Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
spring scarf
simple spring scarf, UNIFORM Studio, spring 2008
The more care, attention, and effort applied
to that which is less, the more it shall be perceived
as more than it really is.John Maeda, The laws of simplicity
This is one of those projects that I thought would be easier and quicker than it really was. Similar to this bag it was much more complex to make it look simple. The extremely loose weave of the fabric was tricky to serge, especially at the corners. I still haven’t perfected it -more care, attention and effort is needed.
I do like the fabric though, which is a linen/cotton blend and transparent. And the colors are making me happy. It was a fun diversion from production sewing and preparing the curriculum for my architecture studio, which starts tomorrow* -yikes.
*the school is trying out a new intensive graduate studio which begins after spring break. The students finished all of their other courses before the break, and then have only design studio for the 7 weeks after.
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 4:15 am:
beautiful
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 4:24 am:
kindly forward all cast-offs to kc. thank you.
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 4:28 am:
hannah and I are verbally assaulting each other on flickr for this scarf. So, we must have it, please! Carry on!
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 5:25 am:
Oh, this is SO good M! I love how light this looks…perfect for spring!
And B + H are cracking me up.
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 10:41 am:
i love it Martha!
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am:
I love this…I don’t know how you would perfect it more.
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 1:11 pm:
*sigh*…you keep making me sigh like this & I’m going to pass out…Xxx
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 7:40 pm:
ahhh, i hope you get the scarf worked out. because i need another one… the blue fold skinny scarf i bought last year gets a tremendous amount of play.
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 8:16 pm:
LOVE it, and can imagine lots of great color variations. and wish I could have taken THAT studio
on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm:
i love it! how perfect for spring!
on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am:
LOVE it. I am such a scarf addict…
on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm:
love it!
on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 9:40 pm:
so pretty, martha.
on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 1:59 pm:
Love the color contrast. Gives it that little extra something - which is all that’s really needed.
on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 2:58 pm:
it looks gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Anna
on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 6:59 pm:
beautiful airy scarf! love that color contrast.
7 weeks of design studio and nothing else? hmm. you’ll have to let us know how it works out.
on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 7:47 pm:
Those girls are so funny. I don’t know how to do corners on the serger either. How do you handle it?
on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 12:09 am:
perfect for spring….as we dream of green peeking through the gray; finally. kudos to cala for trying the intensive studio-only curriculum. about time, i say. what fun!
on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 2:23 am:
what a fun project! i love that scarf, it’s awesome!
on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm:
I love the scarf - so delicate and the colours are great!
on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm:
so lovely and light.
and i love, love that quote about simplicity. something to remember always.
xox