Please join us for an exciting three day workshop with

Gail Doane

September 13^th, 14^th & 15^th, 2013

Richmond, Virginia

Join us for a wonderful and exciting sewing experience the weekend of September 13-15, 2013 and learn some brand new designs and techniques from Gail Doane, renowned designer of beautiful, elegant and refined young girl's clothing, and an internationally recognized teacher in embroidery and construction. This will be an ALL NEW class taught for the very first time at Chadwick Heirlooms!

Gail is the author of Sew Cute Couture and her designs have been published in innumerable magazines.  She has taught at Saga Conventions, Sewing at the Beach, Beating Around the Bush, and other workshops across the nation.

The project will be an adorable dress with a swing jacket of feather wale corduroy. It is lined in the dress fabric. There will be at least three color choices for the kit - one pastel, one darker tones, and one bright. Details are provided below.

Cost for the class, including lunches, is $450 per person. Kit fees are extra and will be paid directly to the teacher. The kit fee will not exceed $125.00.

Child's Embroidered Feather Wale Corduroy Jacket with Dress

This simple to construct, lined child's jacket has a tailored two piece sleeve and allows for a turn back cuff in contrasting fabric. Its construction buys adjustment and growth room. The back of the jacket has lots of visual interest with a scalloped, piped yoke overlay and a 3" box pleat down the center back.

The jacket below is made from black feather wale corduroy with lots of periwinkle blue corduroy piping. Because the feather wale corduroy is not really heavy enough to be jacket weight, light weight interfacing is fused to the back of the uncut yardage prior to cutting out the pattern pieces. This gives the corduroy a beautiful "hand" and great stability. It is then lined with the fabric used to make the dress.

The coordinating under dress has a sewn in piped corduroy belt and shaped corduroy cuff on the sleeve to tie in with the scalloped and piped edges on the jacket. The button down the back skirt of the dress is pleated rather than gathered onto the bodice. It gives a nice tailored look while still keeping the 'twirl' factor in the fullness of the skirt.