tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85607291068600554622024-02-08T17:16:31.366+11:00KofujiKofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-46235005246027764352016-01-12T18:07:00.003+11:002016-01-12T18:07:52.644+11:00Obi project finished!So excited to have this finished!<br />
As mentioned before I bought the fabric and paints for this project WAY back in 2009 but never got it started.<br />
Finally started painting it last year a few months before bubs was born and just finished sewing it up a couple of days ago!<br />
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So here is my first (albeit handmade) ro darari obi!<br />
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So pleased with how it looks!<br />
Once I sew up my ro han'eri and find/make a ro obiage I'll dress up the mannequin again so it'll look more proper.<br />
The mon section is taken from my other black darari:<br />
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I didn't put the stamens in, I thought it looked ok without them and figured I could always put them in later.<br />
The obi is actually a two piece obi.<br />
The three obi bolts bought for this project would either make it only patterned on one side if made full length ( about 6m) or I could make it a double sided two-piece ( what I went for) as I figured it you wouldn't be able to tell when it was tied up.<br />
I'm really happy with the colour selection too.<br />
I had originally planned for a black/white/red colour scheme but when I painted a test section up I couldn't find the right shade of red so after a lot of searching through photos I decided on gold instead of red.<br />
I think the end result is a very clean, sleek looking obi and the colours look nice with the summer maiko hikizuri above, as I made the obi to go with the kimono!<br />
For ages I've been trying to buy a summer darari to go with the kimono but no luck.<br />
Although just recently I have gone from 0 summer darari to 3! Didn't see that one coming, but one of those obi is another work in progress but it will go nicely with both my summer maiko hikizuri, although it'll probably take me another 7 years before its done as well.....Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-80994809140705178242015-12-19T16:05:00.000+11:002015-12-19T16:05:13.453+11:00Shibori and katazome trialsSome months before bubs was born I became very interested in the processes of shibori dyeing and katazome stenciling.<br />
I'd bought some katagami stencils and once repaired I tried my hand at making a rice flour resist paste (Meh) and tried stencilling and dyeing.<br />
The results were very average, the resist paste wasn't the right consistency I think.<br />
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I found after a few attempts that the dye needed to be brushed over the resist- submerging the whole thing in dye just dissolves the rice flour resist!</div>
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Unfortunately I couldn't get all the fine details when I was dyeing it.</div>
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I need to practice with the rice flour paste as it was still grainy and not smooth enough to get the crisp lines.</div>
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I then tried just applying fabric paint through the stencil ( the silver/grey bits) and that came out really nice, it just used a lot of paint.</div>
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It was fun giving it a try but I think the big, wide world of shibori is one hobby too many. I'll have to just admire other peoples work ;)<br />
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-57391382584114883202015-10-10T18:39:00.002+11:002015-10-10T18:39:46.623+11:00Recent project- Painting an obi, fixing katagami stencilsI am one of those really bad crafty people that have about 15 half finished projects on the go.<br />
I lack the drive to finish things most of the time.<br />
When something finally does get finished I consider it a major victory!<br />
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So.... Waaayyyy back in 2009 I bought three black ro obi bolts from Ryu Japan with the idea of painting them and sewing them up.<br />
I had the obi bolts, I bought the fabric paint.<br />
I then started working full time and my spare time went towards other projects.<br />
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And so they sat in my craft box. Year after year. Whenever I'd go into the craft box for something else I'd look at the obi bolts and go "Oh yeah! I should really do something about those".<br />
Then when I started selling things from my collection I started to think should I sell them too? I'd had them for years and never touched them.<br />
But I held onto them, for whatever reason.<br />
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So finally this year when I stopped working due to the pregnancy I thought to myself 'Great, I'm going to have so much spare time to do all those little craft jobs I've been putting off for years".<br />
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HA.<br />
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Even before the baby is here I've learnt things take about 3 times longer than I originally expected.<br />
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Plus my list of half started crafts is stupidly long:<br />
* Paint the obi bolts.<br />
* Finish re-sizing and replacing the lining for a blue autumn kimono.<br />
* Sew my 2 other maiko han'eri to the collar things.<br />
* I've got a cross stitch that I've been working on since 2011.<br />
* My mother gave me a kit for temari balls about 3 years ago that I haven't even opened and I can tell she's disappointed I haven't done them yet... :(<br />
* I bought some beautiful katagami stencils that needed repairing. DONE!<br />
( that was very time consuming for one of them! I think about a month of carefully glueing all the pieces to a new netting)<br />
* Plus whatever baby projects I'd found from browsing Pintrest late at night -_-<br />
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So there you have my "workload"!<br />
But all is good.<br />
* I've painted one obi bolt, just needs sewing up now.<br />
I've started painting the second one now.<br />
* Kimono hasn't been touched.<br />
* han'eri: I've got all the bits of fabric cut and ready to go, just finding the motivation for some hand sewing needed.<br />
* Cross stitch is nearly done! Which means it might be done by Christmas 2016...<br />
* Nothing on the temari balls. Maybe when mum comes for a visit after the baby is born I'll suggest we do one each?<br />
* Katagami stencils I'll post some pics of.<br />
I don't have pictures of the finished result but you'll get an idea.<br />
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I'll start with the katagami:<br />
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The leaf stencil. So beautiful but as you can see badly damaged.</div>
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I still had most of the missing pieces so it was ok, but putting it back together like a puzzle was pretty hard.</div>
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Plus more bits kept falling off as I was repairing it!</div>
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I don't have a picture of the finished piece ( sorry!) but I have tested it out with a home-made rice paste resit and its works! </div>
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I was making some bassinet sheets and I stencilled these leaves onto the fabric, let it dry then brushed a dye over the top ( I found that submerging the fabric in dye would wash off the resist as its only water based)</div>
