Simplicity 1318 – Leopard Print Kimono

This make is a month old already and was just meant to be a wearable muslin, but I wore it to the last ASG meeting and Kitty talked me into posting it. It was a muslin I made up to test the kimono pattern I used for the silk kimono from the October challenge. The pattern is Simplicity 1318 but I pieced it together to remove the center back and sleeve seams. Continue reading “Simplicity 1318 – Leopard Print Kimono”

JamieDSCNovember 12, 2014January 9, 20155 Comments

Challenges

Anna Sui Silk Kimono (October Challenge)

Does this fabric look familiar to you? A month ago I laid down a challenge to my fellow DSC bloggers:

Use a fabric that you’ve been hanging onto a long time. We probably all have fabrics in our stash that we love so much we’re afraid to cut into them… but they’re not doing us any good sitting in a closet. Be brave and cut into it! It doesn’t have to be silk or anything fancy, just something you’ve hung onto for awhile. Continue reading “Anna Sui Silk Kimono (October Challenge)”