omgwtf geisha fabric
So I went to Jo-Anne’s today at great personal expense and tragedy.
Actually, I just had to beg my dad for a ride because our car is still broken. Anyway.
I got some acrylic paints and craft foam and a sheet of posterboard. I tested out the craft foam and found that I can get good shapes out of it, and that it paints well if finished properly, but that acrylic paint, while awesome, sucks for painting on craft foam. I knew it would, but I hoped….Oh well, at least they were on sale.
Anyway, while I was there my eye caught the most gorgeous, amazing, beautiful find ever: Jo-Anne branded thin brocade fabrics in Asian-themed patterns. I found a black fabric with a dragon and roses pattern across it in red that would be GORGEOUS on Christina for her kimono, and it’s reversible so I could feasibly make the obi out of it too. It’s ridiculously expensive in my world ($7 a yard), but cheap in the fabric world. I’m going to wait until Jo-Anne has a fabric sale and buy the shit out of that stuff. Oh yeah, baby.
Ren Said:
on March 20, 2008 at 12:47 am
Why not buy an actual kimono? VIA ebay. You can purchase one for under $20. That brocade stuff is made in China. Very overpriced to boot, and it looks tacky as a kimono. You can have the real thing for much less. A plain kimono will run you between 10 - 20, and if you buy from CHUU on ebay, you can get shipping within the US. An obi runs a little higher, but I am sure you could snag one for much cheaper then the price of the fabric you’d have to buy. Plus the real thing is so much better.
tashacosta Said:
on March 20, 2008 at 1:44 am
Because those AREN’T actual kimono. Real kimono are extremely expensive. Plus, why? I like making things. Just buying it would be boring. (Hence the “Costuming Blog” title XD).
And I’ve seen the brocade fabric made into kimono, it’s not bad. I won’t buy costumes online, ever. I’m a seamstress, why bother?