Coucou, mes copines!
Our internet sewing community has brought me several sewing friends in real life. One of them is Mel of 500daysofsewing who is living in a neighbouring community. She pushed me to finally sew the kimono I had cut out since quite some time.
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| https://www.namedclothing.com/shop/asaka-kimono/ |
Last November, I had seen this gorgeous Liberty silk crêpe at The Fabric Store and had to buy it for my kimono project. It is by far the most expensive fabric purchase I ever made. Worth every penny!
The print is exactly what I had looked for. The silk has got the most beautiful drape with just the perfect weight. I used a very fine needle (60) and polyester thread. The silk was easy to sew and to press.
I sewed size 38 according to my bust size.
Named Clothing's seam allowances are only 1cm. I cut 2cm seam allowances all along the front sleeve seam, sewed the seam and folded the seam allowance two times according to the slit hem, stitching one continuous edge seam.
I sewed the sleeves in by flat when I was irritated because I couldn't find any notch according to the sleeve front seam. All seams are french seams, using my quilt foot.
I didn't want to fuse any interfacing to my precious silk so I bought some silk organza which I basted with stitch length 5 within the seam allowances to the outer collar pair and the belt pieces. The silk Organza was very difficult to cut because of it's shifting nature.
Pattern: Asaka Kimono, Named Clothing
Size: 38
Fabric: 3m Liberty of London Torrington Crepe de Chine - Maria Teresa / Berry
I am so happy about my kimono. I guess that I will wear it every morning making breakfast!
This is my August lingerie make of #jecoudsmagarderobe capsule. Have a look at Clo's blog to see all the other's makes. Miriam who has sewn a wonderful swimsuit this month is collecting the Germans' contributions.
Here you can admire gorgeous Asaka Kimonos made by:
Lizzy Jane, Amanda for a friend, Amanda for herself and Heather Loo.
Have fun,
SaSa
