One of the assignments for my Creative Clothing class with Lorraine Torrence was pockets. I wanted to use some linen damask shibori dyed napkins I had done in various patterns. I copied a pattern from a simple Mexican embroidered blouse that I had. There were 4 - 24” square napkins and I used 2 of them for the front and back of the garment. I wanted to lengthen the top so I cut a 15” piece from 2 other napkins and sewed one onto the front and back pieces and then turned them up and sewed them down to create 3 pockets both front and back. I accented the tops of the pockets with square mother-of-Pearl buttons and a line of hand stitching and used a self-binding at the neckline. The sleeve opening and side seams were all finished edges so I didn’t need to finish them off. I used French seams on the shoulders. I left an opening at the bottom on either side for more ease and topstiched around the openings and hem.
