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Local Sewing and Stitchery Expo Yields Hidden Treasures...

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Vintage Japanese Bingata Katazome Kimono Sleeve - Katazome (stencil-picture-dyeing) is a very old and traditional form of dyeing images on fabric believed to have originated in Okinawa where it is called bingata..

Vintage Japanese Kimono Silk Remnant - the russet leaf of the Japanese Maple is a popular pattern typically worn in Autumn.

Vintage Millinery Grosgrain Ribbon - Corded ribbon of cotton/rayon with edges that allow it to be swirled in a circle in hat-making; also called belting when used in garments.

Buttons and Buckle made of:

Bakelite - Recognized as the world's first synthetic plastic.
Catalin - Heavy, hard as brass plastic with Bakelite qualities.
Casein - Another form of early plastic also used in paint, glue and fiber products.
Celluloid - Referred to as French Ivory (table tennis balls are made from Celluloid).

Vintage Soutache Braid - A soutache is narrow flat decorative braid.

Vintage French Silk Velvet Ribbon with Cluny Lace - Cluny lace, inspired by lace samples originally worked during the 16th century and made popular during the mid-nineteenth century, is made from coarse linen threads.



Imagine the beautiful coats Dana will design with these extraordinary materials…

Baby on a Bearskin Rug….

Fiona simply cannot decide what to wear to Petchitecture SEVENTEEN…will it be classic and sophisticated or silky and exotic?  

I suspect there will be many trips to the “dressing room” before she selects just the right look she is going for…

Wool blend pinstripe coat and tab.  Antique linen belt and cotton crochet trim and belt-loops.
 Lucite buckle and Hard Plastic buttons.

Silk brocade coat with chenille brocade belt and tab.
Cotton crochet lace and plaid silk bias and belt-loops.
Hard Plastic buckle and Bakelite buttons. 

Long Beach Antique Flea Market

During a recent visit to Southern California, my brother and I made the drive from San Diego to Long Beach to check out the Flea.  I have made a number of visits to the Alameda and Rose Bowl flea markets; this was my first to Long Beach.

The weather was beautiful, the vendors had much to offer, and I discovered a bounty of JoeysCoat treasures to bring home to Dana for inspiration.

One vendor in particular I would like to mention is Patty Yuele of Bumblebee Vintage.  I was immediately drawn to her booth, mesmerized by the brilliant spectrum of colors from her Bakelite and Celluloid button, buckle and jewelry display…her collection is remarkable. 

Dana is fast at work creating one-of-a-kind JoeysCoat art with the treasures I found.

Thank you to all the wonderful Long Beach collectors I met…

Petchitecture SEVENTEEN

PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) San Francisco was founded in 1987.  For more than 24 years PAWSSF has kept thousands of low-income seniors and people living with disabling illnesses together with their beloved pets by providing dog walking, trips to the Vet, client advocacy to help ensure companionship with pets is sustained, and much, much more.

 

PAWS relies solely on private contributions in order to support those in need.  

PAWSSF signature fundraiser is Petchitecture -  2012 marks Petchitecture’s 17^th event.  The annual Gala, which spotlights Bay Area architects and designers and their one-of-a-kind pet habitats, will be held at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco on May 11th.  JoeysCoat is delighted to be donating to the Silent Auction.   Dana is inspired, designing a very special JoeysCoat for PAWS. 

Dana and I will attend the festivities, along with 800 other human guests with their well-behaved canine companions.  Fiona will also attend, she is working on her “gala manners” as I type.  Her focus seems to be more about what she is going to wear rather than how to feign well-behaved...wish her luck!

Read more about Petchitecture at pawssf.org.

Gala Manners...

Not Gala Manners...

Gala Manners...

Not Gala Manners...

Ruh roh...