The yukata is mostly put together. It just needs a collar. K should be able to knock his out quickly tomorrow. His hakama are hemmed, I still need to do mine.
The Marshall "Make your own Japanese Clothing" book is a bit of a mess. Sure, everything is there, but it's a pain to make sense of the instructions.
The Marshall "Make your own Japanese Clothing" book is a bit of a mess. Sure, everything is there, but it's a pain to make sense of the instructions.
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Dobson is a great reference and has cool stuff on embellishment, but it's pretty much instructions for a "standard size" kimono.
You'll need to use the Marshall if you want to make something for yourself. Marshall starts with measurements to scale up all those rectangles to a reasonable size. Using the Marshall book, it's theoretically possible to make a kimono pattern to fit anybody.
Just what I need. More books. I'll do it AFTER the move.
I have already got some nice pseudo-brocade that after today at the Games I'm looking at for a kilt, however...Gotta see if it'll look any good with pleats, though.
BTW, make sure that if you do this to ask me to give you all the notes on where the instructions in Marshall are vague and confusing.