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Peggy

Peggy Asherman modeling her adapted Helmut Lang kimono cut blouse in black crepe at the Tchad workroom sewing studio in Chicago

Peggy’s Traced Black Duplicate Blouse

2018-07-08
By: Tchad
On: 08/07/2018
In: Drafting, General, Intermediate, Intermediate Projects, Sewing classes (general), Student Projects
Tagged: #sewingclasschicago, #sewingtchad, black crepe, drafting, helmut lang, Peggy, reconfiguration
With: 0 Comments

Peggy brought a black slinky square cut blouse by Helmut Lang into the studio workroom wondering if we could recreate and improve on it as her second sewing class project. Read More →

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Tchad Elliott is a designer and educator in Chicago, IL.

Blogs We Like

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  • Rhonda's Creative Life
  • Haute Couture Club of Chicago
  • American Sewing Guild (Chicago Chapter)
  • The Mahogany Stylist
  • Made by Hand – the great Sartorial Debate
  • The Cutting Class
  • Male Devon Sewing
  • The Selfish Seamstress
  • The Vivienne Files
  • Sewcialists
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  • Catherine Au Jong
  • The Creative Curator
  • Sew Vintage
  • Thimble End
  • Home Tailoring & Sewing Blog by Jamie Kemp

Facebook Groups for Sewing & Design

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German Sewing Blogs

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Instagram: Serious Design & Construction

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Men's Sewing

  • Made by Hand – the great Sartorial Debate

Student and Former Student Blogs & Websites

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  • Erin Benoit

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A photograph of David Pye's seminal book The Nature and Art of Workmanship photographed at the Tchad Workroom library in Chicago that hosts sewing classes in Chicago

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