I am desperately in love with kimono jackets at the moment. This is the third one I’ve made. I used B5409 again. My other versions are here and here. I made the same modifications to the pattern as before, but simply added a contrast panel and straight hemline this time.
The fabric in the body of the kimono is a stunning cotton/silk from Tessuti. I picked it up as a remnant many, many moons ago. Oh how I miss my favourite remnant table in Surry Hills! I used up my last little bit of butterfly silk (seen also here and here) to add a little bit of contrast and weight to the robe. The colours match beautifully.
In my photos, I paired it with my white man-shirt and a very sneaky RTW purchase of high waist flares. I see so many pairs of fabulous jeans out there in blog-land, but I just don’t feel motivated to go down that road myself yet. I won’t say never though. I never thought I’d sew myself underwear either, but I changed my tune on that a few weeks ago. Proof of my knicker sewing is on Instagram and will remain exclusively there until my six year old develops more arty and discrete photography skills
I love your kimono’s – this one is s00000 gorgeous – I hope the recipient appreciates it 🙂
Thank you Sarah! I know she will, it’s her colour – she jumped into my thoughts as soon as I started sewing it 😉
love your kimono, one very lucky girl out there will be delighted I’m sure!
Thanks Poppy!
Just beautiful Debbie, gorgeous fabric. I’m still so sad my Tokyo jacket/kimono thingy was a non starter when I realised my piece of ridiculously gorgeous digital border print satin wasn’t going to be enough. I so have to try again if I can make something as pretty as yours.
Thanks Jillian! I feel for your pain! It’s so disappointing to work out you’re short of fabric! A border print satin would be AH – MAZING!
Toooooo freakin cute. I want a Kimono now. Very lovely.
Thanks Melanie, it’s almost a crime how easy these things are to make 😉
Another beautiful make, Debbie! Whoever the lucky recipient is, I know she’ll LOVE it!
On a side note: I love how good you are with using your scraps. I feel like you really get the most out of your fabric. That’s something I really need to work on!
Thanks Sallie! I have to say that it’s pretty easy for me to use up my scraps when I have three little girls to sew for. I’m expecting it to get a lot harder when they need big clothes and want more say in their options!
That butterfly fabric just keeps giving 🙂 It is so so pretty though. This top looks floaty and wonderful. I love the two patterns together. And those jeans!!! They are awesome! A very worthy sneaky purchase 😉
The recipient of the kimono sure is lucky. Great job!
What a gorgeous present – someone is going to be sooo lucky to get that 🙂