Yabane!!!!

[gurdymonkey]

Yabane is the name of this arrow-fletch motif. Bid on and won a bolt of wool kimono fabric on eBay. With shipping, it cost me $32. It's a scootch under 15" wide, which is a little on the narrow side for period, but there's enough on the bolt if I decide I want to piece in a little more width in strategic spots. No, the Japanese didn't get into wool until after contact with the West (and most early extant wool garments from the 16th & 17th centuries tend to be jinbaori (battle surcoats).

My sewing motivation has gone out the window. (Reason# 2 why I don't like taking commissions. If I don't feel like sewing, I don't feel like sewing!)  Been a little headachy on and off this week and sleeping erratically. This too shall pass. My weekend is more or less wide open, so I hope to work on the Nara bits at that point. The overskirt is about half pleated into the waistband and the fabric for the underskirt has been laundered and cut.

Comments

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

That fabric is awesome!

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous fabric.

[emma7926.livejournal.com]

Definitely awesome fabric! I hope inspiration and motivation return soon.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

It kinda did. After I posted that I sat down and did nearly 4 yards of hem stitching in front of a couple PBS documentaries.

[callistotoni.livejournal.com]

That fabric it beautiful!

[sarcasm-hime.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay yabane! One of my fave patterns.