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brocade, gold and silver threads
provenance: St Elizabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia
location: East Slovak Museum, Košice
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The first step in threading the heddles is to use sticks to separate the different sets of warp threads. Because my example wound up using so few warp threads, I decided to demonstrate with a tabby or plain weave threading. That is, every other thread will go up and down alternately.
When Chika asked me if I wanted to come along to get my eyebrows threaded I thought she meant getting hair threaded INTO my eyebrows - ha ha
Apparently a Chinese custom that is popular in Hollywood now... Hurts less than waxing or plucking :D
The Loom Gallery inside Paisley Museum and Art Galleries.
The Loom Gallery is dedicated to Ellen Farmer MBE, a former mill girl who had Paisley in her heart.
(she is sadly missed)
Photographs by Brian McGuire
This is a VINTAGE Japanese Large Patterned Komon. Komon are informal kimono worn at home and about town. They are essentially the jeans and t-shirt combo of the kimono world. The smaller the pattern on a komon, the more casual it is. This one has a large pattern, so it's a less casual piece. This kimono likely originates in the mid Showa Period (1926 - 1989). This komon has an abstract pattern that includes silver, laquered threads (urushi).
I have inspected this kimono in detail, and there are a few faint marks on the exterior. The lining is also heavily covered in patina. Overall I would rate this kimono as being in good vintage condition. There are no tears, holes or seam separations. I believe this garment is 100% silk.
MEASUREMENTS:150cm - Long (Collar to Hem)124cm - Arm span58cm - Width across the back124cm - Total width of skirt49cm - Sleeve drop
SIZING:If you are unsure of how to interpret the kimono's size it is important to know that the length (collar - hem) should be approximately 10cm longer to 10cm shorter than the wearer's overall height (longer is better). This is because the excess length will be folded up at the waist. Meanwhile, the skirt should wrap around the hips a full 1.5 times. The armspan should also reach wrist to wrist on the wearer. In this case, the kimono will ideally fit a woman about 140cm (4'7") - 160cm (5'3") tall, with hips about 85cm (33.5") around. There is some give and take in these measurements though.
Reproduction thread bobbins from the Mary Rose. The pigments would have been red lead and malachite in this case.
This week I created one of the Bridget’s Bagette patterns. It was relatively easy, and I’m pleased with the results. I'll be adding this one to my knitting bag but will be making more to organize sewing supplies and hair accessories.
As far as reading goes, I finished reading Heidi with Juliana, who was sad to finish it. Upon completion, she said that she “wished there were 1000 more chapters.” Me too. It was hard not to continue reading after she went to bed each evening. Heidi is a wonderful book that shows the the effects of being still in the outdoors and the joy that comes from a pure heart. I’m also reading Simply Charlotte Mason’s The Early Years and The Mission of Motherhood, with lots of talk on the importance of getting children in touch with nature to better know our Creator.
With all this thought on the outdoors, I’m thinking that I should create picnic bag in the near future.
A machine to spin silk thread, in the Shirakawa-go house at the open-air museum of old Japanese farmhouses, Osaka. Sorry about the blurriness of this picture but I hope you can see this interesting machine.
Painting with Light: Nikon D1, Nikkor 35mm f2 nonAi, extension tubes, Flashlight / Torch
+ No PS manipulation, no cropping, just dust bunny cleaning.
ACU students cover themselves in paint after the Red Thread Movement Paint Fight on Friday behind Smith Adams dorm. (Optimist photo by Adrian Patenaude)
Are the details in the fabric
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling?
blogged at Jovita's Patchwork Atelier
DMC thread colors
pinks (left to right) 891, 3806, 601
red 666, lime 907, green 989
aqua (left to right) 992, 3812
A man spins the thread before it's sent to the factory. A special type of fabric called "taat" [handwoven fabric] is prepared from this thread and this fabric is a specialty of Bangladesh. This fabric has come a long way down the history of Bangladesh.
Bend the other switch lead toward the unsewn battery connector and sew it down using the same technique as the LEDs.
I scored a new job as a photographer/model for an up and coming local clothing company, MR.e Threads.
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Much Love,
T-Sil