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Mar. 5th, 2011 03:49 pmHeard birdsong through the open skylight this morning and found myself humming "It Might As Well Be Spring." The bossa nova version sung by Astrud Gilberto. Not suprising, the "Getz/Gilberto" LP was a staple of my childhood.
Had some of the peach jam I received in the omiyage exchange at Estrella from Bran. Perfection on a slice of whole wheat toast. Sooooo good.
Pressed the muslin for my banner, cut out some big circles from a sheet of heavy art paper to make a template for my mon (badge), and traced it in pencil on the muslin. (Heraldese, blazons as "Three fans in pall inverted conjoined at the handles azure each charged with a demi-roundel flat to center argent."![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cryptocosm originally referred to it as the symbol for radioactivity, but it's just a matter of making sure the fans LOOK like fans. )
Did tests with a "fabric marker" and an oil paint stick. Didn't like either, so I ran out to the store and picked up some old school acrylic fabric paint. It looks much nicer, though I could've done without the part where my fine brush came apart while I was working an edge.
While waiting for the first fan to dry before I can move the fabric and work on the next section, I finished hemming the noil for the shibori mobakama. The scan below is on p. 18 of Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Wada, Rice and Barton, ISBN 4-7700-2399-5. (Awesome resource for anyone contemplating learing shibori.)
I want to do the circular bits (miru shibori or karamatsu shibori), and use the same technique to create lozenges. It's similar to the mokume technique I used on the not-quite-pink kosode, instead of doing rows of running stitch in straight lines and pulling them tight before dyeing, you fold the fabric and then sew half the shape you're creating along the fold and pull that tight. The "ori-nui" which forms the straight lines is even simpler: running stitch executed along the edge of a fold and pulled tight to create a double line. I just have to remember that "simple" doesn't mean it won't take time to do!
(For those wondering, "Kamakura period" is 1185-1333 CE.)
Wouldn't that make a gorgeous futon cover? Am I that ambitious? Insane? Let's see if I can get through doing enough miru shibori to decorate this wrap skirt first....
Had some of the peach jam I received in the omiyage exchange at Estrella from Bran. Perfection on a slice of whole wheat toast. Sooooo good.
Pressed the muslin for my banner, cut out some big circles from a sheet of heavy art paper to make a template for my mon (badge), and traced it in pencil on the muslin. (Heraldese, blazons as "Three fans in pall inverted conjoined at the handles azure each charged with a demi-roundel flat to center argent."
cryptocosm originally referred to it as the symbol for radioactivity, but it's just a matter of making sure the fans LOOK like fans. )Did tests with a "fabric marker" and an oil paint stick. Didn't like either, so I ran out to the store and picked up some old school acrylic fabric paint. It looks much nicer, though I could've done without the part where my fine brush came apart while I was working an edge.
While waiting for the first fan to dry before I can move the fabric and work on the next section, I finished hemming the noil for the shibori mobakama. The scan below is on p. 18 of Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Wada, Rice and Barton, ISBN 4-7700-2399-5. (Awesome resource for anyone contemplating learing shibori.)
I want to do the circular bits (miru shibori or karamatsu shibori), and use the same technique to create lozenges. It's similar to the mokume technique I used on the not-quite-pink kosode, instead of doing rows of running stitch in straight lines and pulling them tight before dyeing, you fold the fabric and then sew half the shape you're creating along the fold and pull that tight. The "ori-nui" which forms the straight lines is even simpler: running stitch executed along the edge of a fold and pulled tight to create a double line. I just have to remember that "simple" doesn't mean it won't take time to do!
(For those wondering, "Kamakura period" is 1185-1333 CE.)
Wouldn't that make a gorgeous futon cover? Am I that ambitious? Insane? Let's see if I can get through doing enough miru shibori to decorate this wrap skirt first....
