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<\/a> I like the idea of a big and tricky project – something that takes at least a year to complete. This one took three! It wasn’t that much work – sheesh . . .<\/p>\nMy best pieces happen organically. I made the center out of vintage Japanese kimono silk and that was entertaining for some time.\u00a0 When the thrill wore off I wanted to recapture it by adding something interesting. I was tired of traditional treatments but wanted to continue the Japanese theme – only updated and more personal. When I came upon a Japanese fight animation video on youtube, I thought it would be perfect for the quilt. So made a series of sticks out of taupe bias binding and hand appliqued them to a daiwabo indigo background eventually sashiko stitching a revolving background.<\/p>\n When I took this picture, the border still had basteing stitches around the rabbit.<\/p>\n I am thrilled that this work is going in a gallery. The vernissage is tomorrow 6-9pm and I am going to be in very fine company. Tomorrow I’ll take some pictures of other artist work and post them.<\/p>\n These are a few of my bags. This first one is not yet finished. It needs handles and a bit more embellishing. It’s made of ruched kimono silk and cotton.<\/p>\n I really like the way this turned out. Sushi was kind enough to bring me a new Obi from Japan (okay, alright so I begged her – so what!!) and I challenged myself to make a sexy clutch with it. I know she will die when I waltz in to the club, plonk it on the bar and (very slowly) pull out a tube of red lipstick from it’s drapey folds. Oh yeah . . .<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>