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Just A Little Reassurance

My stock is protected because I decided to quarantine my 99 year old mother, and therefore myself along with her, on 13 March for the next few months. A bit early to be doing that, perhaps, but wanted to ensure we did it when certain we are healthy and well prepared. All my website's stock is, as always, here with me and will be untouched by anyone other than me, so I can continue fulfilling orders. All purchases will be packaged and sealed and then collected from my porch for delivery, without me being in contact with anyone at all. This means the content of your packages is safe and protected, since no one else but me touches it. Although such precautions may not actually be necessary at all, they are being taken nonetheless. Just a little reassurance in case you wondered. I hope you stay well. Take care.

Kimono & Other Information

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Uses for Japanese Kimono & Obi Fabrics

Information Pages
1 About Kimonos

2 Japanese Womenswear

3 Japanese Menswear

4 Further Kimono Information

5 Wearing and Folding Women's Japanese Garments - Including Video

6 Types of Women's Kimono and Geisha & Maiko

7 Japanese Eras (Periods)

8 Uses for Japanese Kimono Fabrics

9 Shibori and Tsujigahana Patterning Techniques - Including Video

10 Lots of Great Links To How To Wear Kimonos & Tie Obis

11 Obi Types and Information

12 Types of Kimonos - Picture Reference

13 Haori Kimono Jackets - Japan's Secret Treasure

14 Traditional Japanese Footwear (on my blog)

15 My Wafuku Blog, with lots of information and random other things of interest

Uses for Japanese kimono and obi fabrics

Many people use the wonderful fabrics from Japanese kimonos and obi to make other things, such as cushions, table and bed runners, bags, patchwork items, framed pictures or converted into striking, western-world style clothing, such as dresses, skirts and jackets.

Here you can see a selection of sumptuous cushions and tote bags made using silk from obis and, below those, courtesy of a site called japonic.com, a couple of nice examples of dresses made from kimonos; a black dress made using the silk from a tomesode kimono and a red one made from an embroidered furisode kimono.