Suzi Soderlund, Fiber Artist

The Modern Poet is a pattern by Dana Marie Design Co.  It has several different collar and cuff variations, you can make it to suit your mood.  I used Hand Marbled Chocolate brown fabric to the cuffs and collar and a very mottled hand dyed Chocolate Brown for the body.   Brown is a mix of color, because I didn’t agitate the fabric much,  it did something thing crazy.  But I liked the effect and decided to use it for the garment anyway.

Sunshines on My Shoulder is an early version of wearable art.  You have to start somewhere.  This is a pattern by Dana Marie and design Co. called Kimino Jacket and Vest

This pattern is made from Dana Marie Design Co. pattern Contemporary Classics and it really does not look at all like the pattern photo.  I had a vision and it turned out even better than I had dreamed.  I used hand marbled fabric for the front and back panels.  The rest of the jacket is hand dyed fabric.  The entire jacket is quilted and took hour to complete.  But the jacket itself is really easy to put together.  It’s easy and comfortable to wear.

I used hand dye, hand marbled and Amish black fabric to make the short version of the Versatile Vest, by Dana Maria Design Co.  This was still in the early stages of wearable art for me, so it doesnt have any quilting or embellisment.

Jakarta is one of my favorite patterns by Dana Marie Design Co.  It is comfortable to wear, doesn’t itch and has pockets.  What more could you ask for?  The front is  hand marbled and batiks fabrics (eight different fabrics in all) with hand dyed lavender bias strips separating the pieces.  I just realized that this photo has the old closure on the jacket.  It took several tries before I found the perfect one.

The Prima Jacket Pattern by Akasha is a very simple, easy to put together jacket.  It allows room to create and embellish.   This jacket began  with black fabric, ferns and an experiment in bleach discharge.  I chose the hand marbled fabric that complimented the discharged fabric.  Four different marbled designs of Chocolate  Brown, some scraps of hand dyed burnt orange and black for accent.  I constructed the fabric by attaching it to heavyweight flannel.  The ferns needed something to bring them out.  I found the solution by machine quilting the vein of the stems with gold thread.  All that was left was to cut out the pattern pieces and assembled the jacket.

This vest is also made using the Venetian Vest by Brensan Studios.  For this version I used sun printed fabric for the accent panel.  I added extra leaves using thread.  I also added some rain with some sparkly thread.  The side panels are hand dyed fabric and then machine quilted to give texture.

This vest is made from Venetian Vest by Brensan Studios.  It’s easy to make and comfortable to wear.  It is perfect for wearable art. The panels are great for piecing and embellishing.  I used three different hand marbled fat quarters in the pannels.  The black side pannels are embellished with red thread.