These are the Tibetan panel coats I made last week for the two presidents of Whole Foods Market to wear at the company's bi-annual Tribal Gathering in Austin, where their leaders from all over the country (and beyond) gather to connect. I hope I'll soon have pictures of them wearing the garments; they're quite long and I'm sure they look very dramatic on these two tall men. My lovely friend Sharon, who works closely with them, had the idea of the kind of garment she wanted, and a color palette for each, and I'm very glad she thought of me; it was a marathon, but totally fun for me to do. Click the images for larger view.
Also, for my kindred book
spirits, I'm cataloguing my textile art and craft library (and other books as well) on LibraryThing at this link.
This is an ongoing process, and it's helping me sort out which ones should make the list and which should go to my wonderful public library or used bookstore. LibraryThing is awesome.
Oh, they look fabulous! The colours and the way you laid out the patterns really do justice to the pattern of the coat and the fabrics--nicely done!
You've made me drag out mine from '84 and look at it to see what i could do to it. After almost a quarter century, it still looks good :}
Posted by: arlee | March 11, 2008 at 02:42 PM
beautiful coats. thanks for sharing your book recommendations and info about library thing. good to know.
Posted by: jeanne, herself | March 08, 2008 at 09:43 PM
beautiful coats. thanks for sharing your book recommendations and info about library thing. good to know.
Posted by: jeanne, herself | March 08, 2008 at 09:42 PM
You did a truly awesome job with these coats! Love the way they shimmer even in the flat dimension of a photograph. LOVE "Cleopatra's Flesh" as well, thanks for sharing that image.
Posted by: Acey | March 08, 2008 at 02:57 PM
These are fabulous!
Posted by: Sue B | March 08, 2008 at 01:29 PM