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Then washed off the rice resit when the dye had been set.</div>
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It turned out ok, I don't think I've got the technique or the consistency of the rice paste right as it wasn't as sharp as I was hoping for.</div>
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The second stencil is this simple but so very cute ume design.</div>
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I haven't tried stencilling with this one yet but it's ready to go when I've got time.</div>
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Obi time!</div>
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This is the finished obi bolt that's awaiting being sewn up.</div>
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I had a hard time picking the secondary colour.</div>
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I had painted the silver first and was originally going to pair it with a reddish colour ( going for the traditional black, white and red scheme)</div>
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But when I'd painted up a small section to see how it looked the red was just all wrong.</div>
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I then browsed Flickr, Google and pintrest for obi inspiration and another colour scheme I saw a lot of was black, white/silver and gold!</div>
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Of course that then started the dilemma or what type of gold- bright gold or a champagne gold ( my options in the paint section.)</div>
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So again I did a little test area, I had a really hard time picking one as I think each gold looked good and gave it a different look.</div>
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I ended up going with the champagne gold.</div>
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I'm very pleased with how it's turned out, I did have to do a double coat of the gold as one coat wasn't strong enough compared to the silver.</div>
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Now to just paint the other two and sew them up!</div>
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-6248219248188453662015-10-01T16:50:00.000+10:002015-10-01T16:50:09.082+10:00Mannequin kistuke part 2- Purple and whiteI figured while the kimono is still on the mannequin I may as well try my last darari obi.<div>
Won't die wondering how they look together now at least!</div>
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No obidome today, I was feeling lazy and couldn't be bothered trying to find something to match.</div>
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Still more photos of leaves.</div>
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The colours truly are beautiful, my photography skillz not so...</div>
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The obi is a two piece obi but I still think I did a reasonable job.</div>
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Ohhh, getting higher each time with the obi...</div>
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The room where I was taking photos was getting lots of afternoon sun so all the gold work is extra shiny!</div>
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It would look more complete with an obidome but overall I think the colours work well together.</div>
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My favourite obi with this kimono is the orange darari though.</div>
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And just because a blog post without lots of photos is boring I put all three ensembles together for easy comparison.</div>
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Read about the black obi kitsuke <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/bamboo-and-ume-hikizuri-kitsuke.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Read about the orange obi kitsuke <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/mannequin-kitsuke-purple-hikizuri-with.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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A while ago I tried to pair this kimono and my black darari obi together and was disappointed with the results.<br />
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I knew I wouldn't be able to wear kimono myself and I'd been disappointed that I wasn't able to buy any of the maiko hikizuri and darari obi that have been on YJA auctions lately so I figured I needed to suck it up as I already own some lovely pieces that don't see daylight enough as it is.</div>
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The various shades of green and the ivy leaves changing colours is stunning.</div>
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The past times I tried to photograph this kimono I felt I couldn't capture the colours and feeling of the kimono just right so I'm glad these photos give you a better representation of its colour.</div>
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So this was the first darari obi I bought, purchased back in 2010.</div>
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I think it was from Ryu Japan, either just before or just after Shinei took over? I can't remember honestly.</div>
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I remember one thing that always bugged me was when it was sewn up, it didn't have the bottom bar underneath the mon.</div>
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So i unpicked it to see what was inside. Turns out it does have the bottom bar! And as you can also see from the above photo it has a nice dirty line where it was sewn up.</div>
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-80526516607356300932015-09-18T15:01:00.000+10:002015-09-18T15:01:09.321+10:00Linking a maiko hikizuri to a maiko.For some very lucky collectors it is possible to find a maiko or geiko wearing a kimono or obi they have bought.<br />
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As I also collect odori programs I am often asked by people who have purchased hikizuri/darari obi to keep an eye out for their new treasure.<br />
I always say I will but just the sheer quantity of dance programs I own means that's a tough task in its own.<br />
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I was contacted by a fellow collector the other day asking me to check an early 2000's Miyako odori program. They had found an old IG forum thread that said that kimono featured in the program.<br />
So that was easy enough to do.<br />
I checked said program and the kimono didn't make an appearance.<br />
Disappointing but "no worries" I thought, "just check a few years earlier and later, the dates might have been mixed up."<br />
So I went back a couple of years and sure enough I found a small black and white photo of the kimono!<br />
Yay! I had some good news to tell the owner.<br />
As I was flicking through the second dance program I noted how odd it was that the kimono only featured in one of the photos.<br />
Usually the black and white photos in the back feature a small group of maiko with various temples, events or other attractions.<br />
So I thought to myself maybe the people who put together the dance program have re-used this photo from a previous year ( not an uncommon thing to do, but you see it less in recent years)<br />
So I went back a couple more years and jackpot!<br />
There was the kimono in question, in colour, on the first page.<br />
