a few more in the "sewing vacation" series

A few more photographs in my Shenandoah Valley custom sewing studio, from the series made by Amelia and Katie Schmid of THE PINWHEEL COLLECTIVE.  My sister Ginny was here with me in the studio while she was on her "sewing vacation".  

Oil painting by Roy Patteson.

I wish Ginny were still here!  We loved getting to work together and we did indeed work on many lovely garments.  But there are more to do!

part three- through photo #37

It was Ginny's sewing vacation......  Lucky me got to have her here in my studio so we could sew together!

THANKS to The Pinwheel Collective for the photos...

Mom was our first sewing teacher.  I have always kept her portrait right by my sewing machine.

I purchased my fabulous Sewmor machine from a used sewing machine shop in Arizona back when I was a teenager; it was vintage even then!  I sure hope it lives as long as I do because I never want to have to rely on any other machine for my everyday, every-seam work.

two sets of sewing hands

Ginny's "vacation fabric"....   Oooo La La!

Jill, Johan, and the kids don't live in Harrisonburg these days but when I am in my studio, they don't feel so far away.  They helped me get my studio all set up when I opened KathleenTemple, Tailor on December 1, 2010.

Yes- I create custom wedding gowns.  The following gown is for a gorgeous bride in Houston, Texas, created to her measurements and specifications.

Oil painting by Roy Patteson.

the second nine photos- Ginny and I were working together in my studio

Our second group of photos by The Pinwheel Collective.  The wonderful sister-team Katie and Amelia Schmid visited my custom sewing studio here in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley.

My own sis Ginny and I had so much fun working together when she was here on "sewing vacation".

See the first set of photos here.

New Studio- filling up with gorgeous things!

KATHLEEN TEMPLE, TAILOR     My new studio has been open for one week now!

*please come visit me or ship your projects to me; I will take care of your mending, alterations, tailoring, or will bring to life your vision of an awesome custom-created garment

*TEXT or call or email before you head my way or send me your package, just to be sure I am available:  540-574-4311     == templekj@comcast.net

Roy Patteson created this lovely painting of me when I was still in the Ragtime Studio.  He and his wonderful spouse Pauline Patteson visited me here in my new studio already!

Thank you to Jill and Johan, and to Ginny and the rest of the Phoenix Temple family for the beautiful congratulatory bouquets.

Mom is always at the center of any sewing space for me.  The portrait of her as a very young woman is on the shelf right in front of me when I am sewing.  I wish she felt well enough to come to visit my new studio in person!

I let my dress form model something special every day.  She is rocking Gramma Gracie's Southwestern Dress today!  Gramma Gracie (b. 1906) made several of these dresses back in the 1950s, along with her sister, our Aunt Agnes.  Story is, Aunt Agnes would sew the miles upon miles of rick rack and glittery braid, and Gramma would create the dresses.  This beauty is black rayon.

fabrics on the shelves....  oh wonderfulness....