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Guy Jewell Russell


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Knit Boxers, v. 1, test

I worked on my boxer shorts pattern this weekend. Still trying to make a pair of well fitting underwear that are non-elastic; I believe I'm getting closer. Made some major modification to my previous pattern; removed the button back, increased the waist, removed the pleats, and shortened the body by about and inch and a half. Now they have a more "modern" fit, no longer high-waisted, they sit on the hips.

The button on the fly was an afterthought - it's a little to tight on the lower hips so the fly kept opening. Will need to line the fly so it doesn't stretch out around the button-hole. Other things need to be tweaked too, like making the lower seat less saggy, but now I'm out of knit fabric.

Ingredients: Organic cotton/hemp knit body, unbleached muslin waist band and inner fly, vintage shell buttons, all cotton thread.

Selvedge Denim Potholder #2

My cousin and her fiancee' got married last month, so K and I have been working on some handmade gifts for the two of them. Our ideas seemed to run toward the domestic side of things, which I guess is appropriate. Here's one of my offerings, a potholder.

Like the one I made for us, this potholder is stuffed with organically grown long-staple brown cotton, grown by us here on Maui. One side is denim with a Cone Mills selvedge loop, and the other side is hand-dyed indigo cotton broadcloth. The color in the images isn't right, but you get the idea.

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