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SoYaap-
Thank you! I should have mentioned the pattern. I (mostly) followed the Folkwear Kimono pattern. Another advantage of every pieces being rectangles is that there's no real need to get it in paper version or print it at all. I measured everything I needed to know using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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I've been working on a kimono. I'm invited to a friend's wedding where the theme is "floral" and the atmosphere relaxed so thought why the hell not. I'd read about the construction technic before but it's still amazing how relaxing it is compared to making western clothes. As looms were traditionally producing 14" wide fabric, every pattern piece had to fit within this width. So everything is a rectangle (save for a few exceptions) and there's little in the way of fabric left at the end.
Pattern is the Folkwear Kimono pattern.
Now I just need to make a black haori jacket to tone it down...