9 years earlier than originally thought, 2 years earlier than the black and white photo.<br />
The kimono has many photos in that dance program in the black and white section so the new owner should be delighted.<br />
I've included just a couple here that show off the kimono design best.<br />
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The kimono I'm talking about is the purple one worn by maiko Mari.</div>
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Congratulations to the current owner, knowing who is wearing it and being such a modern piece means it is a lot easier to find out more about its history.</div>
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I really enjoyed helping this person out, I was as excited as they were to find a maiko wearing it</div>
<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-74179844122561933252015-08-17T22:45:00.000+10:002015-08-17T22:45:01.853+10:00Odori program covers projectNow this is something I've wanted to do for years now!<br />
And I finally did!<br />
It's probably not the most polished, pretty version that could be made but I'm happy enough with it.<br />
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So basically what I've done (mind you at this stage its only what is in my personal collection, I will be contacting some other collectors to see if they would like to contribute later) is made a chart of each Odori cover for the 5 Kyoto districts.<br />
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So if you come across an odori program for sale but it doesn't have a date listed then, provided myself or one of the other contributors has it, you'll be able to look it up, recognize the cover art and now you'll know its 1963 Kamogawa ( for example)<br />
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I had the split each district up into 50 year blocks.<br />
So Miyako and Kamogawa odori will have 1910-1950, 1950-2000 and 2000 to present.<br />
The other three districts will just have 1950-2000 and 2000 to present.<br />
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Oh, and Kamogawa was so much fun in the 1950-2000 block... You know, because they had both a spring and an autumn dance...........<br />
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Anyway.<br />
Sorry I can't add the photos because they are too large so I've just linked them to my Flickr account.<br />
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Miyako:<br />
<span id="goog_2114652497"></span><span id="goog_2114652498"></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/19930434713/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">1910-1950</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20525681976/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">1950-2000</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20526146546/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">2000 to Present</a><br />
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Kamogawa;<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20375990569/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">1910-1950</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20562301725/in/photostream/" target="_blank">1950-2000</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20536547786/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">2000 to Present</a><br />
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Kyo:<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20570878311/in/photostream/" target="_blank">1950-2000</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20377149930/in/photostream/" target="_blank">2000 to Present</a><br />
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Gion:<br />
<span id="goog_4003857"></span><span id="goog_4003858"></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20554388142/in/photostream/" target="_blank">1950-2000</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20380032229/in/photostream/" target="_blank">2000 to Present</a><br />
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Kitano:<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/20572723051/in/photostream/" target="_blank">1950-2000</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/19945653663/in/photostream/" target="_blank">2000 to Present</a><br />
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I know a bunch of links doesn't look that exciting but have a look if you're curious, it is actually pretty interesting.Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-75401200300796422772015-08-05T16:26:00.001+10:002015-08-05T16:26:54.379+10:00Esty Sale!Firstly a big thankyou to everyone who has been snapping up some goodies at my book sale!<br />
Between Flickr, Ebay and Etsy about a quarter of the things I've listed lately have been sold, mostly to collectors I know which is fantastic!<br />
Its always great to pass something on to someone you know will appreciate it.<br />
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To help get some more stuff moving house I've marked down all my Etsy categories except for the Obidome and Book section.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/KofujiKimono?section_id=13967971&ref=shopsection_leftnav_6" target="_blank">Han'eri are now all $10</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/237508847/vintage-japanese-black-wedding-kimono?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">Kimono has been marked down a HUGE $50</a></div>
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Please email if you're interested in anything.</div>
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I'm always happy to combine postage to save on costs where possible.</div>
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Thanks for looking.</div>
Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-32500816188081746372015-07-24T18:14:00.000+10:002015-07-24T18:14:58.758+10:00Odori and random maiko postcards and posters saleYeah, I'm still sorting through stuff.<br />
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I had honestly been debating for the past year or so whether to sell my odori collection, but chances of finding someone who would want them is a bit slim.<br />
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But if you are interested I have all the Kitano odori I've collected for sale, my outside of Kyoto odori, Miyako-no-nigiwai odori, Onshukai ( autumn dance for Gion Kobu) and vintage booklets for pre-ww2 Miyako and Kamogawa odori.<br />
Plus some pretty postcards, the 1968 calendar featuring Mineko Iwasaki, I've also got 4 Miyako Odori featuring her as well and some lovely maiko posters that I've personally not seen elsewhere.<br />
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I've got them put up on my Flickr again and a few things I've put up on Etsy and/or Ebay.<br />
I'll link them under each photo and whichever avenue you'd prefer to use,cool.<br />
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There's some other things in my sales folder that I haven't put here so have a look over<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/sets/72157623981117704" target="_blank"> there</a> if you're interested.</div>
<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-27931719538906854112015-07-14T15:54:00.000+10:002015-07-14T15:54:26.015+10:00Book Sale!Sigh.<div>
I'm sure you know how hard it is to sell parts of your collections?</div>
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I've recently come to the conclusion that with a baby on the way I will need to let a lot of things go.</div>
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I'm not thrilled about it as I've spent years collecting my goodies but basically we don't have the space for them anymore.</div>
