ELLEN HAUPTLI
2017 SPRING STUDIO SALE
First, I will have some of my new spring pieces at the
Santa Fe Weaving Gallery trunk show this coming weekend:
Secondly, more of my new pieces, along with the winter sale clothes, will be available at the studio sale:
Friday, April 7 1-5pm
Saturday, April 8 10am-4pm
Trickle-up Kimonos
My friend Kimi recently gifted me with three bags of silk kimonos and obis that had languished in her closet for years. Some dated from her childhood and from traditional Japanese dancing. Others came from family and a friend’s collections.
I got to work immediately washing and deconstructing the kimonos. I remade them into more easily wearable dusters and dresses, a few of which are pictured. But I didn’t know what I’d do with the ultra thin silk linings that are not a happy match for my kind of sewing. Fortunately I could further trickle the kimono linings to Liza Dalby who uses them beautifully for her traditional and not so traditional Japanese scrolls: lizadalby.com
The kimonos that had been in the dark so long now have a chance to live new lives walking and watching the world on the backs or from the walls of their new owners.
Thirdly,
after all these years making jackets and vests from the Pakistani tribal quilts I am down to just two rallis and a handful of scraps. That’s because I’ve been using those leftover jewels to build a series of vests. Come get them before they are gone for good!
