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PAGE 12 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1986 â€"Business Week Penelope Hill displays some of her designs at her open house held Sunday, Feb. 23 in her High Street home. ne IIXUnoU Consultant ties into fashion need with innovative fabric jewelry i « \D w WATERLOO 1W OC3J0CJâ€"« + SALES * SERVICE * PARTS * LEASING 15 UNIVERSITY AVE. EAST. 885â€"5090 fi* @Â¥ â€" /3 8 Wendy McCreary Chronicle Staft On a feeling that there was a shortage of interesting things to wear, a local wardrobe consultant has come up with a solution. Fabric jewelry. Penelope Hill designs and makes jewelry, mainly silk, that are ‘‘adjustable, versatile and adaptable, so people can wear them different ways," she says. "I guess I was really taken, and I always have been, by color. It is really, I think, one of the strongest points in my work, in designing jewelry." Because she uses fabric, Hill says she can "really explore color in a way most costume jewellers can‘t." T P _ â€" . omnneinss ooooel ue oc d ib in CETCTC O o9 POIAZEFOCD PWUT MDY Nmong oo EDCE REE M ME ies SR e en s en on e en n en ces e It‘s not that easy though, because ‘"for this design, there isn‘t any way 1 could advertise. There‘s no way, even over the phone, that I can tell somebody what it is. If I say, fabric jewelry, a necklace made of silk, no one‘s going to have any idea what it is 1 do." A's a child, Hill lived in Waterloo, but was living in Toronto until midâ€"December. Now, back in this city, she works from her High S_treet_!noyng_._ n a en dA lc lc id uc o Lh t iataiafiertise "Bh Moils inb h isindinte ts d i n ts se P in Presently, her customers are in Toronto where she sells to The Bay, the Guild Shop in Yorkville and color consultants with whom she began business. _ _ . She had "such a good response (from the consultants), I wondered who else would be interested. At first I was scared, but I came to enjoy going, and I still do, to meet people, see the buyers and see what‘s happening in the fashion world." The more exposure her designs get, the more she sees the need to fill areas she hasn‘t yet covered. "If I was just to sit home, probably my ideas would go no further, but with the exposure,"" she gets new ideas. Hill uses silks, and some cottons, because "I love quality. 1 really love wellâ€"made things and I love silk," she says. ‘"Nothing beats it for the lustre." When she shops for materials, Hill looks mostly for color. ""I look for something with a good surface texture."" Hill explains that what sets her designs apart is that the "fabric has taken a whole new turn. It‘s something completely new and innovaâ€" tive." Hill remembers back when she was six. She sewed, by hand, a little dressing gown with lace on it. Not so outrageous a task when you connect her first name, Penelope, with that of the legendary Greek Penelope who was famous for her sewing. "I‘ve always loved sewing. My mother sews. She passed along her love of sewing and fabrics to me."‘ Hill considers her abilities to be "a gift of creative talent. I just sat down and let my imagination go! That‘s how I really came to it." In order to keep up with the demand for her designs, Hill has 10 women in Toronto to rely on. Presently, three of them are sewing for her. The others are "ready and (Continued on page 15) F