Emiko Ban, 81, a kimono tailor who cuts bolts of cloth into pieces to make kimono, said she used to receive more orders for long-sleeved "furisode ... cutting a roll of fabric 37 cm wide and ...

Founders Shunsuke and Chien-Tsu Teranishi say their capes, bombers and other designs are "the intersection of form and ...

extensively researched kimono by reading books and visited kimono fabric shops where she asked question after question. “Kimono was my teacher,” she said. “I studied Japanese to learn about ...

JACKSON, MI — Following the closure of Joann’s Fabrics and Crafts, another Jackson fabric store is filling the creative needs of quilters and sewists. Barb Sercombe and her fiancé Vincent ...

Tucked away in Motomachi—an eclectic shopping area packed with boutiques selling everything from handmade Hawaiian jewelry to kimono fabrics—Brand Bay feels more like a luxury showroom than a ...

And then in summer I would quilt outside under the big oak." She fingers the fabric pieces in her lap. "I thank God that people want me to make quilts," she says. "I feel proud. The Lord lead me ...

Rounding out the group are Girouard’s Pink Floral, sequined fabric that forms a floral design, and Fu’s 150,048 Pinpricks 150,048孔, a work featuring handmade Xuan paper. Eri Imamura 'Breathe ...

Though its precise origins are lost to history, the aloha shirt first appeared in Hawaii in the 1920s or ’30s, probably when local Japanese women adapted kimono fabric for use in men’s shirting.