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So I started with books.</div>
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Pretty photo books.</div>
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Hard to find, only on YJA books.</div>
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just saying....</div>
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So get ready for some lovelies!</div>
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Right now I'll just be selling them privately through my Flickr and blog accounts to save on fees but if I have trouble moving things I'll list them on eBay.</div>
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( I realise some people feel more confident buying on eBay and I totally understand that too so they will eventually be for sale there.)</div>
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Is slightly creased but still would look really nice if framed and hung.</div>
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Kyoto Hanamachi by Mizobuchi Hiroshi -2002 $20USD</div>
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Kyoto Gion by Hiroshi Mizobuchi-1996 $20USD</div>
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Bacchus- $40USD</div>
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Suzuha Playboy magazine- $40USD</div>
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2X KIE magazines ( Kateigaho International Edition) $15USD for both</div>
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Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-10075289627064782482015-07-08T16:22:00.000+10:002015-07-08T16:22:26.923+10:00Mannequin kitsuke- Slytherin kimono and hounds-tooth obiAh, so I chickened out of making one of my nagoya obi into a pre-tied obi...<br />
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<i>In the end it seemed like far less work to just make a pre-tied obi from scratch.</i><br />
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That whole sentence is to be read sarcastically.... I don't know what compelled me but once I had that thought ( and the fabric) there was no changing my mind.<br />
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Houndstooth in kimono is one of those pretty rare, usually expensive, Western motifs that you see now and then on some Japanese blog, with super stylish ladies and generally makes me jealous and wished I had something for myself.<br />
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Well now I do ( although if I'm being honest I would still love an oversized houndstooth print on a kimono or yukata...)<br />
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I already had the fabric in my sewing stash, originally intended for a skirt or dress but I needed a stiffer interfacing. The one I had used previously for pre-tied obi ( see <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/first-post-of-2015.html" target="_blank">here</a>) gave a much softer, casual feel to the obi and I thought it wouldn't work well for the look I was trying to achieve with this fabric.<br />
I think the stiffer one works perfectly for this!<br />
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The hardest part was trying to keep the pattern straight and lining up nicely!<br />
But I think it came up looking pretty good.<br />
I made the wire hook on the back on the drum part detachable, so it comes off and the obi can be washed.<br />
Except I didn't get a photo of that sorry... Good idea though...<br />
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I didn't have a clue which of my kimono it would look any good with so I just grabbed my old favourite- my Slytherin kimono.<br />
I think this is part 14 in the Slytherin ensembles saga....<br />
(actually it's the fourth... <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/slytherin-ly-kitsuke.html" target="_blank">First</a>, <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/slytherin-kitsuke-part-2.html" target="_blank">Second</a>, <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/slytherin-kitsuke-part-3.html" target="_blank">Third</a> just if your curious ;)<br />
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Anyway! I do like the overall look, I feel like its missing something though.<br />
The cherry on top, per say.<br />
Maybe I should've flipped the obijime and had the red side showing and a different coloured han'eri for more contrast?<br />
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(also made a houndstooth han'eri while I had the fabric out, if you missed it)<br />
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Not that I'll be wearing kimono a lot in the next few months but its a fun and easy piece to wear for when I do.Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-73379937499035970492015-06-24T17:54:00.002+10:002015-06-24T17:54:59.221+10:00New obidomeI've been getting ready to list some of my new obidome creations to my etsy store.<br />
I've made a few colour ranges, basically I just really enjoy working with a certain colour and end up making 5 or so obidome from that colour before finding a new "yummy" or "pretty" colour.<br />
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Available for sale is a classic faux "tortoiseshell" colour combination:<br />
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A clear "glass" design:<br />
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Bright fuchsia:<br />
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-91105676256325197622015-06-03T16:46:00.002+10:002015-06-03T16:46:55.667+10:00Finally, some kitsuke photos!Hello everyone, long time no post aye...<br />
I swear, every year I say I'm going to blog more, and maybe I do for a couple of months and then I forget about it...<br />
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So technically here in Australia its winter, however this is kitsuke was planned for a late autumn showing but I didn't make it in time...<br />
So let's just pretend its still autumn for another week or so and we'll be all good ;)<br />
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And let's pretend I can master the art of trying to take photos and organising my face better.....<br />
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Hands down I love this kimono. If there was a fire in the house I would grab this over a few hikizuri ( for sentimental value not monetary, obviously with the prices hikizuri are going for these days, geeeez...)<br />
So because I love it so much do I like to wear it each autumn, although I did buy a similar kimono <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/ravenclaw-kitsuke-part-1.html" target="_blank">here in my Ravenclaw kitsuke</a> and it's nice, but I don't love it as much as this one.<br />
I don't love the kitsuke though.<br />
Let's face it, I'm not one of those people who can do clean, neat kitsuke. Mine is definitely the frazzled house wife version!<br />
The obi is white and green hakata ( I never saw the appeal of hakata for about 5 years and now I'd like more in my collection)<br />
Obiage and obijime are yellow and golden, to reflect the leaves on the kimono and the obidome is a clear "glass" leaf one I made hinting at the iciness of winter around the corner.<br />
(Shameless plug, but my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/KofujiKimono?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav" target="_blank">Kofuji Kimono</a> will be updated shortly with some new styles of obidome including this "glass" style)<br />
