A brand new coat, finished just yesterday. Pieced from very dark, almost black, navy and white kimono silks. These are ‘tsumugi’ silks, a gorgeous textured fabric. Unlike a smooth and shiny silk, this kind had a rugged quality that gives it more of a rustic look. The detail below shows the weave. You can just […]
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I love the idea of a cape. A loose wrap of fabric that you drape over your shoulders and leave either loose and flowing or pull tight around and over your shoulders. It’s like a scarf only more of it. I’d been wanting to make a new cape, especially with this cool black kimono silk […]
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A couple weeks ago we had the craziest, most awful, heat wave. 113 degrees said my phone, but the official temperature was 116. I mean. Absolutely, no question, it was way too hot. It was like being in an oven. Above 100 is very rare here, so above 110? Just not ok. So I stayed […]