There is a wonderful little old building in my town that was once a store, ‘way back in the logging-town days (back when Oregon’s economy was all about timber), and more recently refurbished and turned into a home. That home sold a while back and is now a most delightful bookshop. Handy as those chain [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Let’s put on a show!
Posted in kimono, tagged fanime, fashion show, kimono on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Such a geek.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fanime, obi, vintage on April 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was busy reading up on shibori yesterday when there was a knock at the door. We get a lot of door-to-door folks out here, mainly church people and vacuum cleaner sales people, neither of whom I really want to talk to, so when I opened the door to find a young man in a [...]
Random Shibori from the Stash
Posted in shibori, tagged cotton, kimono, shibori, silk, vintage, yukata on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some days I look around the studio and think “I don’t have enough fabric” which is probably what every fabric junkie thinks at some point or another. Then I have a nice cup of tea, sit down on the sofa and have a look around at the bags, shelves, boxes and piles of silk and [...]
500 Miles
Posted in shibori, tagged dvd, fanime, history, how-to, shibori on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
500 miles each way is a long commute and I seem to be doing it more often; the drive from my home in Oregon to the epicenter of my past, the San Francisco bay area. Last month it was the whole circus, four humans and one ferret who made the drive, but this time it [...]
Kids are the same the world over
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My kids are staying home with me today and we’re all feeling poorly. Achy joints, low-grade fever, general ickyness. But since it’s one of my eBay listing days, I’m still here at the computer instead of sleeping like the children. Wheeee! And you know what I’ve noticed? This is no big revelation, of course, but [...]
Negative space
Posted in shibori, tagged cotton, green, shibori, yukata on April 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes that which is not there stands out more than that which is. In this case, I’m referring to a missing dot among an otherwise complete shibori motif. The shibori in question comes from a beautiful deep green cotton yukata with a peacock feather motif in my collection that I’ve had a few opportunities to [...]
We have a winner and next month’s giveaway
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cotton, Free Fiber Giveaway, pink, yukata on April 10, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Plaidfuzz is the winner for the Tuesday Free Fabric Giveaway! She will be getting the fun indigo yukata cotton mentioned a few posts down. Be sure to check out her Etsy shop and see all the pretty paper goodies she makes. I’m sure some of you more regular readers were waiting to hear about the [...]
Faux shibori
Posted in shibori, tagged shibori, tsujigahana on April 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Oh dear, I turned my one week vacation from work into a two week vacation from blogging, didn’t I? Naughty me. I promised to show some examples of shibori prints, so here we go! First we have a pair of indigo yukata cottons with shibori style prints and bright colors. Notice how the shibori circles [...]
