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from watercolor painting to work

STRETCHED SILK SCARVES, hand-painted by Jackye Mills
of North-Saanich, are admired by (left to right) Sandy
Long: and. Mills. Long created the knitted dress she is.
-wearing.. Work by both fashion ‘designers will ‘be fea-

tured ina show. this Sunday.

Styles. ‘created: on the Peninsula:

-dise gift: shop-at. the lodge, .the

~ show: will feature work by Sandy.

‘Long-of Sidney and Jackyc Mills

_ of North Saanich, along with work. ~
* by Eve of Victoria, Big on Fash-:.

ions and Nina Fashions.

by accident.-While working. at the

“gift shop, she often brought knit-
- ting.to help pass the time. To her

surprise, she began receiving
orders from gift shop customers.
She now. does custom orders,
ranging from knitted tops ‘and
skirts:made on a basic knitting

machine to -hand-knit sweaters

using exotic yarns, She. uses ‘cot-

ton, wool and mohair,

“There's a lot of really nice

“specialty yarns,” she said,

She began knitting as a hobby

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: four years, found: she enjoyed ths’
will be.among clothing featured in ©
“a special show. at’ Dunsmuir Lodge
“this Sunday.”

Sponsored by: the. simply, Para- :

work and quickly. ‘became ‘prof:
cient: “T can Sit. and. do. il and iy
He Ahink about it.”

With a husband in the navy, she

oe jokes, ““needless:to say, I needed:

something to fill in | my evenings

“when. he «is. away.”” :
Her .designs include. dresses,

flared. skirts with matching tops

“and ‘straight skirts with: flared
» Long became.a fashion designer

hems, A skirt takes seven hours to
make_on.a machine while a-cus-

to complete. :
“There's
projects on the go.’

With a full-time job and three ;

children, she does. most -of. her

“knitting in the evenings. The chil-
dren help with the cooking and

housework. .

-For Mills, fashion ‘design grew.
out of a 10 year interest in art. She —

began hand-painting fabric. two

years ABO. putting skills Tearned

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IN HAIRCUTS

an cight-year-old son.

_ “can be reserved by calling Simply
always three. of four,

with an airbrush and specially
designed fabric paints.

At one point, painted fabric was
suff and unwearable. The new
fabric paints produce clothes that
are unique and comfortable,

“instead of like a piece of card-
board on your back,’ Mills said.

Mills creates hand-painted and

dyed scarves, painted t-shirts using
commercial produced shirts and
complete outfits, with matching
scarves and carrings, using her
own patterns.
-. Sometimes she sews the basic
garments and sometimes she con-
tracts out the sewing, although she
suill designs the pattern.

She mixes airbrush and brush
work to create floral patterns. She
favors pastels and metallic paints.

She now works cight.hours a day
on the fashions, has customers
across Canada and a waiting list
for orders.

“It’s turned into a full-time
job.”

So farher help is limited to local
tecnagers. who help: with ironing
and packaging, contract scwing
and occasional casual labor; “like
four-year-old sons, that. type of
casual: labor.” .

She and her husband also have

Although family obligations
prevent. expansion of her business
at the moment,
demand _is increasing.

‘As a-business it.has a tretnen-

dous ‘amount-of potential. T cart:
“keep up with the orders.”
-Both Mills and Long:are‘ look: -
ing forward to showing their work ©
In Sunday’s fashion show and also
. Shope ‘to: get a ‘taste -of the: special :
““Junch planned by the’ Dunsmuir:
Lodge. chef for the. show. ==. eget
- Show. guests will enjoy. cham- wy
“pagne and orange juice, served at
12:30’ p.m., followed. by: a- Tunch,.
the fashion show and:the chance to |

“ meet the fashion designers. “AI of
~-the clothing featured is unique and
- includes styles designed for the ;

~ mature figure.
tom-knit sweater takes three weeks. :

Tickets. are: $20 per person and.

Paradise at 656-3166, The show,
will be held-at Dunsmuir Lodge,

1515-Mc Tavish Road, North Saa-.

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