potd - Pink Shibori

It's very grey here for the first day of summer... here's some kanoko shibori to brighten things up.

potd - Small Ceramic Figurine

A newcomer to the shop ...

potd - Yukata Charm Packs

I spent last night making up more charm packs of indigo and white cotton yukata fabric

potd - Chidori Stencil

Small chidori (plover) katagami stencil...

potd - Kimono Silk

Another kimono silk that I've just put out...

potd - Mosquito Netting

Antique kaya mosquito netting with patches for character...

potd - Soybean Design

I love this crazy soybean design on an old 1960's or 70's yukata fabric....

potd - Kimono Silk

More silk from the new shipment going on the shelves this afternoon....

potd - Yukata Fabric

I'm just putting out more indigo and white cotton  yukata fabric...

potd - Shibori

I'm having fun today opening up a new shipment that arrived yesterday including some rolls  of wonderful silk shibori....

potd - Silk Threads

We always have a selection of old and not so old silk kimono threads...

potd - 'Boro' Futon Cover

Well patched and stitched early 20th century 'boro' futon cover...

potd - Old Buttons

Old school uniform buttons....

potd - Silk Pieces

A basket of silk. One metre pieces of unpicked kimono silk and roll ends.

potd - Bamboo Bag Handles

We still have lots of these real bamboo bag handles in varying sizes.  Very retro and cheaper than plastic ones.

potd - Sakura Beer

Old reproduction poster of a Sakura beer advertisement

potd - Donsu

I'm selling these bundles of silk/silk-blend donsu online.  Donsu are beautifully subtle Japanese damasks which  are traditionally  used for special items such as scroll backings and tea ceremony accessories.  More information here.

potd - Yellow Silk

Bold yellow kimono silk - probably from the 1970's. We rarely get  silk in such a bright yellow.

potd - Katazome

In katazome (lit. stencil dyeing) a rice paste resist is stencilled on to the fabric before dyeing. Most of the indigo cotton katazome we get is old futon fabric but a very small fine design like this is more likely from clothing.  This is quite a quirky piece with chairs, eggplants, walking sticks, and butterflies. It  dates from the late 19th century when there was a huge influx of western culture in Japan. (Sorry the colour is a bit washed out in the photo)

potd - Kokeshi Couple

Kokeshi love...

potd - Boro

A well worn and patched and stitched boro mat or kotatsu cover from the early - mid 20th century. I love the browns and tans in this.

potd - Kimono Design

An original kimono fabric design from around the 1930's handpainted on paper...

potd - Marbled Silk

I still have a small amount of this  unusual hand-marbled kimono silk. I'm guessing it's from the 1970's.

potd - Sewing Books

I stock Japanese craft books in both English and Japanese. It's great that quite a few Japanese sewing books are being translated into English now - particularly women's and girls' clothing....

potd - Geta

We always have geta in the shop but they're more of a talking point than a big seller!