Over the past two weeks, I've worked on the male kimonos and got them put together. The ensemble is not quite finished yet, I am working on hakama for both of them. Color-wise they look similar, but you can tell they are different material. I've sewn the haori for the more matte red one. With the haori As you can see, it's a very shiny haori. Needs a haori himo and some paint on it. But significant progress was made! Kimono and Haori What Went Well I did my French seams correctly! I figured out MY way of attaching the Okumi with French Seams These did not take long to make Pinking shears really help reduce fray They fit! What I learned Took me a bit to figure out how to put on sleeves since there no opening. I did have to fudge some measurements because I was a little short on some of the fabric when I cut it and did not want to buy more. The collars were still kind of a pain to put on but I'm getting better at stitch-in-the-ditch. Blind hemming was not as clean
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