Delphine's parents' jacket and bag N° : SM-064
Delphine entrusted me with her father's Compagnons jacket and scarf and her mother's leather bag to create two wallets and a coin purse to celebrate their (regular and wedding) anniversary. A project full of challenges and truly inspiring.
👥 I met Delphine at a Bouge ta Boîte female entrepreneurs' meeting, where she was attending as a wood worker and where I was giving a professional presentation.
🪵 She reworks history-laden wood, so I was very excited about the idea of a wood-textile collaboration in my field, or even a commission for my home.
👛 We met again some time later to show her my workshop and discuss projects. She came back a little later still to ask me to create several pieces for her father's birthday and her parents' wedding anniversary. She and her brothers wanted to give an original and meaningful gift.
🧥👜 She entrusted me with her father's Compagnons jacket and matching scarf, her mother's leather bag, a shirt, her grandfather's felted wool berets, her mother's embroidered handkerchiefs... all pieces full of stories and very inspiring.
✏️ After discussing models, choosing an existing pattern, designing a custom pattern, and deciding on the fabric distribution, I got to work. The deadline was close, and there was a lot of work to do.
🪡 I carefully dismantled the jacket and the bag, cut and interfaced/stabilized the various pieces, and then assembled everything. Just in time! Delphine came to pick them up at the workshop, and they were a great success!
Thank you very much again, you took on the challenge and the result is really top top top [...] my parents were very surprised and delighted! And the little nod to my mother's mother in her wallet pleased more than one in the family [...] Just like my father's wallet which [...] made him as happy as a kid! ☺️ [...] In short, I think we can say it was a success ☺️
