Geisha - All finished!
We were supposed to go out with Mom to plant some flowers today, but it’s raining today and so the planting was cancelled due to mud. So what’s a girl to do? Why, finish the Geisha, of course!
Yes, she’s finally finished. I snapped a few more pictures of her this morning. And because I’m a stickler for details, here’s a bunch of them:
- made from one pair of big-assed wool socks, trimmed down to a mostly manageable size for her arms and legs.
- embroidered lips in bright red
- kimono, juban, and obi, all done up according to Japanese patterns and customs. Did you know that kimono and juban lapels should be wrapped left over right, except when dressing a body for burial and it’s done right over left? Neither did I, but you’d better believe this one is dressed properly.
- Long black hair, because I couldn’t get the traditional geisha style to work, nor could I find a tiny geisha wig. However, she does have a pair of pretty coiled buns on the top, complete with flowers and ribbon decorations.
- Tiny “tail obi” - I felt the tail needed a little something extra, so I made a little obi for the tail out of a bit of kimono fabric.
Eddie’s going to be getting me a box from work, so she should be heading off to her new home sometime next week! Tomorrow, she goes to my Mom’s house to show her off one last time.
Tags: craft, crafty girl, geisha, japanese, kimono, monkey, sewing, sock
October 15th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
OH! She is absolutely PRECIOUS!
October 15th, 2005 at 3:37 pm
Isn’t she great? I have to admit I was a little worried about the blue and orange color combo, but the whole thing turned out so unexpectedly awesome. Eddie actually thought I was going to keep her and make a 2nd one for the girl who commissioned a geisha-monkey because she turned out so well.