At various stitching, hobby and craft shows around the country, I saw them at Westpoint, Exeter in September.
The last two are my favourites, I could have happily taken then home. I’ve worn a sari and a salwar kameez, but never a kimono, have you? Click for a better view.
Lucid Gypsy 
I’d love to see you wearing one of these: their richness and beauty would suit you wonderfully. The design is deceptively simple, isn’t it?
Thanks Meg, I think you need to be a tiny elegant creature to wear one, but what wonderful house coats they’d , Have a lovely day sweetheart 🙂
Possibly tiny and elegant, damn it. Two things I wouldn’t mind being reincarnated as. The colours and designs are wonderful and they’d suit you perfectly.
What time is it with you?
6 pm! So my lovely day has been had. A visit to Centrelink. Preparations for a colonoscopy. A depressing document about the health of the ocean. Oh, and posting the birthday parcel to Warsaw! Lovely, in the sense of productive . Right now I’m tempted by a local council meeting where they’re discussing applying for UNESCO geopark status for the area. A glass of white instead: I’ll read the minutes. And the joy of my eldest daughter who has just got a job she had her heart set on – enough to doll up for interview. Now you. You still have the chance of a lovely day. May you have it!
Such beautiful colours and I once saw a documentary about the making of the kimonos and it can take up to a year…
i’ll bet they were lovely
These are nice. Never worn one before. 🙂
WOW!! Talk about work of art. Oh those kimonos are so beautiful.
These are stunning . . I’d feel so elegant if I wore one of these although I suspect after a while I’d be struggling with the sleeves! I like your 3rd and 4th the most.
Each has its own design, textures, colors,and beautiful fabrics. Museum treasures, indeed.
Thank you for sharing, Gilly!
These are so exquisite. I love the cream one and also the red. 🙂
How fabulous are these? 🙂 🙂 And right up Lisa’s street, Gilly. She’s still in bed or I’d show her. She uses old kimonos to make frocks with sometimes. I have a plain black kimono jacket with a highly decorated back she gave me but it rarely gets worn. 😦
Oh you lucky girl, they are very, very expensive I believe because they take an age to make 🙂
No I’ve never worn one .. but that last one is a beauty 😃