Designing the Overlay

1. Warn Super Jan in advance of your dream and vision so she can gather materials for you to choose from.
2. Give Super Jan your "pattern" from which you came up with the idea.
3. Super Jan creates a muslin pattern and tweaks it till it fits your body well, and matches the lines of the dress that goes under the overlay.
4. Super Jan supervises while you "design" the ribbon layout, followed by drizzling the various threads and yarns.
End of Sewing, Day One. (iPhone photography)

[Mary Siegle]

I will be intrigued to see the final result. Sadly, sewing and I don't go together. So this looks impossibly complex and non-doable.

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Marnie]

Yikes, that looks very tricky. I failed sewing every year I had to do it at school.

[Sarah Munnings]

That looks seriously complex, intrigued to see the finished result. I love to cross stitch as it is structured and organised. Really admire people that can create pieces like this.

[Annie D]

oh I look forward to it too - like @mcsiegle @golftragic Mary and Marnie I am a sewing failure - I do blame it on Cranky Cronk my primamry school sewing teacher who refused to let me or teach me how sew left handed

[Joan Robillard]

Waiting to see more. Intriguing.

[Rachel]

I'm really intrigued by what you are doing here. I'd love to see the end result.

[Anna]

Very nice! And how wonderful to know a Super Jan. :) Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Vera]

This makes me want to pick up a needle and do something with it!

[Jane Pittenger]

You will model it I hope

[Rosie Kerr]

Can Super Jan move in with me??:) Fascinating process. I will be delighted to see the end result.

[Rosan]

Fascinating! Hope you share the end result!

[Alyssa]

Amazing, Mama! I didn't know!

[Osia Strasner]

How extremely cool!! Would love to try this!! How do I find this "Jan"?!! Sounds like a real artist!!

[Taffy]

I like your documentary of the creation of the outfit. Seeing the process is fascinating -- Jan is a true friend, with some amazing talents!