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This beautiful juban will compliment my purple taisho hanabishi kimono perfectly!

This Christmas I’ve been laid up in bed with the flu so I’ve been browsing around various kitsuke blogs to amuse myself.

This morning, I stumbled upon this - and while my current to-do sewing list is a mile and a half long, I absolutely HAD to scoot this to the top of the list and try it myself:

http://kimono-jin.com/blog/archives/2006/12/14123858.html

A hadajuban using tenugui as the sleeves and collar.

I dragged myself out of bed, found my favourite tenugui and grabbed my existing white hadajuban. I worked out for the tenugui I needed to cut about a two inch piece off the full length of the tenugui for the collar, and the left over fabric, cut in half, made the sleeves. As for the body of the hadajuban - I went with rough measurements taken from my existing one and used some white cotton I had laying around.

Oh - I can’t stress the importance of washing the tenugui before you do this. It IS going to shrink - and the colours may run - so you want to get all that dealt with before sewing it to white fabric! (Don’t forget to pre-wash your cotton, also!)

While it is not as good as the example (I think some of the proportions are wrong) - I think the end result looks kinda cute. I’m sorry for the bad photographs - lighting is horrible at night here:

The tenugui in question and Charlie:

The finished hadajuban:

Close up of the sleeve:

Front view:

Back view:

The fabric is so soft and buttery, you almost feel it will melt in your hands!

I think it is official to say I’m obsessed with a particular style now! Normally, I’m a fan of cooler colours, but this will go amazing with some of my brown kimono…and how can I resist the lure of two styles of shibori?

PHOTOS WEARING THIS PIECE:
Taisho Romance: http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=76
Work Christmas Party: http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=80

Hmm…I think I see a pattern developing with my juban purchases!

This one took my breath away not just because of the shibori, but also the fact it had asanoha. Asanoha is one of my favourite patterns.

Photos Wearing This Piece:
Trip to Chicago!: http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=82

I’ve been quite fortunate to purchase a new shibori juban in a similar style to my red and pink one from Ichiroya!

I have a real weakness for shibori. Not only do I love how it looks, I also deeply appreciate the highly labour intensive process behind the creation of patterns. So of course, I am in love with this shibori juban! If you look carefully, you can see it has two different shibori processes.

While it is probably quite lush to be wearing a silk juban with a wool komon, it pairs wonderfully with my new indigo kasuri ensemble.

PHOTOS WEARING THIS PIECE:
JapanTown Fun! http://www.kimonoasobi.com/?p=36