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The han'eri is a black base with painted silver swirls on it when I played with stencils late last year, it was already on my juban and I thought it would maybe work well going into the "dead" of winter.<br />
Its a very meaningful kitsuke if you hadn't noticed ;)<br />
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I tried using my biyosugata for the musubi, obviously practice is the key with this kimono hobby, the more often and frequent you do it the better you are and it shows today.<br />
I couldn't get the drum part right and it was all lumpy for some reason? I don't remember having this trouble before.<br />
But then I seriously thought I should turn all my nagoya obi into pre-tied obi.<br />
I mean why not? I never do anything else with them and it would've been a life saver today, but the thought of cutting up an obi......<br />
I might stew on it for a bit longer, then probably pick out an obi for a practice and see how I go.<br />
I've made pre-tied obi before so that's not an issue, its just working up the nerve to cut a perfectly good obi, even if it is to make it more wearable...<br />
Have you ever made your own pre-tied obi? If you have, did you ever regret cutting or has it been the best thing you've done?<br />
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I imagine some pre-tied obi will be very useful in my near future, as I'm working less I may find the time to practice my kitsuke before my hobbies go on hold for a bit....<br />
You might kind of be able to tell in the above photos but my belly's getting a bit bigger these days, and its only getting bigger!<br />
I'm 21 weeks pregnant and it took 20 weeks to think "I'd like to wear kimono".<br />
The photo isn't the best, didn't get the angle just right but there's a belly there.<br />
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So now I'm off to ponder which poor obi will be the first to get the chop and work out which of my kimono will be big enough to fit in a couple of weeks...Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-74340780163622789782015-04-11T15:05:00.000+10:002015-04-11T15:05:09.072+10:00Bamboo and ume hikizuri kitsukeSo first off let me say I'm not exactly thrilled with this kitsuke.<br />
I mean it looks ok, but it doesn't feel right.<br />
(maybe its just because it took me two days to tie the darari obi so it looks like some decent attempt.... need to start lifting weights or something!)<br />
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The hikizuri is my most recent one (purchased last year)<br />
It has a base of light purple with woven waves and striking bamboo and ivy leaves design.<br />
Its not in very good condition, there are many large stains and overall discolouration.<br />
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The obi is a black based darari with gold ume flowers on branches.<br />
It does have some worn marks where its been constantly folded for use but what can you expect from something that's probably had a lot of use in its day?<br />
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The han'eri is a very junior maiko collar, lots of red with little white embroidery, I needed to sew it only a collar base to use for the kitsuke so that's why I've been working on this kitsuke for about a week now.<br />
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The obijime is a wide vintage one, I don't think its the best choice.<br />
Or the combination of obi/obijime/obidome colours doesn't gel right for me.<br />
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The obidome is one I made specifically for this, its a twin ivy leaf design in transparent gold and bronze, although it really only looks gold.<br />
I had made an orange and red one as well but I felt the gold gave it a touch more class.<br />
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I have a bad habit of not pulling the collar low enough and not tying the obi high enough. Combine the two and the back doesn't look very good.<br />
Overall its ok, but not as lovely as I pictured in my head...<br />
Thoughts?Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-35125179811095728122015-02-05T16:14:00.000+11:002015-02-05T16:14:01.501+11:00Garden progress.I took these photos a couple of days ago as the garden has exploded with growth lately.<br />
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The two gourd plants have grown together and become one large patch.</div>
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I've got about 4 different sized gourds coming along nicely!</div>
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My one jack-be-little plant. I did try to grow a second one to help with pollination but it just didn't happen.</div>
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This week was the first time it had male and female flowers open at the same time so hopefully I'll have some super cute pumpkins growing soon..</div>
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Female flowers of pumpkin,squash, zucchini and watermelon ( maybe others but I'm yet to learn about them) will have the little fruits forming below the flower as shown here.</div>
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My butternut pumpkin patch.</div>
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Its taking over the entire veggie garden!</div>
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We had a lot of rain in early January so now everything is growing crazy fast.</div>
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My two raspberry beds have lots of new canes coming up, this one came up outside his garden bed!</div>
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Some of my small shining light watermelons!</div>
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I've got about 4 good sized ones growing, fingers crossed they'll be good.</div>
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This summer has been relatively mild so I've really been able to enjoy the veggie patch so far.</div>
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-56308707016954772682015-01-26T21:44:00.000+11:002015-01-26T21:44:03.583+11:00First kitsuke of 2015Shame on me! I wore kimono twice last year. TWICE!!<br />
I remember not doing kimono for the past few months but I thought I'd gotten a few ensembles done earlier in the year.... More than two at least.<br />
So I've only need to wear kimono two more times and I've beaten last years record! The shame....<br />
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I also think I didn't buy any kimono for my personal collection last year!<br />
That's... impressive but kinda sad...<br />
I was looking at my summer kimono today deciding what to wear between the three yukata and 4 ro/hitoe kimono I own. To some that may seem like a good number but I think I need some new blood, I'm also low on ro obi ( I sold a lot of my summer collection over the years) but like 7 hanhaba obi! I've worn hanhaba obi like, three times in 7 years!<br />
I think now that I've finally settled down a bit with what I like and what fits me ( and stop being things because its "pretty" or "cheap") everything is more rounded as a whole collection. Still have some bad areas, no doubt, but all over better.<br />
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Anyway! This is what I got up to:<br />
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I have no idea what the door frame photos all about, but it was interesting enough to make the cut.<br />
So this kimono is one of the newer additions to the family, bought last summer, is a decent fit on me and hitoe.<br />
The obi is about... 3 years old and I think this is the first time I 've worn it.<br />
