Finally I dressed both my dummies with kimono. Because I have just one accessoires-set, I dressed one of my dummies with my wintery komon and hanhaba obi, and one with my pretty orange furisode. For the komon I tied the obi with a clamshell musubi, but when I already dressed them I found some other musubi for hanhaba obi on the IG-forums. Maybe I will try one these musubi later this week. We have a party later this week, and one of our friends gave me the second dummy, that's why I dressed them.
On the furisode I tried to make a fukura suzume, or mandarine duck, musubi. I figured out that it's really difficult even on a dummy, so it must be really hard doing this musubi on yourself (and yes, there are people who can!). So for a first try I think it's not thàt bad, but the wings of the musubi are a bit big, and they remind me a bit of Mickey Mouse's ears haha...(very late edit: on this link you can see how it this musubi should be)
6 comments:
what a great job you done!! congratulations! i envy you, i want a manequin so badly!!>_< i would like to practice kitsuke on someone else, i dressed up my mum twice, but it's difficult to practice new musubis with someone that gets tired with a lot of time standed up, hehehe
Having a dummy is very very handy, and I'm so glad that I have them. But I have to say, practicing musubi on a dummy is still very different than practicing musubi on yourself ^_^
i know, it's hard to tie it alone. I still having some problems to tie de otaiko musubi alone, i need practice!!>_< i would like to have a dummy for teaching my boyfriend how to tie the obi, like that i'll have a personal kimono dresser!^__^
A personal kimono dresser would indeed be nice! A much easier way to tie the otaiko is to tie it on your belly and in the end turn it on to your back. I did that a couple of times and it really is easier. Now I want to try and tie it on my back because when you tie it on your belly and then turn it over, your kimono can shift a little.
O, and I'm honored to have a link on your blog! Muchos gracias from Holland!
i have tried sometimes to tie the otaiko in my front, but as you say when i turn it back, the kimono shifts and i get frustraded!>_< Specially when i have done a great work with my kimono...U_U I'm glad to have connection with nice people who have similar interests like me. Where are you from holland? my family have friends there, well they are more like family. ^_^see you!
Haha, the frustration sound familiar! I guess it will be more practice for both of us ^_^.
I live in a little village called Kaatsheuvel, but maybe your friends, or even you, know the themepark Efteling, with all the fairytails? I live in the same village as where that parc is situated.
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