Note! This is not authentic but it looks okay for cosplay purposes! (also the sleeves are male style)
I'm tired so I will not explain every single thing I did, pictures will have to do for most of the how-to's today. Oh, and the first two photos were taken a few days ago and I have no pictures of the first cut out fabric step, not like there was anything to show because it was just rectangles anyway...
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| Panel cut out and ironed in the middle (shoulder part) |
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| Sketching neckline cut ideas on fabric |
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| Neckline cut out... |
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| ... and also backside sewn together |
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| Ironed shoulder part again to make life easier before attaching sleeves |
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| Pinning sleeves in place (ironed sleeves too and aligned shoulder and middle seam folds) |
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| Sleeves attached, testing it on |
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| ALL MY HATE TO SEWING ARMPITS CLOSED. ALL MY HATE ... |
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| ... and this is why. FFFFFFUUUUU Mega wrinkle derpherp durr (had to redo it three times before it was not-that-bad) |
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| Armpit sewing, third and final try (still wrinkle-ish on right side but didn't bother to fix it...) |
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| Sleeve 'bottoms' and side seams closed |
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| Folding in and pinning sleeve openings |
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| Sewing sleeve hems... |
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| Looked like this. Need to fold in sleeve opening once more... |
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| Finished sleeve opening |
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| Spread out kimono panels and took a look... what is this I don't even |
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| Cut the shit straight |
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| Cut out okumi panels (used double fabric) and ironed them |
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| Ironed side seams and back seam open (looks better!) |
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| Attached okumi panels |
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| Cut out and ironed collar pieces |
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| Sewed collar pieces together at one end to get one long piece |
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| Zigzaged okumi panel ends before attaching collar (collar also zigzaged around the edges) |
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| Pinning collar in place before sewing it on |
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| Folded in end of collar and okumi panel and hemmed them |
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| Finished kimono, trying it on |
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| Showing sleeves |
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| Kimono laid flat on my bed |
That's it for today and tomorrow my plan is to make Okita's yukata from start to finish afdghsah.