scrap is not rubbish

◇Song of the day◇

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♪Evil Eyes

⚫Brendan Benson

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Made out from scrap of kimono fabiric, hand-sewn. I buy partly damaged second hand kimonos at the same shop in my city. They sell not damaged kimonos,too. But I think it’s a waste to use kimonos that we can still wear, so I choose damaged ones. They also do scrap of kimono fabrics. I bought some and this is one of them.
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Scrap of kimono fabric・
I used it for the collar of this clothes

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◇used a pattern from this book
長く着られる大人服

 

 

(borrowed from the city library )
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◇by
香田あおい  さん
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◆arrange
one piece⇒tops

roll

◇Song of the day◇

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♪Believe

⚫Mumford & Sons

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Made out from a roll of cloth (fabric for kimono—about 35cm wide), hand-sewn.

My friend gave me this fabric (thank you as always!) there weren’t enough length to make a clothes, I sew up with another fabric.

From this roll of cloth

◇used a pattern from this book

クライ・ムキのナチュラルソレイアード

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by

クライ ムキさん

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Gentle on the skin

◇Song of the day◇

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♪Up all night

⚫Beck

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Yukata, hand-sewn.

A yukata is a casual, single-layered cotton kimono which is usually worn in summer.

Now we have many high tech fabrics but they don’t feel great on your skin, do they? I love the texture of cotton and it’s easy to sew.

Most of the shops sell yukata only during the summer time, I need to get some before the summer ends.

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From this yukata

◇used a pattern from this book

今いちばん作って着たいトップス

(borrowed from the city library )

◆arrange

length －5cm

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summer

◇Song of the day◇

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♪Cold comfort lane

⚫Holy Moly and The Crackers

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

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Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Yukata, hand-sewn.
A yukata is a casual, single-layered cotton kimono which is usually worn in summer.
Now (because we don’t usually wear kimonos any more) we only wear this yukata on special occations, like festivals.

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From this yukata

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◇used a pattern from this book
1年中ワンピース

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by
まの　あきこ　さん

◆arrange
one piece⇒tops

Not me ？

◇Song of the day◇

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♪The Rockafeller Skank

⚫Fatboy Slim

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Bow clutch made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Kimono.

I found this pattern online via Pinterest

I liked the figure——–ribbon but not too girly.

Used a pink (but not too girly-again) leftover fabric, and for the lining ……this ↓ kimono!

Pink ribbon, sounds very “not” me, but this one will do.

I think……

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Simple, again

◇Song of the day◇

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♪Virtually Happy

⚫Holly Golightly

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Kimono.

For almost all of my handmade clothes, I use a pattern from a library books. I borrow books and trace the patterns →store them until I find a perfect kimono for the pattern.

Because of this Corona virus lock down, libraries are closed for a while. It’s likely that I run out of those pattern storage.

So I used this pattern in a row.

Because simple things suits for everything, right?

(After this one ↓)

From this kimono

◇used a pattern from this book

ATELIER to nani IROのソーイングクローゼット

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by

伊藤尚美さん

◆arrange

One piece →tops

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Simple?

📍Song of the day📍

♪Step on
⚫Happy Mondays

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Kimono.

Simple pattern, to emphasize this pretty fabric. So it’s simple but not too simple.

Very easy to make. I think I’m going to use this pattern with different fabric.

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From this kimono

📍used a pattern from this book
ATELIER to nani IRO のソーイングクローゼット

(borrowed from the city library )

📍by

伊藤尚美さん

◇arrange

One piece→tops

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Lining

◇Song of the day◇

♪Aching dream
⚫PLANET

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∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Kimono.

Except for most of the summer kimonos, they have a beautiful lining.

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I used the lining for a part of this clothes. (The orange part)

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From this kimono

◇used a pattern from this book

あざやか布で作る重ね着の服

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by

渡部サトさん

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Happy 50th!

◇Song of the day◇

♪Gonna lose your mind

⚫Maybird

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Made out from japanese traditional Kimono, a friend of mine gave me.

My sweet sweet friend who wears kimono gave me a lot of kimonos that are no more her taste or she thinks she has worn enough. This is my 50th clothes made from kimonos (in less than 2 years….god, I don’t get tired of this hobby, do I ?) I thought I would chose a material from those given kimonos (to thank her again).

From this kimono

with unique embroidery

◇used a pattern from this book

フェミニンワードローブ

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by

松本仁子さん

◆arrange

One piece →tops

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please don’t

◇Song of the day◇

♪Anna, please don’t go

⚫Life in film

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A shirt with a ribbon.

Made out from partly damaged japanese traditional Kimono.

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I realised there were some stains on the fabric
when I almost finished sewing up all of the pieces.
Oh, what should I do…..
Tried and used a mild bleach with a scrap,
it worked.
Okay, problem solved!
I saved another kimono (self-satisfaction).

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From this kimono

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◇used a pattern from this book

パターンが決めての服作り

(borrowed from the city library )

◇by

香田あおい　さん

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