Obijime and obiage are summer ones, I bought A HUGE pile of obijime/obiage 3-ish years ago so I think I'll be set for the rest of my time...<br />
The obidome is one of my own creations ( but of course) he's a gold koi, his head's a bit deformed so I kept him.<br />
It was a bit dark in the hall so the kimono and obi look a shade or two darker than they should, the obi is the most glorious, rich purple- more like the close-up photos.<br />
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So yeah, my first kitsuke in about 9 months! Woo! *hides face in shame*<br />
Good excuse to buy a new kimono to wear though ;)Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-14108331332419257812015-01-20T16:00:00.000+11:002015-01-20T16:00:08.225+11:00First post of 2015!I realise that January is almost over, its gone too fast for me already!<br />
Once Christmas was finished both my hubby and I became sick, he got sick first then just as he was recovering I got it so there was a good week and a bit where we just lazed about the house moaning about being crook.<br />
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Luckily, before Christmas I was working on some projects as a trial run to see whether I should add different handmade products to my Etsy store.<br />
I made a couple of pre-tied obi and tried my hand at stencilling for some han'eri. <br />
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I learnt a lot of things as I haven't really done stencilling before, mainly that while I personally prefer more delicate, intricate designs the larger designs were easier to handle.<br />
Also its a lot easier to design something for the obi- as you have lots of area to work with, but with the han'eri obviously you've only got a thin section of fabric shown so the design must look good in a thin, narrow configuration.<br />
Hence why my silvery swirls don't look as good on the mannequin as it does when the han'eri is flat....<br />
Never mind, it'll make a nice addition to my personal collection as I have very few han'eri, I've mainly got white plains ones or maiko hen'eri lol! It's a nice problem to have I suppose ;)<br />
So while it was fun trying something different I don't think I'll be expanding into that category as time soon...<br />
I am selling the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/219069294/japanese-pre-tied-obi-to-be-worn-with?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">butterfly</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/219071740/japanese-pre-tied-obi-to-be-worn-with?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">kitty cat </a> obi in my Etsy store for those of you who are interested.<br />
Thanks!Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-64627658186084940252014-12-16T17:14:00.000+11:002014-12-16T17:14:37.740+11:00New obidome designs!Finally!<br />
Something fun to share with you.<br />
Here's my new obidome styles that worked on over the past few months:<br />
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Here I've got a bunny rabbit, pine cones, mushroom, snow capped mountain and a cute little leaf.</div>
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Also you may have noticed that I'm still in my metallic phase but also dark brown and white colours just suit so many of the new designs.</div>
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I'm very pleased at how they all turned out, I am in love with the little gold leaf ( will have to make one for myself!) and the pine cones look amazing in the bronze colour and in the "snow covered" version ( does it actually look like snow on a pine cone? I wasn't sure it would turn out right...) </div>
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All the obidome pictured above will be available in my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/KofujiKimono?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Kofuji Kimono</a> very soon!</div>
<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-3234878936771968872014-12-04T11:32:00.000+11:002014-12-04T11:32:19.701+11:00What I've been up to lately...Nope, no kimono I'm afraid.<br />
My grand plans of doing kitsuke sometime this year... well doesn't look like it'll be happening here soon. Not with summer upon us. I could get away with a mannequin kitsuke but that's not as fun now is it?<br />
Ah well...<br />
On a positive note I've started making obidome again! Yay! I'll have more spare time now because I refuse to paint the house over summer and its prime resin season anyway so I bests make the most of it.<br />
I've got a few new designs that I made from scratch from clay and made moulds from those and I hope to have the new designs in my Esty shop in under a fortnight. ( ambitious time frame? maybe knowing how well I get distracted...)<br />
Hopefully I can get a few made sooner and share some photos.<br />
Cuz let's face it, my blog's been very boring with photos lately huh.<br />
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Well I have garden photos to share!<br />
(Maybe not what you were hoping for but it's all I got right now...)<br />
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Jack be little miniature pumpkins. These look so cute, hopefully I can get them to grow right.</div>
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Little persimmon fruit! My little tree has three tiny fruits, I know I should cut them off so the trees energy goes into making the whole tree strong but I just can't bring myself to do it.</div>
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Full shot of my persimmon. Was only planted about 3 months ago and its already doubled in height.</div>
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Sunflowers. These are actually little baby sunflowers that grew off my giant flower ( which has already flowered and I'm just waiting to collect the seeds.)</div>
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Beans in the front, silver beet in the middle and snow peas at the back.</div>
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Pumpkins.... butternut variety. Yum. I actually had about 60 seedlings because I was too impatient for the 10 seeds that I started first to grow so I just chucked the rest of the seeds in.</div>
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Went away for a week and came home to a pumpkin jungle!</div>
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Now I've got pumpkins all over our front and back yards.</div>
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Tomato jungle. The tomatoes just exploded with growth and I've been lazy and didn't stake them up.</div>
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On the far left of the tomato jungle I had 5 watermelon seedlings doing their thing.</div>
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Small shining light variety which is supposed to be a small plant and fruit. Its my first time growing a lot of this stuff so it's all trial and error for me.</div>
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Watermelon flower! I think its a male flower but I'm excited none the less. </div>
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My first tomatoes!</div>
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Like my two varieties of pumpkins weren't enough I've also got two birdhouse gourd plants on the go!</div>
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The other birdhouse gourd.</div>
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There is also separate beds for raspberries and asparagus. Citrus trees, pomegranate tree and I'm pretty sure the fig tree I put in over winter has died...</div>
