Sewing Ruanas

The faire is going well. So well, in fact, that we can't keep stocked up on our most popular item: ruanas. Annie sews and ships off a box of inventory every week or so to replenish the stuff we're selling. One thing we can't keep up with, however, is the peacock colorway.

Tomorrow we're doing something new. There wasn't enough time to ship peacock cloth to Oregon, have it sewn into ruanas and ship them back before Weekend 6, so I'm going to sew them down here. This is a big deal only because I've never sewn garments from Annie's cloth before.

She's done an amazing thing, though. She wrote a detailed document explaining exactly how she sews these garments and photographed every step of the process. The first one will be a challenge, of course, but I think it'll all come together pretty quickly. I should have 12 of them woven and sewn by Friday.






[Two batches of ruanas: one fresh from the loom and one stitched and shrunk]






[On the loom: the appearance and feel of a screen door]






[After washing: fluffed up and sumptuous. See how little light gets through?]