Collecting

For years now, I've been quietly gathering small snippets of vintage kimono silk. The colours, designs and weaving are just exquisite. I'm sure I've rambled on about this before but look at these examples. It's just a shame you can't see the glorious sheen and texture or feel the softness. And it's also a shame I'm not a better photographer!

Vintage Kimono Silk

Welcome to the Blogwarming! See the post below for details!

I have a long standing collection of vintage kimono silk scraps. I've been buying these for at least 5 years now and every so often I'd get them out and examine them happily for a while. They are absolutely stunning and some of the silks are amazingly soft - age has softened them even more than they would have been new I think. I just love the intricacy of the designs many having both printed and woven designs layered onto each other. Stunning.

Happy as I was just owning these, I began making a few hair ties for myself with some of my favourites. Now these can be found for in a local store called cocoon and will be for sale at Evie Lala soon.

I'm totally thrilled that these fabrics are having a life outside of my stash and will be seen and appreciated by others. These photos are just a couple of examples.