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In honor of the full moon in August -- one of the full moons during the next few months which can be celebrated by the Japanese festival of Tschimi -- I thought I would post a short album that showcases the kimonos I've been lucky enough to obtain from two marvelous ebay sellers. The woman who makes kimonos to sell was trained in Japan and does beautiful work. Through a link in one of her auctions, I found someone who sells real Japanese kimono silk. I've been a silk addict ever since!
Happy Full Moon Night!
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2103210280
<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ August 09, 2006 11:34 PM: Message edited by: Sakurako ]</font>
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The link takes me to a message that says there is no such album. [img]frown.gif[/img]
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http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2103210280
I got stuck halfway through posting the first time. Wonder if this one will work?
Edited to add that this link appears to work. The first one must have gone through the internet transmogrifier while it clocked for five minutes!
<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ August 09, 2006 11:32 PM: Message edited by: Sakurako ]</font>
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Your work and the ebay sellers' is just incredible. Very beautiful on your dolls.
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Yup, the second one works! Thanks! Love seeing photos of these works of art.
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Beautiful fabric! Thanks for the lovely pictures. [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
Polly Marie
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Thanks! I owe a lot to SN. I just couldn't get the neckline on my own kimono design to work the way I wanted it to. Originally I bought one of hers (actually two, by accident) and studied the proportions to improve my design. Now I'm happily back to fooling around with my own pattern. But in the meantime I've gotten hooked on hers. She posts three new kimonos every Thursday night, as a rule, and I've only missed what I wanted twice!
I don't think I'm allowed to say the seller's full name here but feel free to PM me if anyone else wants to buy from her. I've gotten to know her quite well and she's very nice. She likes cats, too, which is always a BIG PLUS for me! [img]wink.gif[/img]
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They're all beautiful, but I like some of yours the best. [img]redface.gif[/img] Gina's kimono is my favorite; the obi is so perfect! And I love the blue scrap yukata (you didn't mention the doll's name but she has the pretty pink flowers in her pigtails). Please keep posting your beautiful kimono and yukata pictures; Nellie needs one so if you keep it up I might get around to making her one someday! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
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Love them, Cherry! [img]smile.gif[/img] Jess says hi to your girls (well, all my girls say hi to your girls). I still can't get over how beautiful she is in her kimono. It's hard to get her to wear anything else!
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They are soo beautiful! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
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Waaay beautiful kimono, Cherry. Thanks for posting the album...
Taffy
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Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing! Your dolls look great. [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
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your work is outstanding..you are an inspiration to all of us. I really enjoyed your creations you could be a designer.
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I can't get my girls to wear anything else either. Luckily... because I keep buying silk from the ebay silk seller (whose first name begins with "S" so I love saying it!) every week, too. Right after the Star Festival I stocked up on nice Japanese-looking cottons from Joanns, mostly remnants, so I could spend some time innocently making yukatas. But it takes the same amount of time to work with silk as it does with cotton and the results are ... well... quite different. So I'm working on silk for a while longer. I think I'll run out of Japanese festivals in October so maybe then I'll switch? I just bought some slate gray silk with a slightly rough textured weave and I'm going to line it with scarlet. Yum. I have to figure out how to cut it so the lining will show all around the edges.
Okay, Good Night everyone! Past my bedtime and the reading light on my PC is in my baby kitty's eyes. He's got his paw delicately laid over his eyes to shade them. Perhaps he has a headache. And it's a work day tomorrow....
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You do amazing work as always, Cherry! And as always, I love your albums. Thanks for sharing.
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I love each and every one of them! The ones you made are so creative and well-crafted. Your girls are lovely models and they look so happy to be spoiled with such beautiful clothes!
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Your album is positivly stunning!
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Cherry great photos as always. I really like the Kimonos you made the best. The e-bay sellers are nice but all alike, while yours show imaginative design. I also am drawn to your longer lengths. Will be looking forward to seeing your next creations.
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Cherry, those kimono are so beautiful! I better not show my Chiyo your girls or she will die of envy! I have to say, I'm fascinated by geisha (thus a doll named after the main character in Memoirs of a Geisha) and I love that you took the time to use the proper obi tying method and the right color collars for a maiko!
Where did you get your pattern for the kimono and yukata? I just aquired a tote of many fabrics and I think Chiyo has her eye on a few of them. [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Cherry, those kimono are so beautiful! I better not show my Chiyo your girls or she will die of envy! I have to say, I'm fascinated by geisha (thus a doll named after the main character in Memoirs of a Geisha) and I love that you took the time to use the proper obi tying method and the right color collars for a maiko!
Where did you get your pattern for the kimono and yukata? I just aquired a tote of many fabrics and I think Chiyo has her eye on a few of them. [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Cherry, those kimono are so beautiful! I better not show my Chiyo your girls or she will die of envy! I have to say, I'm fascinated by geisha (thus a doll named after the main character in Memoirs of a Geisha) and I love that you took the time to use the proper obi tying method and the right color collars for a maiko!
Where did you get your pattern for the kimono and yukata? I just aquired a tote of many fabrics and I think Chiyo has her eye on a few of them. [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Wow! These are so nice. I love seeing dolls doing unique things like this!
Your work is wonderful, and you put the one kimono I made to shame.
