Marian Wong Design

09/17/2024

Sat., Sept. 28, 2024 (9 am to 3 pm)
Jan Ken Po Gakko Arts & Crafts Fair
Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church
6929 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95823

Free admission
Come see handmade items created by talented vendors
Enjoy food trucks, bake goods, and cultural performances

06/09/2024

Come see the beautiful Ikebana arrangements at this June 22-23 exhibition. Also, you can shop my new textile items that are not yet posted on my website: https://mwongdesign.com

03/15/2024

On Sat, March 23, 2024, 🛍shop this event for handcrafted items and delicious food at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento. (See poster below for more details)

You will see my handmade 🧵🪡 items, created with Asian design textiles, which are currently on my website https://mwongdesign.com In addition, you will get first look at new items not posted yet on my website. Come by my table for complimentary Godiva chocolates. 🙂 💁‍♀️

07/08/2022

www.japancraft.co.ukJapan Craft - Making a Japanese Folding FanJapanese fans are made of paper on a bamboo frame, usually with a design painted on them. The ...

05/27/2022

I have used cotton yukata fabric in many table runners and placemats. This slide show will inspire you to also use cotton yukata fabrics in your creations. Enjoy :)
Website: https://mwongdesign.com

Enjoy this short slide show of quilts made using traditional Japanese yukata kimono fabric. Yukata are summer kimono - made of cotton and unlined - worn oft...

04/09/2022

Appreciating imperfections...

Have you ever been drawn to an item in a dusty shop window, the features faded by the sun? Or felt a nostalgic warmth upon discovering some lost relic while rummaging through boxes at a grandparent’s house? Have you enjoyed a solemn walk in nature or sat quietly and just watched the world drift by...

01/28/2022

Upcycling scrape fabrics into beautiful items :)

Here are some very inspiring images for projects others have created using vintage Japanese kimono fabrics. Embellishments, garments, quilts, home decor, gi...

12/18/2021

Love, love indigo color textiles. Wonderful to find out about the Chinese minority groups and their skills. These hill tribes in Guizhou province produce indigo textile using glaze process with egg whites and pounding the fabric until a metallic like sheen appears. Photos of the village by France Leclerc are beautiful.

As part of the process of making a beautiful indigo fabric, women from the Chinese ethnic minority groups use a heavy mallet to pound the fabric repeatedly.

12/05/2021

Since I have many bottles of red wine that are no longer drinkable, I will dye fabrics with this old wine. In college decades ago, I had a textile project to dye fabrics using red cabbage, but never tried using red wine.

In the following article is one method for dying fabric with wine. For me, I plan to boil the wine down longer so dyed fabric will have deeper color.

When harvesting grapes to make wine the likelihood some of the juice will get on and stain clothing is extremely high, if not impossible to avoid. These stains can be extremely difficult to remove ...

08/18/2021

After viewing this video, I have a greater appreciation for these elegant braided cords.

Elegant and practical, Kyoto's braided cords were highly prized and used in religious and formal settings. They came to be deployed in samurai armor, and their use then spread to the common folk, stimulating production. Discover the allure of braided cords through the fine detail twisted by expert h...