I am having trouble settling down today. Yesterday afternoon I got the e-mail from Liz Smith that her new television program, Makers in Business, will be airing for the first time tonight. It will be on Comcast channel 8 here in Lowell on Tuesday nights at 6:30 and Thursday nights at 8:30. It can also be viewed online both "live" and on demand at ltc.org. You can read Liz's official press release on her Mill Girl blog.
If you read my last blog, you know that I am the featured guest on this first program - which accounts for my jitters today. We taped the program a couple of weeks ago, so my part has been finished for a while now. I'm just excited and nervous to see myself in this way.
Truly, mine was the easy part. Liz has done all the hard work conceptualizing it and working out all the details. She just stopped by to let me know that she has come up on a last minute glitch which might mean that tonight's program won't be the totally final version - SO - you might want to plan to watch it again on Thursday! Seriously though, this particular program will run for the next few weeks until Liz can complete a second one, so if you miss it tonight you'll have more chances.
While following all the behind the scenes on the program, I've been working away on another jacket. I finished up Silver Spring yesterday afternoon.
This one has couching to accent various motifs in the weave of the fabrics. The lining, collar and cuffs are a crinkled satin.
Here's a detail of the handmade glass button I used for the closure. My photography's not the greatest, but you can sort of see how the sparkle and "texture" of the button pick up the color and texture of the fabric. The loop closure is made from the same yarn I used for the couching, but I braided together several strands to make it thicker and studier. Then I hand couched the loop in place.
This back view shows the diagonal pattern of the piecing.
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