Waiting for paint to dry....

[gurdymonkey]

....so I can shift to the next section.

After piddling half-heartedly with a stencil blank and X-acto knife I asked myself what I was so damn scared of? I began began painting the flowers free-hand, working on the assumption that doing so will contrast nicely with the geometry of the lozenges. I just have to remember not to do groups of four or nine as those numbers are considered unlucky.



Edit - when I knocked off today, I had painted flowers on the collar segment and the back sections of the body panels. I maybe could've done more. This leaves the fronts of the body panels, the overlap panels and both sleeves. After that, I can get out the green paint and start all over again, but that's not as nearly as much painting.

Comments

[sasha-khan.livejournal.com]

My friend (Cristobal) just looked over my shoulder and said "Wow! That is Awesome - send Gurdymonkey a big 'Attagirl' - 'cause that is excellent work. O can't wait to see it when it's finished"

There you go...

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Domo arigato gozaimashita, tomodachi. From eight inches away, it doesn't look quite as stunning because I can see the slubs in the silk and the brushstrokes, but I'm still pretty pleased with how it's coming.

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

Four or seven, darling. Nine is okay.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Nine is unlucky because of how it is pronounced. "Kyu" is okay, but "Ku" 苦　can mean agony or pain.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought. And four "Shi" = death.

And yet Costplus World Market insists on selling sake sets with four cups in them.....

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

Oh, I should have mentioned, the flowers look lovely. :-)

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

??? I thought three, five and seven were the auspicious ones....

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

No. Seven ("shichi") sounds too much like death ("shi"). That is why the numbers change to the native Japanese words ("nana") for seven (and four for the same reasons) when naming days or months.

You also never buy anyone a gift of four or seven anything.

[xrian.livejournal.com]

So, is watching paint dry as exciting as it's advertised? {snicker}

It looks amazing. Wish I was as motivated; I've spent entirely too much of this weekend sleeping.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yes, pretty much. Sometimes I wonder how I can stand it!

These fabric paints dry reasonably quickly and I've had almost no bleed through to the other side of the fabric. I feel pretty safe giving it a half hour before I shift the fabric on the table and start on a new section. Good time for bathroom breaks, snacks, checking email, swapping laundry loads....

[danabren.livejournal.com]

So lovely!!