[Ponte Alto] Japanese Sewing Circle (Ni-dai)

[Ii Saburou]

To recap:  Sewing Japanese garb at our house, Feb. 20th, 1 PM.
There are some sources for silk below.  Please let us know if you plan to 
come so that we can have an idea of how many people we need to be ready 
for.

Women:
For the women we will work on hitoe-style garments to be layered as 
appropriate.  For this you will need:

(Per hitoe-style garment you would like to make:)
Fabric: Silk.  Thick organza (16mm or greater), plain-weave or twill. 
Anything with body will work, as long as it is not too thick.
Size: 45" @ 5~6 yd or 60" @ 5~6 yd (or 60" @ 8 yd to make two!)
Color: Any color is good, but the combinations should generally follow 
'kasane no irome':

   http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/Irome.htm
   http://www.tim.hi-ho.ne.jp/hebiguchi/d_colksn_e.htm

Note: we may have silk and other fabrics available to sell if people are 
interested.  Otherwise we recommend http://thaisilks.com and 
http://www.silkconnection.com

NOTE: Avoid 'slubby' silks, like dupioni, in general.  That 'natural' look 
we so often like today was looked down on in Japan, where it was seen as 
evidence of unskilled laborers in the making of the silk.

-Ii