Bibliotheca May 2023 – Royalty: The Courts of Hell Enforce Copyright Law Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “Royalty.” Originally I intended to write about how denizens of Hell were depicted in Chinese and Japanese art (with a little weirdness thrown in fromContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and Intellectual Property Rights in Fashion and Art”
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Yagasuri Quilt: The Cutting
Project 17, part 2 – Plural Polygons (Part 1 here) Welcome back to the yagasuri quilt project! This week I managed to get all the rhombuses and triangles cut that make up the pattern. Quilting is a lot like baking – if there’s a good recipe available then anyone can do it, but you haveContinue reading “Yagasuri Quilt: The Cutting”
Yagasuri Quilt: The Beginning
Project 17, part 1 – Look I Just Really Like This Fabric, Ok?? Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I started a new sewing project – and it’s a quilt! I literally haven’t sewn a quilt since I was in 4-H back when I was in elementary/middle school, so I felt like IContinue reading “Yagasuri Quilt: The Beginning”
Spotlight Series: Troll Fashion (Part 1)
Spotlight Series 2: Historical Trolling Welcome to Mukashi no Sewing’s second spotlight series! My first spotlight series about storage and curation was initially conceived as a normal spotlight entry, but I’ve decided to split off long-form spotlights into their own thing to make them easier to find! (I also went back and retagged the fourContinue reading “Spotlight Series: Troll Fashion (Part 1)”
Edo Period Coat Restoration: The Reveal
Project 9, part 13 – Journey’s End (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12 here) Welcome back to the Edo Coat restoration project! The calendar says it’s spring but the temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest disagreed untilContinue reading “Edo Period Coat Restoration: The Reveal”
昔のSewing Returns Next Week!
Hi friends! I haven’t just been attending concerts for my new musical obsession! I’m attending a kendo seminar this weekend and since I’m not actually a kendoka this has meant lots of time spent practicing and not any time spent sewing. 😅 So no post this week, and I’ll see you back here next weekContinue reading “昔のSewing Returns Next Week!”
The Mukashi no Sewing Language of Flowers
Bibliotheca April 2023 – Florals: These are the Florals in My Clothes Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “Florals.” Flowers as carriers of meaning have been tremendously important in Japan throughout history, as well as in the Victorian Era. So I thought itContinue reading “The Mukashi no Sewing Language of Flowers”
Edo Period Coat Restoration: The Collar
Project 9, part 12 – Just in Time (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11 here) Welcome back to the Edo Coat restoration project! I DID IT, FRIENDS! I actually managed to finish this coat. Just in time for spring,Continue reading “Edo Period Coat Restoration: The Collar”
BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Patterning
Project 16, part 2 – I Actually Patterned This Time (Part 1 here) Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This week I got the patterning done for the sleeves on my blouse from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, and it was not as hard as I feared! 🙂 I started by tracing one of theContinue reading “BtSSB Blouse Restoration: The Patterning”
Futou (幞头) and Kanmuri (冠) – Black Gauze Caps from Ancient China and Japan
Bibliotheca March 2023 – Hats & Headwear: Bring Me a Hat, the More Obscure the Better Welcome back to Mukashi no Sewing! This month’s theme for the Bay Area Kei Bibliotheca blog circle is “hats and headwear.” I haven’t watched the X-Files in a SUPER long time, but do you remember that episode where itContinue reading “Futou (幞头) and Kanmuri (冠) – Black Gauze Caps from Ancient China and Japan”
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