gurdymonkey | Four whole lozenge groupings completed today. (Reply)

If the fog doesn't roll in, I get good light in the garret until 6:30 or so to work by, so I can do a little bit on "school nights." The thing is that for each of these groups I have to mask off a single lozenge, stencil it, let it dry, then come back. That means rotating around a larger section of the garment and trying to remember what I have and haven't repeated. I goofed and repeated the "hemp leaf" motif in the bottom photo. Still looks OK, but symmetry was NOT what I was trying to shoot for here.

Also, this dupioni is slubbier than the red stuff I used for the "Shoot Me" kosode and trying to get the paint to lie well with these fiddly little stencils is tricky. It's not as clean as I would like it to be, but what can you do?

EDIT: Well, it's not a "You suck," but Effingham-sensei just saw these over on Tousando and commented "Have I told you lately that I hate you?" Which means he loves it and just can't bring himself to utter the highest compliment of that august company, a hearty man-talkin' "You suck!"

I'm just FEELIN' the LOVE!