Labor of love?

[gurdymonkey]

I just completed a pow-wow with the young man who was taken as a squire on Saturday night. He emailed me to see if I was serious about my offer to make him an obi. I assured him that I was and sent him here to see the "Shoot Me" kosode, since I know I still have some red silk left from it. Evidently he didn't realize that the Tosenin kosode was hand painted because he expressed surprise on seeing the web page I sent him to. I got him to send me a picture of his device and told him I'd let ideas percolate for a bit and then maybe send him some sketches to see if he likes them. It's a squire's obi, it should be subtle, but it should also say, "This is me."  He keeps insisting, "You're making it, it's up to you."  I keep insisting,  "You're going to have to wear it, I want it to be something you'll like."

It's not every day I get to make something for someone else.....