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.