tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26712159207171346642024-02-06T18:53:31.883-08:00Oh Noh! Kimonos!Making interesting things from kimono(s)and other textilessusanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-85260795881183455052015-10-25T18:15:00.000-07:002015-10-25T18:16:44.316-07:00Working on Pillows<span style="font-size: large;">I've been busy working on making pillows or pillow covers to put in my Etsy shop. Not as easy as it sounds! I've made pillows before, but have never been really satisfied with the way they turned out. So I've really been studying how to do this professionally. I have a few books on the subject, and I've saved magazine articles and clippings for years, but couldn't quite work out some of the problems. YouTube has been a life-saver -- I've found several amazing tutorials for free! Even Craftsy and Instructables have free tutorials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So while I don't have any photos of the current projects yet, here's a pillow I made for a friend with an amazing batik she found in Mexico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The form is 18 or 20". I had the batik for ages, but didn't get it made -- I knew I had just the right fabric to go with it, but it took forever to find it! It's a natural color raw silk suiting from a skirt I made long ago. It might be tussah. I believe I lined it with muslin to make it sturdy. The back has an envelope closing, with 2 large tortoiseshell buttons; it actually closes with very large snaps as I do not love buttonholes.</span><br />
susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-40074074149782579492015-10-04T21:51:00.000-07:002015-10-04T21:59:01.873-07:00Hand-dyed SilkWanted to share some pictures of some of the hand-dyed silks I've done. These are all lengths of white kimono silk I dyed using various shibori techniques, mostly with acid dyes from Dharma. As they're all just odd lengths, I'm not sure what to do with them, maybe make pieced scarves.<br />
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<br />susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-13141816494204128732015-09-27T18:00:00.000-07:002015-09-27T18:49:25.060-07:00PRINTING WITH YUKATA KATAGAMI<span style="font-size: large;">This is a yukata stencil (katagami) from Kasuri Dyeworks. It's very large, about 4 ft long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a Perry Ellis Vogue pattern I've had for years
(possibly decades) I always wanted to make it in some linen that's also
been in the stash quite a while.</span><br />
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one of <a href="http://www.wonderfulwearables.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diane Ricks</a>' classes, the project was to print on
fabric with resist and thickened dye, and then make a shirt out of it. I
don't have pictures, but this is how it goes. You lay down your fabric on a sheet of plastic, put your stencil on top of that, a blank silk screen on top of that and then squeegee Cleanline resist (or whatever you're using) through the screen and the stencil. Repeat the procedure until the design is the way you want it. It helps to sketch out placement before hand. I cut my yardage into 3 pieces: front, back, and a piece for the sleeves and collar. There was very little waste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The fabric has to dry thoroughly before the next step. You can use the time to mix your dye. We used Procion, I think I mixed Navy blue and Better Black. The thickener is sodium alginate. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to add the soda ash! You can soak your fabric in soda ash solution beforehand and let it dry, or add it to your dye mix directly.</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Then lay out your thoroughly dry fabric and start painting on the dye over and around the resisted areas. I used a big foam brush </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">just brushing it back and forth, up and down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once it's painted to your satisfaction, you lay another big sheet of plastic on top, and roll the whole thing up. Stick it in big plastic bag and let it cure over night. 48 hours is even better if you can wait!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then you wash it out, dry it, and cut out your garment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't have enough yardage to make the very wide facings, so used some cotton kimono lining I dyed with the same dye. (detail above) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I found a nice nautilus shell button and used it to accent the patch pocket. And that's my shirt!</span><br />
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<br />susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-10185811421812831392015-09-22T13:16:00.000-07:002015-09-22T13:43:02.970-07:00A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY DRESS FORM, EMMA<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea is that you can make multiple shells for your dress form to use if you sew for other people. Great idea, but I used it to customize the Uniquely You form I've had for some time. Sadly, we are no longer the same size. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I used the same techniques as for Henri (see below) with the addition of a lot of fusible fleece and fusible batting. The cover is a smooth chintz -- it still needs a lot of work --I may make her one with a zipper. Emma is very shy and embarrassed about her size, so I could only get a couple of photos. She nearly disappears against the white background ...</span><br />
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</span></span>susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-16838963611674396492015-09-19T13:27:00.000-07:002015-09-19T13:27:06.635-07:00NEW ADDRESS FOR OH NOH! KIMONOS!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My old website has been completely overhauled. I'm not selling anything from the site any more, it's strictly informational and has lots of photos of work I've done in the past, many using Japanese textiles. The bibliography has been updated and expanded and includes movies now. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Check it out: <a href="http://ohnohkimonos.com/" target="_blank">Oh Noh! Kimonos!</a></span>susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-70605462667925569892015-09-19T00:05:00.000-07:002015-09-19T00:05:37.134-07:00Process of Making the Tote bag<span style="font-size: large;">I used a Joann's tote bag as a model, about 14 x 18 x 6". I lined the chambray fabric from the apron with a thin layer of fleece, which gives it a nice hand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lining is a piece of vintage cotton, the bottom re-inforced with Timtex. I added a large zippered pocket, on one side, a smaller pocket on the other, and a gathered pocket for a water bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One side has the original apron pocket:</span><br />
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First layer added is fusible fleece to soften up the surface a little, and give me something to pin into.<br />
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It's just regular fusible fleece about 1/4 inch thick. Difficult to fuse to all those curvy surfaces with a steam iron especially in the middle of a heat wave. I took the form off the stand and lay it on my table, still awkward but less strain on me. You can only do an area the size of the iron every 10 seconds or so, so it takes a while.<br />
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While I had him on the table, I filled in that awkward hole in the front. A piece of cereal box and duct tape on the inside to start with, another layer of fleece on the outside and then muslin on the inside held with spray adhesive.<br />
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And here he is, all nicely covered with a comfy layer of fleece. Next is the muslin cover ...<br />
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I started by trying to pin-fit on-grain muslin; this wasn't meant to be a removeable cover so no zipper or anything and I couldn't make it work for me. Oh Duh! Turn it on the bias! Bias muslin is moldable enough to smooth over the curves and look tidy.<br />
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This is where spray adhesive comes in. I was going to hand sew the cover together over the form. Did I mention the heat wave? I did do some hand-sewing around the neck, but the rest of it is basically glued to the fleece and the seams are spray-glued. Here's the front, not quite finished.<br />
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This was new, clean, washed and ironed muslin, but I still got some areas that look like water staining, whether from the adhesive or the hard water. But it's mostly OK!<br />
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<br />susanfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177608323006211446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671215920717134664.post-1462363269779772172015-09-01T12:11:00.001-07:002015-09-08T17:39:10.734-07:00Shibori baby quilt I actually finished something: a quilt for a baby shower. The squares are 14", roughly the width of kimono fabric. The light blue swirling patterned fabric is indigo-dyed cotton from west Africa, as is the dark blue fabric with "smoke rings". The 2 pieces with what looks like small dots are Japanese yukata fabric, and the one piece with a floral pattern may be Chinese. All are hand-dyed indigo shibori.<br />
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The African indigo-dyed textiles are "Adire", Japanese is "aizome".<br />
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The back of the quilt is vintage cotton kimono fabric, and the binding is cotton lining from another kimono. The batting is some red cotton flannel from the stash, just enough for this project. After washing and dryer-ing the flannel, it didn't seem to shrink, but it did full, so even better!<br />
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