Rainwear in the Forecast

In September, I'm participating in presenting a program for Creative Clothing Club.   The subject is "rainwear".  We'll be exploring raincoat fabrics, patterns, construction, closures, seam sealants, spray on water repellents, etc.  Coats, ponchos, umbrellas and anything connected with staying dry.  If anyone has ideas,  I would love your input.

The first thing I'm making is a rain poncho.  This pattern is from Indygo Junction. Very easy, lined, hood, snaps.

I ordered a laminated cotton from Fabric.com and bought a bright cotton for lining.  The laminate came rolled, which I appreciated because folding would cause creases that would be difficult, if not impossible, to remove.  The laminate is stiff but pliable. 

This book has a lot of good information for all outerwear.



And, Threads #148 has a good article on rainwear.

AmyButler has a line of laminated cottons, and good tips on how to sew them on her website. 

My Designer group asked me to give a workshop on Kanzashi flowers.  I don't mind, but I just started learning how to make them, myself.  I've made a couple of other samples,  and photographed the sequence so I can print the pictures for instructions.  Here are the samples I made this week.  I'm going to have quite a little garden!  I wish I was as successful growing them outside!

Now, I have to take my husband to the Doctor to get the 26 stitches out of his arm , where he fell in a boat and cut his arm down to the bone.  Ouch!