Mini kimono

I received questions about kimono for small felt doll.

So I show how to make.
Pattern is on this page (I improved it a little).

Cutting.


Sew up the middle of the back from inside.


Sew sleeve (A to B) from outside. I used blanket stitch.
Sew the side (D to E).
Unsew B to C to D.

If you make boy's kimono, sew B to C and C to D. It is a rule. You may ignore.

Sew the collar to the bodice. Overlap 1 or 2 millimetres.


Obi is 1.5 × 32 centimetres. You may use a ribbon.

Origami rose

This is famous Kawasaki Rose designed by Dr. Toshikazu Kawasaki.


A flower is made with a square sheet of paper without cutting.

The process is too complicated to explain.

White rose and rosebud.


These are Fukuyama Rose.
It is easier than Kawasaki Rose but still difficult.


Fukuyama rose folded with cloth.


This is a Rosebud Cube designed by Mr. Kunihiko Kasahara.

It's only a cube but difficult.


Origami is easy and abstruse paper craft.
If you have interest, you may find how to make by search.

Zebra

Hand-painted zebra. 7 centimetres.


Refer to elephant about sewing.


Ears, tail, hoofs and mane.

Glue 2 sheets of felt and cut out a circle. This is a hoof.
Ears are almost the same as hamster's.
Wind a white thread (double) on the upper of a bunch of black threads. It's a tail.
The mane is black and white threads (see pattern image).

Sew the neck and the mane.


Sew beads as eyes.
Glue hoofs to the legs after stuffing.


I use oily felt-tip pen and dye pen for painting.


Attach the tail and the ears.



Pattern.