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Post by Tsuneko on Dec 13, 2014 19:06:51 GMT -5
So, I realize I should probably leave the lid on this box, but I'm going to go ahead and ask anyway.
Does anyone have any recommendations for sites that sell the costly, exquisite, unjustifiably expensive, take-out-a-second-mortgage, when-I-win-the-lottery, droolworthy reproduction Heian- or Kamakura-era textiles? I'm sure they must be Japanese-language sites, and my search engine efforts have availed me little. I've been lusting over extant brocades on museum sites, and for the sake of my sanity I really need to focus on something a little more attainable (even just theoretically: see above) for a while. It's getting frustrating.
Thanks for the help! Apologies for awakening everyone's yearning...
Your friendly neighbourhood fabric addict,
Tsuneko
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 13, 2014 22:00:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 11:51:03 GMT -5
Your friendly neighbourhood fabric addict, Where (generally speaking) might that neighborhood be? Fabric is one of those things I really prefer to touch and see with my own eyes before buying. Depending on where you might be willing to travel, we might recommend some (gasp!) actual stores.
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Post by Tsuneko on Dec 14, 2014 15:57:37 GMT -5
Thank you, Shonagon, for your recommendations. Your opinion is so valued, and your work so beautiful. Much appreciated.
Unfortunately I live in northern central Canada, a couple hundred miles from even the nearest chain fabric store. Though I will be travelling to the Greater Toronto Area in the next couple of months, if there are any recommendations in that locale.
Yours in gratitude, Tsuneko
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 21:25:13 GMT -5
Though I will be travelling to the Greater Toronto Area in the next couple of months, if there are any recommendations in that locale. Google tells me there are a lot of fabric stores in the Toronto area, but I don't know if any are particularly Japan-oriented. I do recommend spending a couple of hours over at J-town. Some nice little shops there.
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Post by Tsuneko on Dec 31, 2014 14:15:56 GMT -5
Thanks! Also, does anyone have experience working with Fuji broadcloth? Pros, cons, comments?
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 1, 2015 14:50:23 GMT -5
I have not used it personally, but Sir Koredono said he liked it. Anyone else?
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Post by Abe Akirakeiko on Jan 9, 2015 14:56:18 GMT -5
Late chiming in, but I've used Fuji broadcloth and it's lovely - very soft and user-friendly. It doesn't give you a lot of crispness, but it has good body all the same. I'm currently using it to line a Song-dynasty top, and will probably make a second example (which will do double/triple duty for Nara and Tang) out of just the unlined broadcloth, to get the flowy-sleeve effect.
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Post by Tsuneko on Jan 26, 2015 17:52:58 GMT -5
Thank you both! That's very helpful, Abe-hime. I was considering it for the lining of winter kinu...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 8:52:22 GMT -5
I found this great matsukawa-bishi (pine bark lozenge) fabric at Mood Fabrics in New York City. It's just a cotton print, but it was just too attractive to walk away from. I paid $16/yard for 60-inch wide fabric, which isn't the most I've ever paid for a cotton print, but certainly isn't cheap. The lozenges are about 2 inches tall. Hey, if work is going to send me to NYC for safety training, and recommend that I stay where the fabric district is between the hotel and where I need to be in the morning, then I am fabric shopping on the way back to the hotel in the afternoon.
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