[SCA-BMDL] Mi no Hi Sewing

[Erin Kelly]

The Kyoto Costume Museum is the go-to resource for costuming ideas and fabric examples.  Go to http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/ and click on the "Costume History in Japan" link at left.  Edo is post-period, you want to stay mainly in Heian and Kamakura.

In addition to the resources we have in person around here, I recommend Saionji no Hanae's extensive web documentation about Japanese clothing.  Go to http://wodefordhall.com/ and scroll down past the European stuff.

ERIN


--- On Mon, 1/19/09, Larry & Colleen Kardasz <kardasl+ at pitt.edu> wrote:

> From: Larry & Colleen Kardasz <kardasl+ at pitt.edu>
> Subject: [SCA-BMDL] Mi no Hi Sewing
> To: sca-bmdl at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 11:03 AM
> Hello,
> 
> Because of the great response we have had for the Japanese
> sewing, we are
> going to have it at the Economy Grange, no street address,
> but use the
> church next door, 2800 Conway Wallrose Road, Baden PA
> 15005, for the map
> program address.  We will be sewing on Sunday Jan, 25
> starting about 11am.
>  There is no furnace at the grange right now, but we do
> have heaters,
> still dress warm.
> 
> Some have offered to bring sewing machines, if you would
> like, that would
> be great.  Other things, scissors, pins, straight edge
> ruler and chalk
> will be helpful.  For material, a kosode (basic shirt) 3
> yards should be
> good, and for hakama (pants) about 5 yards.  Solid, or
> small repeating
> patterns and/or small geometric shapes work best.  Cotton,
> linen or silk,
> but I would suggest for beginning cotton or linen.  The
> quilting
> department at JoAnn's does have some good prints.
> 
> As with most things, food is welcome, and if people so
> want, we can make
> it a pot luck type thing and sew into the evening.  BYOB.
> 
> Any other questions, please let me know.
> 
> Alessandra
> 
> -- 
> "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and
> 'mental illness'." -- Dave
> Barry
> 
> 
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