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Post by Sō Haruko on May 28, 2012 0:25:19 GMT -5
Oh NICE. I like very much. May have to steal some of your ideas ... I have some forest-green fabric lying around ....
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2012 21:06:05 GMT -5
I am waaaay super happy with this, although I ran out of cord to make the seam knots. I think I'm going to enter this into the An Tir costume guild tourney garb contest instead of the other thing I was going to make. Wow, looks so wonderful! I'd love more detail on the cord and ribbon you used (fiber content, width/diameter, roll or yardage, etc.). My advice for entering it in the competition is to find a way to display it upright and hanging with arms outstretched if you at all can (and if the contest isn't a "you wear it" fashion show type of thing). People respond well to size, and Japanese garb has plenty of fabric in it. Show that off!
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on May 28, 2012 22:09:46 GMT -5
When I saw the first laid-out photo, I thought, "Stripe's a little high," but it works now I see it on you.
Nice job as always! (Every girl's CRAZY 'bout a sharp dressed man.)
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2012 8:57:52 GMT -5
Speaking of details mattering... I just noticed that you went with the "belt loops" method instead of the "button holes" method. So much work! I had so much trouble keeping the loops straight when I tried that method, but yours look great.
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on May 29, 2012 11:18:43 GMT -5
I struggle with making button holes, so I just went the other direction. It only took me about two and a half hours to make them and put them all on, which didn't seem terrible to me given how clean the end product looks.
The flat braid is 1/2" white cotton from Joann. The cord is 1/4" white cotton from Joann. It's kind of low-class. I may end up commissioning someone in my household who does kumihimo to make nicer braid and cord for me, but for now this is more than fine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2012 22:05:39 GMT -5
Another heraldic kataginu, this one with populace badging for the Kingdom of Aethelmearc (ad gloriam). This is the front. More pictures at www.ee0r.com/proj/kataginu-ae.html. The kataginu is red linen, with Jacquard "Neopaque" brand acrylic fabric paint decorations. For the large badge on the back, I made a full stencil for the first coat of fabric paint, and did the second coat by hand. For the small badges on the shoulders, I was able to cut a stencil to make sure the arms were the correct length and angles, but I didn't have the patience to cut a detailed enough stencil for the little greebly bits. Those were done by hand with my finest brush.
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Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 28, 2012 23:16:16 GMT -5
Oh, I like! It looks really nice!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 6:19:52 GMT -5
Has it really been more than a year since I did one of these? Oh well, better do a few to catch up! The first picture shows the three blue linen kataginu I just completed. The one in the middle is displaying the badge of our household how it is painted on the back of all three. The ones on either side are showing how the badge is painted on the front "lapels" of the kataginu. Our household is called "One Knight Inne" for historical reasons, hence the chess knight under a roof. What I really need to make next is a jinbaori for the head of our household. I need to find some synthetic squirrel fur, first.
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