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Costume Project: Wisteria Fox Day 4

 There's a saying in carpentry. Measure twice, cut once. It's so true for any cutting as it turns out. Oh, I should say that today I cut out the pattern pieces in fabric. Most of them. 

You would think this is enough fabric!

Unfortunately, the fabric I got was actually NOT a continuous 7 yards. Which kind of worked out sort of. If I was not making this a lined kimono then this would have been enough. However, the other trouble was because I mixed patterns and made a miscalculation. I followed the suggested layout for the McCall's pattern since I was only using the sleeves of the other Simplicity pattern. 

Using these sleeves.

The size of the Simplicity brand sleeves was longer than the McCall's sleeves. So while I used the body of the McCall's pattern and the layout would have worked for all that, I ended up not having enough fabric for everything. 

What I did manage to cut out were the outer pieces for the main body of the kimono, the "contrasting" neck piece, and one sleeve. I managed to make the lining for the main body with a big of fudging and lining for one sleeve. 

There was one pattern piece for the lining that I had to make into two pieces instead of a continuous piece. I'll have to sew it back together during construction but it's the lining...so should be okay. 

For now I've ordered one more yard of Peachskin fabric so I can make the lining and outer part of the other sleeve. 

The other thing I did was cut out the fox shape that will become an applique. 

Simple fox shape.
Things have a lot of chalk marks at the moment. 

Next steps include:

  • Cutting out the other sleeve and sleeve lining
  • Painting parts of the fox applique (Nose, Eyes, Eyebrow, Ear Tips, Tail Tip)
  • Dyeing the collar Green
  • Dyeing the kimono body and sleeves in a gradient purple. 
  • Finding Fabric or Paint to make the flames

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