Linen Shawls (or “GLS”s for short) are my favorite warm weather accessory. They can be used as a sarong at the beach, a picnic blanket at the park or a cover-up when you stumble into an overly air conditioned store at the mall!
As always, my giant shawls are hand dyed and one of a kind, so snatch yours up before they’re gone for good!
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Far be it from me to say anything disparaging about Spring, but I think we can all admit the weather this time of year is a bit unpredictable. Having a lightweight linen jacket like this one can be a lifesaver! It’s hand dyed, one of a kind and available right now in my shop!
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I tried to put my time to good use during the shutdown last year. For me, that meant spending about sixteen hours a day at my sewing machine. I had been mulling over design ideas for a quilted coat, and this was my first attempt.
I didn’t want the design to be too complicated and I wanted it to be a “one size fits all” type of garment.
I think it came out surprisingly well for a first try! There are a few things that I tweaked for the second version, but overall it came out pretty close to what I pictured in my head.
I’ve been thinking of selling the pattern for this coat, so be sure to join my email list if you want to know when it becomes available!
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This is the quilt that began my obsession with quilting. I had been dyeing fabric and using it to make clothing for years, but I had never made a quilt. I had kind of an outdated idea of what quilting was, when I discovered the world of Modern Quilting. I can put the fabrics together any way I want? Sign me up!
Hand dyed fabric takes a lot of work, so I try not to let any of it go to waste. After many years of sewing, I had built up quite a collection of small scraps. I decided to make a quilt to put my precious scraps to use!
I laid out my fabric so that the colors would create an ombre effect, going from blue to purple to red. I was intrigued by hand quilting (and I didn’t have a walking foot yet!), so I chose to hand quilt my quilt using navy sashiko thread. I hand quilted out of necessity, but I ended up absolutely loving the texture it gave the quilt–so soft!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m in the midst working on a new collection of quilted items, and I’m so tempted to hand quilt some of them. It takes a lot longer, but the texture can’t be beat! I promise my new work will be ready soon, but if you want to make sure you don’t miss it, be sure to sign up for my email list to get a heads up when new things are up for sale!
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While I’m working on my new collection, I wanted to share another piece from the archives. I have no idea why I never blogged it, because I love it! I made it out of organic cotton interlock fabric, that I dyed with a folded shibori pattern. I have a few pieces with a similar pattern in my store, here and here.
The fabric is really thick and soft, so it kind of feels like you’re wearing pajamas, which is A-OK with me. Just have to be sure not to knock anything over with these mega-sleeves!
My new work will be available in a few weeks. If you want to know when it’s ready, be sure to join my email list here! And of course you can check out what I have currently available in my store here!
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I’m catching up on blogging a bunch of things from the past few years. One of them is this mini quilt that I made last year, using a pattern that I designed. I wanted something that wasn’t overly complicated (it’s all rectangles), but that still had an interesting pattern.
I decided to hand quilt it, because I was working on it during the shutdown here in NYC last March, so I was in no hurry to finish.
I love the texture that the hand quilting adds to both the front and the back!
Once I went back to work I kind of put this pattern on the back burner, but I’m thinking I should finish it up and add it to my store. This version is a good size for a wall hanging or a baby quilt, but I will also include a larger version for a throw or twin sized quilt. If you want to know when the pattern is released, be sure to join my email list!
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I’ve been experimenting with the different forms a quilt can take and this is one of my favorites. It’s a quilted cowl that pops on over your head and can be pulled up like a hood or scrunched down around your neck. It’s super warm, made with my hand dyed fabric and is available now in my online store.
There are more cowls in the works and (like this one) they are all one of a kind. Be sure to join my email list to be first to know when they are for sale!
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This past year has basically made me want to wrap myself in a quilt 24/7. It’s a little cumbersome to leave the house in a full sized bed spread, so I made this little jacket as an alternative. This one is mine, but I’ll be adding another hand dyed quilted jacket and some other quilted goodies to my store in a few weeks. Each piece will be one of a kind, so once it sells, it’s gone!
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Stay warm!
For some reason I have been procrastinating over writing about this sweatshirt. I wrote in my last post that I am catching up on writing about garments I’ve made over the past year. I made this sweatshirt about a year ago and I think that might be part of the problem.
When I first make something, all of the feelings and details are fresh in my mind, but after a year they are a little hazy. I guess that’s a good reminder to keep up with blogging about things as I make them!
What I do remember about the process of making this sweatshirt, is that it was frigid in NYC for what felt like forever and I just felt cold all the time. I wanted to make the warmest, coziest sweatshirt I could imagine. That meant a longer length to cover my hips and butt, a funnel neck to cover my neck and long cuffs with thumb holes to cover my wrists and hands.
I used the Grainline Studio Linden Sweatshirt pattern, with some adjustments.
I lengthened it about 8″ and widened the hem band to 4″. For the funnel neck, I kept the existing neckline, but instead of the neck band, I cut a rectangle of fabric as long as the neckline measurement (plus seam allowance) and as high as what felt comfortable under my chin (I think about 8″). I attached the funnel neck the same way I would attach a neck band.
I doubled the length of the cuffs and added a thumb hole.
I repurposed ice dyed sweatshirt fleece from a cardigan I had made but wasn’t happy with, along with scraps of sweatshirt fleece from other projects.
I serged the smaller pieces together until I had large enough pieces to cut out the pattern.
Worked like a charm! I am no longer shivering. This sweatshirt is so warm and cozy, it feels like wearing a blanket. It has become part of my regular rotation and I love it!
Stephanie Rasulo 