JANSYL RETURNS And the Circle Goes Round

.     JANSYL RETURNS AND THE CIRCLE GOES ROUND

Winter Cardinals   Medium Round

Well, never say never as the saying goes.   I have been staring at my little pins called Jansyl and decided to try to sell some of what is left.  Those were such good years, so very busy with good sales and lots of good times on the road.  Now, not wanting to be away and no longer able to have a company personally press my own porcelain recipe what remains is the end of a productive and profitable part of my past.

My brother in law's new wife Heather is insisting that I remove myself from being Queen Midas with my hoards of handmade items and get my product out on the web.   My first experience with this will be with my Etsy site- Just Pretty by Jansyl.   I decided to give it a whirl with Jansyl and today my first order appeared.  OH my Virginia, there are sales on the internet after all.  So, I thought that maybe I should give it a little boast with a blog entry.  So here we go!!

Just if you have any interest.  Jansyl came to pass almost 20 years ago when my husband got out of the Navy.  It is a pretty little pin for almost any occasion and is made from very fine translucent porcelain and then glazed to a shear glass.   At that point a decal is placed on that glaze and it is completely melted into it  giving it a wonderful reflective look. To finish it off, each piece was edged in a 20 carat liquid gold that came to it's luster during the final firing.   Jansyl was a very busy business most likely due to the end result being a product that is truly a wonderful little gift for any lady any time and any holiday that is still well priced.

I have posted on my esty site 10 Christmas and holiday pins.  Here are pictures of each.  Enjoy.

 Cornucopia Large Oval

 Currier and Ives   Round

 

Holiday Bow  Medium Round

 Holiday Holly  Medium Oval

 Santa and Staff  Rectangle

 Santa and Tree   Small Oval

 Snowman Birdhouse   Round

 Snowman Friends   Small Oval

Snowman Couple    Round

I hope that you have enjoyed the little travel back in time with me to the Jansyl years and if you think you have a holiday outfit that needs a Jansyl pin try my etsy site- Just Pretty by Jansyl.    Thanks again for stopping by and if you are just passing by let me give you a big wave. 







Japanese Padded Jackets - Shibori and Low Immersion Dyed Coats

Hello All,

Well, here are a few new pieces I thought were good enough to share with my friends today.   I so enjoy creating historically influenced pieces and once again here I am.   If anyone has had the opportunity of seeing my pottery and other things I create, they would say there is deffinately an Asian part to each.   These coats are reproductions of the Japanese Padded Field Jacket and are certainly much fun to create.  A bit of a puzzle as the pieces work together so that the lining, the padding and the outside fabric all become one.    

Silk Noil Jacket- Japanese Padded Field Coat
  This jacket was dyed using a low immersion procion mx dye technique.  There is about 5 yards of fabric.  The fabric was prewashed and shrunk then cut into close sized pieces and then dyed.   It was then constructed using a straight stitch sewing machine over a batting and then
finsihed with hand stitching closures.

 

Front of Silk Noil Low Immersion Dyed Japanese Padded Field Jacket

 

Back

 

 

Inside Front

 

 

Inside Back

 

 

Silk Noil Unlined Kimono Style Loose Fitting Jacket
This original pattern jacket was dyed using a folded Shibori technique with procion mx dyes. It was then constructed as an unlined garment using French seams and finishing with hand stitching.

 

 

Cotton Shibori Arashi (Pole Wrapped) Japanese Padded Field Jacket

This coat was my first padded jacket and oh what fun.  The yardage was a lot to put on a pole so I cut the yardage in half and placed the folded pieces on each half of my pole.  It was then wrapped and pushed and finally vat dyed.  The cotton fabric I started with has a tiny polka dot that helps give the piece some added texture.  This little jacket is toasty warm and light as a feather.

 

Front

 

 

 

Back

 

 

 

Inside Front
Notice that I did not have quite enough of my shibori fabric to finish off my sleeves.  Operator error - learned that one should always make an extra yard when making garments.

 

 

Inside Back

 

 

Well, that completes this blog entry.  Hope you enjoyed.  Thanks for stopping by- drop me a line if you would like-

waves as she watches you pass bye.

 

 

 



Close Ups from Best in Show

Just so everyone can see the entire garment, I decided to post some more photos of the work. Hope you enjoy.

Front View

 

 

Front View of Pants and Top

 

Back View of Pants and Top

Back View of Pants and Jacket

Closeup of Button Work on Back of Top

 

Close up of Shibori Work on Jacket

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of my piece.  This ensemble was made from pattens that I create.   Each item begins mostly with a square and I go from there.  I guess all those years of historical clothing making still continues,

 

My, oh my- BEST IN SHOW

OH my!   Has it really been 2 years since my last post here.   I tried a new blog on just silk designs, but I guess this is a more comfortable spot.   So what has been happening - more of the same.   Progress, with most.  So lets start by talking about my last big accomplishment.

At the East Coast Quilt and Wearable Art Extravaganza my garments were both accepted for jury.
Here are the two pieces that were entered.

Discharged three piece - Shibori

 

Salt dyed silk top and pants

 

 

I attended the show on Thursday to see if I had placed in the finals for the awards.  I walked up and down all the aisles scanning for my pieces.   None to be found, I began to think that perhaps since my work did not include any quilting that the pieces had been disgarded.

Finally, I decided to go and ask about my pieces, as I headed out the door, alas, I turned my head and there was my 3 piece ensemble - Discharge Linen with a ribbon on it that said-

 

 

BEST IN SHOW.

 

AND ONE MORE PICTURE OF MY GARMENT AND ME!

 

Well, here I am again - back at the old blog.  Thanks for stopping by and hope to be posting so much more in the future.