Dress-kimono with your own hands

Dresses in the style of "kimono" have been popular in Europe for many decades, and the national clothes of Japanese women with this cut are thousands of years old. How to sew a kimono dress with your own hands, you can learn from the presented master class.

So, we sew the kimono dress of the basic model: without zippers and any additional details. Such a dress-kimono can sew by own hands, even owning the initial sewing skills. For beginners, we recommend choosing an inexpensive elastic fabric, the edges of which do not crumble. Experienced craftsmen can sew an evening dress based on the model, choosing fine silk fabric.

Pattern of a kimono dress

Pattern is very simple to make based on the pattern of its size. In it only the line of the sleeve is modified. The length of the sleeve depends on the model chosen.

Sew a kimono dress with our own hands

  1. The model of our kimono dress with slightly overstated waist. We measure the length from the shoulder to the place that is located 3 to 4 cm above the waist line, adding 2.5-3 cm to the seams, we cut out 4 identical parts of the bodice.
  2. Measuring the length from the bodice to the floor, we cut the skirt-maxi taking into account the assembly in the upper part, and slightly widening it to the hem (by 5 to 6 cm).
  3. Measuring the volume in the place where the bodice and skirt will be joined, cut off the necessary length from the elastic band of medium width. The allowance for the seam is not done so that the ribbon in the product is slightly taut.
  4. Sew the shoulder seams of the bodice at the front and back, pre-inserting gently on the back of the bodice. Fold on the 1.5 cm slices on the chest, perform a smooth stitching on the sewing machine.
  5. We sew the axillary parts of the sleeves, process the lower sections of the sleeves, bending them down by 1.5 cm, and make a stitch.
  6. Slightly picking up the skirt at the top, sew it on the elastic band, priposazhivaya. We spend the hem on the typewriter, bending by 2 - 3 cm.
  7. Elegant kimono dress is ready!

We offer other models of fashionable kimono dresses.