Finally! After all the sorting, ironing, bundling, photographing and editing (not to mention endless mugs of tea), I’m listing those long-promised kimono fabric bundles in the Etsy shop. I’ve started with a Baker’s Dozen, thirteen pieces of vintage kimono silk fabric that would be great for crafting, collage, scrapbooking, doll making and other projects. More [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Kimono fabric packs now in store
Posted in news, tagged etsy, kimono, meisen, recycling, silk, textiles, vintage on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sashiko project #2
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tagged cotton, craft, how-to, indigo, projects, quilting, sashiko, tutorial, yukata on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After coming to a sort of artistic conclusion on the first sashiko project I decided to start another. As the first project was entirely indigo and white, I wanted to give this one more color, but still keep it in somewhat muted tones and mainly focus on blues. As with the first project, I wanted [...]
More sashiko goodness
Posted in indigo, sashiko, tagged boro, cotton, how-to, indigo, quilting, ranru, sashiko, tutorial, yukata on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sashiko tutorial project I started last year was never officially completed. It ended up, like so many other projects, packed away and not to be seen again for months after our move in October. But sometime in the past few weeks I got twitchy fingers and dug it out again, located my sashiko needle [...]
Intermission (bear with me)
Posted in news, sashiko, tagged etsy, sale on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a long time since my last post but I wanted to let you know it’s because I’ve been so busy, which is good news. Kimono silk bundles and sashiko books will be in stock this month as promised, along with updates to my last sashiko project and a new one I’ve been working [...]
