Hello everyone,

I am a passionate sewer and always dreamed of weaving my own fabric. And now I am in the middle of my project and I already learned a lot- by reading in weavolution and by making mistakes :-)

So far I did the beaming of two warps with an ashford 8-shaft table loom. I recently purchased the additional back beam and this weekend I hope to make some progress.

I would like to invite you to my blog where I write about the progress and in the end I hope to show a chanel inspired jacket made out of self woven fabric.

Thank you for giving me a lot of information so far!

Best regards from Germany,

Claudia

www.silk-and-joy.blogspot.com

 

 

Comments

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 14:36

Artistry

Claudia, your cloth beginnings look like it's going to make lovely woven fabric . I look forward to seeing the finished jacket !

Cathie

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 18:28

ClaudiaJ (not verified)

Dear Cathie,

thank you for the nice comment! I started weaving today and I am very excited, also a bit unsure if my project will work out the way I planned it. But with such nice comments I am looking forward to a happy ending.

Best regards

Claudia

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 20:02

Queezle

I am always interested to see how people use textured yarns - looking forward to see the product.

Sun, 03/13/2016 - 03:32

Sara von Tresckow

I have taken the time to go to the Chanel section at Bergdorf Goodman in New York to look at the jacket fabrics. They are lovely - and you are working in the riht direction. One thing that I noticed was that these fabrics are often "backed" - that is a second layer is woven and "stitched" to the outside fabric. With the open sett and textured threads, just a single layer is not sturdy enouth. Try to find a boutique of high end department store and look at a real Chanel creation to figure out some of the subtleties used.

Sun, 03/13/2016 - 04:51

ClaudiaJ (not verified)

I am overwhelmed by your help, thank you so much.

I already noticed that my weaving sample was not comparable to the fabrics in my stash. The sewing method I am going to use for the chanel jacket is from a book of Claire M. Shaeffer. She is an expert on those garments and I will interface the whole parts with white silk organza. And the lining will then be quilted to the stabilized fabric as Chanel does it.

And I think I am to shy to walk into a Chanel Store to have a closer look on the originals. But you are right- it is the only way to see the original.

Thank you so much for your help!

Best regards

Claudia

Sun, 03/13/2016 - 05:10

ClaudiaJ (not verified)

Me again,

it is Claire B. Shaeffer, and her book is called

“the couture cardigan jacket : sewing secrets from a chanel collector“

:-)

Claudia

Wed, 03/16/2016 - 01:01

rstorch (not verified)

 I started down the Chanel path last fall. Susan khalje has an online class for a princess seam that was very helpful.  I used a store bought brocade to make the lessons-learned jacket.  Some techniques were better done Claudia Schiffer's way.  The silk charmeuse lining is quilted to the fashion fabric. LOTS of hand sewing.

I am now gathering my thoughts on yarn to weave for the "real" jacket.

you should definitely go see a jacket if you can. It really helped me.