It’s true, I’m a complete novice at this. It’s often said that you can learn through teaching, and I find that sometimes the only way I can learn something is when I’m asked to teach someone else. Here is the shippou design I was working on: And from the other side… not so bad! I’ve [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Sashiko Project part III – it works!
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tutorials, tagged cotton, how-to, indigo, quilting, sashiko, traditional arts, yukata on September 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fall Sale update
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m digging through my stock and finding all sort of fabrics that haven’t been listed in a long while, marking them down and adding them to the Etsy shop. It looks like I may be listing some vintage kimono silks on eBay again as well, since I’m trying to move out of my house and [...]
Sale starts today through October 3
Posted in news, tagged cotton, etsy, kimonomomo, sale, silk on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s autumn and time to clear out some of my old fabric stock so I can bring in new fabrics and generally freshen up the shop. If you are on my mailing list, you should be getting a postcard mentioning the sale today or this weekend. Not on the list? Drop me an email and [...]
Sashiko project part II – moving right along
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tutorials, tagged how-to, indigo, sashiko, tutorials on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry about the delay again, but this last one looks to be something that is going to make my family’s life a little better as my daughter is now planning to join my son in home schooling. She’s been frustrated with some of her classes in high school, sleeping through a few because she’s bored, [...]
Tagged… another meme.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged meme, silliness on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A blogger friend I’ve been out of contact with for ages recently tagged me. Well, not exactly. He posted his entire blog roll and tagged all of us, but no matter. It’s all in fun. Hello, MathMan! Simple meme, join in if you’d like. I’m not much for tagging, but I might just nab a [...]
Three examples of indigo shibori
Posted in indigo, shibori, tagged cotton, dvd, indigo, miura, shibori, spider web, textiles, yukata on September 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Due to circumstances that likely could have been avoided, I will be writing part 2 of the sashiko tutorial tomorrow instead of today. In the meantime, here are some great examples of shibori done in indigo and white. These three show just how diverse a medium shibori can be. The piece on the left is [...]
Sashiko project part I – getting started
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tutorials, tagged boro, cotton, how-to, indigo, sashiko, tutorial on September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Before I start, I’d like to bring something to your attention and ask for your hand in helping others. Recently the plight of the Decker family came to my attention, and they are in need of funding to deal with immense medical bills and help for Carol Decker’s recovery. After an emergency Cesarian section delivery, [...]
Sashiko project begins at last.
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tagged cotton, etsy, how-to, indigo, sashiko on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So here it is. A little sampler project for getting started in sashiko, but without the pre-printed kit. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Olympus kits are wonderful, but I’m a coloring-outside-the-lines kind of person, and maybe you are too. The kit contains four pieces of indigo yukata cotton with designs of iris, origami [...]
It’s my birthday.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So I’m sharing this with you. It resonates with how I’ve been feeling lately, especially the part about staying up “very very very very very very late”. “The first way Counting Crows ever sounded, it was me and Dave in bars and coffee houses playing open mics, doing this song this way. The song begins [...]
Velvet reels and spinning wheels
Posted in news, tagged bicycle, etsy, steampunk, treasury, velvet on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always a bit of a race to score a treasury on Etsy. In the past I’d let them go by without much of a thought. Leave it to others to put together lists of interesting items that might, if they were very well put together, end up on the Etsy main page. Me? Couldn’t [...]
