Friday, January 8, 2010

Chenille Poncho Samples

Yippee!! I finished my sample garments for my classes at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion! The school is the first week in February, and I will be teaching pre-day classes for the first time. However, I have been a teacher’s assistant for over five years and absolutely love it!  On Monday of the school, I will be teaching students how to make my Chenille Poncho (pattern #104):




I received my fabrics just before Thanksgiving. But with the Holidays, Christmas shopping, and working on my new appliqués, I wasn’t able to start working on these two ponchos until after Christmas.  Nonetheless, I still had them completed by New Year's Eve!

I always love the surprise of seeing what the ponchos look like after they have been washed and dried – sometimes I’m astonished at how different they can be.  To show you what I mean, here are samples of the “before” fabrics for the two ponchos: