"Tanabata" combines the pleating and folding techniques of "Origami Pleat" with repeating splits or slits, resulting in a fabric with two degrees of transparency: the viewer sees through the cloth and beyond it simultaneously. It's name was inspired by the festival of Tanabata, the "star festival," held on the seventh day of the seventh month of the year when the two stars Vega and Altair appear together in the night sky. The Japanese celebrate this night by writing wishes on strips of colored paper and tying them to bamboo trees in hopes that their dreams will be fulfilled. With its pleated folds and numerous slits, "Tanabata" resembles these paper streamers.