Here’s the flyer I just finished for the upcoming fashion show on July 17 at Between The Covers bookstore in Bend, Oregon. See you there!
Category: kimono
Don’t forget the Giveaway!
Tomorrow is the day for drawing the winner of the $10 gift certificate for the July giveaway. If you want to be in on it, post anywhere on this blog between now and midnight (Pacific time) Tuesday night, July 8, 2008. This is the last giveaway until September as I’ll be taking some time off…
Upcoming events for July
For those of you in Oregon or planning a trip to Oregon in July, lucky, lucky you! I’ll be doing two events in July where you will have the opportunity to try on a kimono, have your own appraised, or buy yourself a beautiful vintage one and learn how to wear it. The first event…
Moving forward
Some of you may already know I have another Etsy shop, ArtisMagistra, where I sell hand dyed silks that are made in a studio in my town. I spoke with the artist herself yesterday (who prefers that I do not mention her label as it is rather exclusive) while she was loading up her old…
Busy hands
I pulled myself away from the computer long enough to actually sew the tatewaku and mukaimon obi today. It turned out longer than most of the hanhaba obi I have, so I tied it in an extra fancy bow. If you are familiar with how kimono are worn, you may notice the lack of fold…
Let’s put on a show!
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…
Frustration
Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, so I’m told. Instead I find my fingers twitching and I’m eager to get back to my piles of fabric, dig right in and work until I fall asleep. Tomorrow I plan to attend a screening of Hannari ~ Geisha Modern at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco,…
Electric bubblegum meisen, revisited
It took about 1.5-2 hours to take it all apart, but fortunately it was all hand-stitched and that always helps. Any kimono-type garments that have been machine stitched at some point are a nightmare to dismantle. Kimono are typically hand sewn of course, but from time to time I come across a vintage piece that…
A love for both the common fiber and the extraordinary textile @KimonoMomo 