My little treasure

fabric index , originally uploaded by offgenemi.

I took pictures of all the japanese or japanese influenced fabric I have and play with photoshop a bit to make this fabric index of mine. I am expecting more japanese fabric from lecien , nani iro, kokka, it is gonna be fun to add more and more to this collection :)

Anti tarnish jewelry pouch party

My light box is too small for pics like this one. I need a new one! I guess I have to ask Mr German Engineer :)
well I made some new jewelry pouches, these fabrics are so lovely. I am so glad that I can save them and turn them into something that can keep more pretties :) The fabric I use for these bags (99% ) comes as scrap pieces of tradition japanese outfits like kimono, haori, etc. Usually these outfits are stained so people cant wear them anymore so people take them apart and sell them. Basically we recycle the fabric to make these pouches. It would have been a shame if they wound up in trash, right?
The ones I use are mostly silk, chirimen (mostly rayon), sometimes cotton. They are all beautiful.

MY NEW FABRICS CAME!!!

my cosmo and shinzi katoh fabrics came, I am soooo happy, most of them are canvas .

Well I like blue

Flickr 144, originally uploaded by offgenemi.

I made a similar barrette a few weeks ago and got an overwhelming response. I played with more colors. Layers of blue looks so calming to me :)

custom order

Flickr 151, originally uploaded by offgenemi.

my customer wanted purple to pink transition with white center, she is happy with the result, I am hoping to get a picture of her with this barrette :)