#susoyoke

Making a susoyoke with some pieces of discontinued cotton fabric. JoAnns released this incredibly soft organic cotton gauze some years ago. See, if more of their fabrics had this level of quality, instead of literally endless aisles of either quilting cotton or actual plastic in different colours and thicknesses, I'd probably have bought fabric much more often.

Fun modern styling, taking advantage of kimono shirippashori (back tuck, which raises kimono hem) to unveiled a lovely patterned yukata. This style can easily be mimicked by using a modern skirt or a patterned susoyoke (wrap skirt used as underskirt in kimono fashion):

Shirippashori is usually mostly seen on men, as in traditional kimono fashion rich demure and idle women should not“flash” their undergarment like this. Yet in the past it was used by workers and travelers of both sex when freedom of movement was require: 

Finally sewing a project I cut and stuffed in a drawer a year ago. The "barrier" was needing very specific measurements and a lot of ironing. I think I'll need to upgrade to a cordless iron. I keep burning myself, trying to keep the damn cord out of the way.

All of it has to be hand-sewn.

Then I will have to do a perfect match. Perfect, so I'll just do that. But then I'll have the interchangeable sleeves for all my summer antiques. Or at least, many of them.

I'll probably have to make several in different fabrics.