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Me Musing .
. . January
8, 2010 . . .
It was hard
for me to decide whether to post this on the Orange Wheelbarrow
pages, which have been for my 'Sewing and Creations Musings' or
on the Chinra Cottage-Minka pages that show all the remodeling that
has been going on here . . .
I got so excited
wanting to post photos of a wall hanging I just finished that this
is where it ended up!
After this
summer's paint marathon . . . remember, I painted the bathroom that
sort of periwinkle colour . . . then we had re-installed
that
oak-kind-of
cabinet behind the toilet.
The
new 'tall toilet' just got installed, which meant the cabinet had
to come out. It ended up staying out as it would have meant cutting
off part of it to make it high enough and I wasn't all that fond
of the cabinet anyway!
I
decided I wanted something pizazzzzzzzzy there that would bring
in more colour soooooooooo I spent last night and most of this morning
catching up on a wonderful Blog
by Stephen, the owner of Sri,
a textile gallery in Brooklyn, New York specializing in antique
Japanese folk textiles.
By
the time I finished I felt like I had taken a mini-excursion to
Japan and couldn't wait to get out some of my fabrics to play around
with!
I
dug out some Kibira (traditional Japanese raime woven fabric) and
it just wasn't the right colour (too brown/beige), but found some
I had ordered off ebay (I think from Thailand) in a wonderful mustard
yellow colour. Kibira is woven a particular size, which happened
not to be wide enough for what I wanted, so I put two pieces together
for the backing.
Then
I got out the silk Kenzan and I had dyed last year on my visit to
Portland and some other fabrics that felt like they might work in
the 'mystery piece' that was evolving!
As
you can imagine, I had fabric everywhere in the kitchen. I also
had a wonderful bracelet given to me by my friend Laura. I think
someone had convinced her 'it
was her' and she bought it, only to realize she would never
use it!
Luckily,
I became the benefactor. Eb and I oohed and aahed over it and as
I attempted to put it on, I realized that IF
I did manage to get it on, I would never
be able to remove it . . . darn!
Me
thinks it was that fabulous bracelet that set this piece into motion
tonight!
I fringed the
mustard yellow fabric;
hemmed the edges of a silk scarf (green and muted salmon);
added some dyed green silk (that I had hand-stamped with a saying
that I can't read as it bled on the fabric!!!!!!!);
added an old kimono piece of fabric in striped olive/dark blue/orange;
made a few twists in that fabric to hold the bracelet in place;
added some hand-dyed ribbon
and hung the whole thing on a piece of bamboo!
Close-up of
the hand-dyed, stamped green silk
and the kimono fabric around the bracelet.
I
realize now that I should have taken a photo
of just the bracelet before
I put the piece together.
I sure don't want to unwrap it now . . .
this photo may show the colour and uneven shape a little better!
Well,
that's enough excitement for one day . . . off the bed!
P.S.
. . Jan. 9th . . .
I
took another photo this morning in better light . . .
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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