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Everything I started from seed except the corn and some of the tomato varieties.</div>
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Not too bad if I say so myself.</div>
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So there you have it, why I've done very little kimono related in 6 months... </div>
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About two days after my last blog post the bf and I decided we (I) should paint out my craft room. I'd only just got my room back and we pulled everything out again!<br />
Luckily it was a slow week for me at work so I had plenty of time to get it painted and started organizing everything to go back into the room yesterday.<br />
While I was sorting through all sorts of interesting things I came across some old maiko postcards and vintage posters that I haven't had a chance to scan yet.<br />
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The posters seems to be just larger versions of many postcards I've seen.</div>
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In this last photo I've got two of the same Kamogawa odori however you can easily see the difference in the colour of the two covers. Obviously the one on the left has been stored with care as the colours are still bright and vibrant as opposed to the right one which is faded and dark.</div>
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-31222066461126184202014-10-30T14:32:00.001+11:002014-10-30T14:32:55.042+11:00Bad Blogger! Bad!Whoops! Apparently three months passed since I last blogged!<br />
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Nothing much has happened though, kimono wise at least.<br />
I feel that if I don't do anything kimono-y I don't have anything to blog about, which is silly I know.<br />
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But who really wants to read about my adventures painting bedrooms and making curtains?<br />
Or what about making a veggie garden and growing things from seed? ( pumpkin, mini pumpkins, gourds, beans, snow peas, silver beet, beetroot, tomato, watermelon, carrots and onion just in case you were interested...)<br />
Actually the veggie garden has been heaps of fun!<br />
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But anyway, now that my kimono/resin room is nearly back in order ( when I was painting the other rooms my room became the dumping ground, yay) I can get back on track with selling and making things!<br />
I've got some new obidome designs made, just need to start production.<br />
Which will be exciting, I get bored of making the same design in different colours all the time...<br />
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I might even practice some kitsuke before the heat of summer sets in! I haven't worn a kimono in.... too long.<br />
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Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to show you soon :)Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-74929107605378838872014-07-30T13:32:00.001+10:002014-07-30T13:32:44.724+10:00New kimono for sale at Kofuji KimonoHi everyone,<br />
Hope your winter/summer is going well :)<br />
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I haven't been up to much in the kimono world lately as most of my time has gone towards stuff around the house.<br />
Recently we've cut down a huge gum tree that was right on the fence line between us and the neighbours, as well as being dangerous it drops a lot of branches and then replacing the back fence.<br />
We tried to time it nicely so the tree would go down on the Friday and the fence crew would start work Monday but unfortunately that got delayed by a week and a half...<br />
Not much you can do about that though.<br />
Plus my parents came down for a visit right in the middle of that drama.<br />
Long story short: I've been busy.<br />
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But! I have managed to list a few iromuji kimono for sale on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/KofujiKimono?section_id=12452765&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1" target="_blank">Kofuji Kimono's Etsy store</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/196398475/vintage-japanese-kimono-purple-iromuji?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">Purple iromuji </a> is getting a lot of love<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/196303760/vintage-japanese-kimono-pink-iromuji?ref=related-0" target="_blank">Pink iromuji </a> is a bit quieter.<br />
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I haven't been doing any obidome work lately as resin and winter don't mix very well and my bf doesn't like it when I take over the living room (where its warmer so the resin can cure) so I'm going to try in the next few weeks to get out my clay and design a few new pieces ready for spring.<br />
I've got a few ideas in mind already, is there anything you'd be interested in seeing?<br />
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<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-89088709437071320432014-06-19T22:24:00.000+10:002014-06-19T22:24:39.975+10:00New purchasesKimono wise I've hardly bought anything for myself this year, I suppose that's partially because once you've been collecting kimono for a few years generally you start to create a well balanced collection, one or two of everything.<br />
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I've bought a few dance programs, a few pre-ww2 Kamogawa and a couple 1970s Miyako and Kyo odori. I really need to make time to scan a few of those in.<br />
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So a couple of dance programs and also something special!<br />
A few weeks ago on YJA there was a couple of maiko hikizuri up for auction ( also a few han'eri and one darari!)<br />
I was incredibly lucky in those auctions.<br />
I managed to snag a han'eri and a hikizuri!<br />
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The three han'eri that sold went cheaply, I think that's because most people were throwing the big money at the hikizuri and darari.<br />
The han'eri has seen better days, it has heavily dirty with red marks... Perhaps it could be spot cleaned?<br />
Has anyone had any experience cleaning embroidery?<br />
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The maiko hikizuri isn't in good condition either, it does have some slight discolouration on the body and some prominent stains on the front, nevertheless the actual design is beautiful, subtle and elegant.<br />
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Enough talk, photos!<br />
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Sorry for the lame photos, I would like to sew the collar up and dress up my mannequin later :)<br />
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Yeah I was really having a bad photo day huh? Blurry as...<br />
Anyway, I tried to capture all the subtle shading on the leaves, I must seriously have a thing for autumn leaves on my kimono...<br />
The combination of ivy and bamboo is a bit different, or at least I haven't seen it many times.<br />
Bamboo is a pretty common theme on kimono as is ivy I spose but I guess I just don't see it as much.<br />
Plus the purple background really makes the greens and reds pop :)<br />
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The han'eri is a senior maiko collar, my first, the others I have are more for younger maiko. But like I mentioned before it'll need a clean somehow, we'll see how that goes.<br />
Because if I'm honest with myself it'll take me 4 months just to sew it onto a chikara-nuno/emon-nuki.<br />
