Look at the lovely pair of horned friends...one of whom

seems to have lost a horn or two...

She's still letting me know what her name will be...she's a cutie. ♥

Lati White SP Bayer

The pink kimono looks really cute on Enmusubi.

You can see the back of the obi we made for Studio Bitamin as well; we had forgotten to photo it the other day.

I've this concept for a year...finally I've time to work on it ^ ^

Over the last couple weeks I've been working on a few projects.

One thing I got a chance to partake in was making hats for cancer patients. I ended up making 8 hats. I've decided my goal for next year is to make 20 hats.

completed projects:

granny square blanket

purple snuggle blanket

8 hats

1 infinity scarf.

I have more projects to work on this month and I am sooo glad the weather is finally cooling down, it makes it easier to work with yarn.

Started August 2019 (likely finish date...end of summer??)

lim MSD hikizuri (can fit multiple because made a little big...)

I think I'll finish it for Thistle when her new body gets here. If not, for my YouplaDolls.

I sew by hand.

Ochre and goldenrod with dark eggplant purple highlights.

Autumn theme hand-dyed kanzashi (silk hairpins)

Bush-clover Kanzashi

Bell-Flower Kanzashi

I made this lovely doll kimono from vintage kimono fabric. Lovely patterns and pastel colors.

Modeled on hybrid doll, body is Dream Valley. Head is Iplehouse Sleeping Amy.

Yup this hood is all mine!! So cozy furry and soft! Perfect for my puddle town weather! It's upcycled wool, so it's sustainable. I feel good about wearing trashionable attire!

Getting my fall crafting on.

:)

We bought some vintage kimono fabric that was too old to dye in the traditional, painstaking methods, so we got it at vintage prices...and decided to dye it in a beautiful mint with rainbow accents!

Wires

broken squasher

chrystals

The motif on this vintage wedding kimono is beautiful; cranes with sakura and gold waves on the bottom.

The white plum blossom kanzashi goes very well because cranes are winter motifs, and plum blossoms are late winter /early spring motifs.

This purple kanzashi is a custom for a lovely customer!

Interestingly, Ruan (Souldoll Kid, old body) can fit Thisle's leggings. ^^! Yay for versatility?

Ruan looks nice with red hair too...hmmm, I like changing their hair so much.

A little treat I´ve crafted to my friend Nath Yamauti , based on her flickr picture: www.flickr.com/photos/ny2/3672590543/

A colorful collection of flowers in the hair.

Tomu is wearing my handmade kimono and silk tsumami zaiku. ♥ (That's the hairpin.)

My first embroidery project. I made this tea towel for my friend mandy who just got a new house.

This is how the dress lays when you remove one layer.

purple version of my fairy necklace... all artwork is handdrawn by me & then cast in resin with glitter!

These lovelies are the second group of three I've taken in kimono....furisode to be exact, since they have long sleeves.

Juniper, Robin, and Briar.

Juniper in purple, Robin in ecru, and Briar in burnt orange-red.

Butterfly and nanohana for march kanzashi. The pink kanzashi is an original design.

Nanohana takes inspiration from maiko kanzashi calendar.

are getting ready for a photo session.

Willow lounges.

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Harri is pleased to have a friend...and a new kimono.

Handmade kimono and obi...oh, and the kanzashi accessories. The shoes I bought.

Wearing blue tsumami zaiku/kanzashi. (handmade by me)

Here is the nagajyuban, worn under the kimono. It's sized to fit inside the sleeves and close to the body.

My daughter and I have been reading a wonderful story called Berry Magic written by Teri Sloat and Betty Huffmon. In this delightful tale a little girl makes magic dolls which create the berries well loved in Alaska. She adorns the dolls with pelatuuks (pronounced BLAH-dooks), little cloths wrapped around their heads. The berries they make are the color of their pelatuuks.

This hood reminds me of the rosy pelatuuk on the doll that brings the raspberries. Except it’s a bit more versatile, since it as both a Hat and Scarf! If you get too warm, it flips down like a Hood.

You can even tie the scarflette behind your dance the festival away without worrying about your hat! You could even tie the tails to make a Satchel, for carrying home your treasures!

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Color: Rosy Pink Red, almond and grey variegate to make this hood! The colors look the most accurate in the close up photo. I take all pictures in natural light, but colors do differ on different monitors.

Size: Small Adult 12” from the top of the hat down the side to where it touches the shoulder, Scarflette measures 31” from the corner of the hood to the tip.

Texture: Super soft, medium length hair, fuzzy, light summer weight

Material: Wool Selvage

This eco-friendly hood is handmade with 100% Upcycled Wool. It’s our own unique original design. Good to the environment, good to your head, and brimming with sustainable style!

Read my profile for how to find this hood and others like it in my Etsy Shop!

Yurie looks like she's dancing!

Do you like red-orange obi with this kimono?

I made my kanzashi for 1/6th size kanzashi dolls.

I batch-dyed the silk for this lovely color, with some natural variation. The bigger wisteria is hand-dyed with a brush, so each petal has subtle variation.

The bigger wisteria was designed with 1/4th doll size in mind.

a lovely picnic with dollies.

Closeup on the shibori detail.

paired the charm with the chain.

Fairyland PukiFee and Lati White SP. They look cute together~

Holding a little handmade crane.

The crane is made of silk. ♥

The kimono is brilliant vermilion, dark green, and all hand painted by a traditional kimono artist. The mini kimono is made with rou silk.

The leaf kanzashi (hairpin) is hand dyed silk.

I made the kimono from the vintage kimono silk into doll kimono. ^o^

Showing how you wear the crown. It can be slightly more sturdy by having a katsuyama hairstyle.

The silk wisteria hairpin is handmade by me. So is the mauve kimono, both obi. But the green kimono I picked the silk and a friend made me a while ago!

I made this lovely doll kimono from vintage kimono fabric. Lovely patterns and pastel colors.

Modeled on hybrid doll, body is Dream Valley.

I hand sewed the top. The shorts are machine sewed, but I still finish things by hand.

This is the way dad take care of me!

Willow is holding a custom 11 cm paper lantern which reads "Hyakiyako" (百鬼夜行)

This kimono is deceptively simple on the top and sleeves, but from behind you can see this kimono is exquisitely painted. We were happy to buy it and put it together to be worn for years by various 1/3 dolls...

Anyway, who do you think wore it best?

Leaves are red momiji~ lovely again.

This is a different kind of wearing, more similar to modern hikizuri, but still simplified!

Various sizes and prices.

I made this lovely doll kimono from vintage kimono fabric. Lovely patterns and pastel colors.

Modeled on hybrid doll, body is Dream Valley. Head is Iplehouse Sleeping Amy.

Purettua villalankaa

kultalankaa

silkkipaperia (kenkälaatikosta)

tukikangasta

rihmaa

Idea on sama kuin ikivanhoissa punalankatontuissa: ristikkäiset lankavyyhdit. Tässä vaan ei ole solmittu vartalonipun alapäätä jaloiksi, vaan purettu lankaa helmojen leventämiseksi. Tonttulakin sijaan on virkattu kultalangasta sädekehä, ja ommeltu selkään siivet, joiden materiaali on kovitekankaalla tuettu silkkipaperi. Nykyään taitaisin käyttää nenäliinakangasta ja tärkkiä tahi liimavettä.

Vaikea sanoa miten "vintagea" tämä enkeli nyt sitten on. Itse askartelu on tehty noin 25 vuotta sitten. Samaa ideaa on käytetty varman ne pari sataa vuotta, kun Suomessa on joulukuusia nähty.