{"id":956,"date":"2012-08-01T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janesassaman.gloderworks.net\/weblog\/?p=956"},"modified":"2012-08-01T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:09:00","slug":"new-dress-birmingham-exclusive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/?p=956","title":{"rendered":"New Dress & Birmingham Exclusive!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/div>\n

It seems as if the deadlines are a constant dilemma here in the Sassaman studio! But I love to design and stitch, so any excuse to spend quality time in the studio works for me.<\/p>\n

Happily the new fabric designs are beginning to gel and I hope to have them submitted before I leave for my first visit to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n

I am so excited about this adventure and I am especially pleased that my fabrics will be sold for the first time in the UK. Lady Sew and Sew<\/a> will be the exclusive vendor for the Early Birds fabric which will be featured in their festival booth. They also carry it in their stores and on their website.<\/p>\n

I get letters from fabric fondles from aboard looking for Sassaman fabrics, so I am hoping that the introduction of Early Birds will open the door to a further exchange of creativity with my European fabric friends.<\/p>\n

I will also be doing book signings at Lady Sew and Sew and a lecture about designing fabric at 4 pm on Thursday, Aug 18. If you have European quilting buddies attending the festival, please encourage them to come to the lecture. They can pre-book lecture tickets at the Twisted Thread<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n
My super helper, Susan, has been busy, too! I’m a fan of the fashion designer\u00a0Claire McCardell<\/a>, so this wonderful pattern adapted from a McCardell halter dress has been patiently waiting in my collection for several years. It is Folkwear pattern #258. Susan is a skilled dress maker and she did a beautiful job.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

This design features a\u00a0gathered skirt, a\u00a0beautiful fitted bodice with tucks at the neckline and topped with a sassy white collar. It has pearl buttons, side pockets and a zipper under the arm. Doesn’t the poka dotted bow and white belt finish it off perfectly? White pumps or red?<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

Such a beautiful fit! The perfect summer dress. The fabric is, of course, from the Early Birds<\/a> fabric line. The dress is made with the Strawberry Serenade design in the blueberry colorway. The classic poka dots are from the Strawberry group.<\/p>\n

The coordinating bag is one of Melissa Peda’s<\/a> timeless designs. The wooden handles and green ball fringe place it in the same romantic fashion era as it’s counterpart.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems as if the deadlines are a constant dilemma here in the Sassaman studio! But I love to design and stitch, so any excuse to spend quality time in the studio works for me. Happily the new fabric designs are beginning to gel and I hope to have them submitted before I leave for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}