Poor time management skills? I gots them.<br />
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To top it off I'm going to make an ivy obidome!<br />
It'll look all matchy-matchy like my <a href="http://kofuji.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/waterlily-hikizuri-ensemble.html" target="_blank">waterlily ensemble</a><br />
(In a good way I hope)<br />
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Which darari obi do you think I should use?<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/7453857674/in/set-72157624264261716/" target="_blank">Black with gold ume</a><br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/7453866680/in/set-72157624264261716" target="_blank">Orange with gold kiku and kiri</a><br />
or the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/7453874410/in/set-72157624264261716" target="_blank">white and gold two piece obi</a><br />
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I personally think all would go ok, but the black would really make a strong impression (junior) or the white and gold for a more subtle look (senior).<br />
<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-2132219237887467082014-06-07T19:55:00.000+10:002014-06-07T19:55:26.090+10:00Waterlily hikizuri ensembleWoah! Nearly two months since my last blog post..... Geez that's bad...<br />
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The other week I sent off a waterlily obidome I'd made to a friend, I'd made it with large loops on the back for vintage obijime for a retro style or for use in a maiko henshin. ( she was happy with it :) ) but then I thought I should dress up my mannequin in my waterlily hikizuri to match the obidome!<br />
Timing is just about perfect because this hikizuri was worn by then maiko Fukuhina in the 2009 Miyako-no-nigiwai performance:<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/23314901@N06/3647374632/in/set-72157620005081489/" target="_blank">Here</a><br />
This kimono is one of my favourites in my collection, I must admit though because I treasure it so much ( and because it cost a lot too) I rarely take it out to display.<br />
I'll probably keep it on the mannequin for a week before packing it away...<br />
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Photos!<br />
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I had such a hard time tying the obi! Tough work, I was sore afterwards.<br />
The obi is a two piece that I bought in late 2011. I originally bought it to go with my formal black maiko hikizuri but the mon are different.<br />
I should really put them together and see how they look...<br />
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Anyway so the obi isn't in very good condition, the gold is a bit faded, the white has turned that slightly grey-ish colour that white goes and has permanent fold makes( maybe you can see that) but nevertheless I think it looks great with the kimono!<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/7453874410/in/set-72157624264261716" target="_blank">Here</a> is my crappy stock photo...<br />
Actually I'm surprised how well everything matches each other, no where near maiko quality but I'm happy with it.<br />
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The han'eri is a maiko han'eri that I'd sewn onto a emon-nuki/chikara-nuno:<br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29015725@N08/8404601546/" target="_blank">Here</a><br />
I really need to get around to sewing my other han'eri onto them for easy use.<br />
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The obiage and obijime are just "maiko-esque" looking so I bought them.<br />
By the time I got around to putting on the obiage and obijime I was knackered so that's why they're a bit messy... I didn't position the obiage very well, the pattern is grass leaves.<br />
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Then a bronze waterlily obidome.<br />
I'm of two minds with the bronze obidome. On one hand I like it because it matches the gold in the obi and the haneri but on the other hand I feel like it needs to contrast the obi in a strong pink and greens?<br />
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Overall I'm very pleased how it looks :) Hope you liked the pretty pictures!<br />
<br />Kofujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223611353785151614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560729106860055462.post-89539992626469124472014-04-15T18:24:00.001+10:002014-04-15T18:24:49.339+10:00Looking forward to Easter!Easter this year means four straight days off work for me!<br />
Working two jobs and an on-line course is starting to take its toll a bit as I haven't managed to juggle all my tasks. Need some organization I do.<br />
Plus my boyfriend will be home too so we can spend some quality time together, usually when he's at work I have time off and vice versa.<br />
It would be really good if we could do something on the house but I think we'll be catching up with friends and watching movies :) which sounds awesome too!<br />
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I've been a bit slack lately on my Etsy shop, I haven't had as much spare time as I would like to devote to it at the moment but the March sale I had was great! I sold a few tsuke obi, some more obijime bundles and I had another custom order for obidome! I made two lily of the valley designs and a bright red camellia.<br />
I switched to a better quality resin and the pieces feel a lot nicer too. It is a bit more tricky than the previous type but the results are worth it.<br />
I've also managed to source a type of flat wire to use on the back which I'm using now and looks great as well, the thin, round wire served its purposed but didn't look very nice, but I'll use that on the small designs for the thin obijime.<br />
Which leads me into...<br />
I've started making up a few obidome designs for the vintage thin and really wide obijime.<br />
I only have a couple of designs for both right now but I plan to sell them with the obijime as a set.<br />
Hopefully I can get that up in a few months, I'm still sourcing the obijime.<br />
The last things I've added to my shop are some obiage bundles: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/184138997/vintage-obiage-bundle-japanese-kimono?ref=shop_home_active_10" target="_blank">Here</a> all in lovely colours :)<br />
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As mentioned in my previous post I've been experimenting with some metallic colours and those are coming along nicely. The pewter and bronze colours look fantastic!<br />
I hope to be able to photograph some of the things I've made over the Easter weekend and get them ready for my shop :)<br />
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And now some photos, if you've managed to read all that without clicking away in boredom ;)<br />
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The pewter and silver colours.</div>
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Pewter is the darker one in the back and silver is in the foreground.</div>
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Bronze and gold colours. I was surprised how well it turned out when I put the two together on a piece.</div>
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I imagine the same could be done with pewter/silver as they share the same "cool" tone or "warm" tone for bronze and gold but I don't know how well a silver and bronze obidome would look, for example.</div>
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No doubt I'll give it a try at some time ;)</div>
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