Hey guys! Good morning from Tokyo. I'm on the
like edge of Tokyo today, right on the edge, between
Tokyo and Chiba prefecture, and
I'm attending a kimono making class
today. Behind me you can see all these kimono.
I get to choose the one that I wanna work with
I don't know too many details about it because my friend,
who hasn't arrived yet I hope she's okay, she should be
here any minute, but she's the one who signed us up for this class
Umm i think we're gonna be making like obi.
Wow okay, so apparently we're gonna make the actual kimono itself
So we get to choose the fabrics we wanna use
and I can't wait it's gonna be so fun.
I've never, yeah I've never done anything like this before, I've worn a kimono
a couple times, for photo-shoots, but I've never been able
to make my own so this is pretty exciting
I will put the link to this air bnb activity down below so if you guys are going
to be in Tokyo, you can sign up for it yourselves, and let's get started!
So, now for the hard part of choosing which one.
And there's also a whole bunch more in here
There's so many to choose from! Aaaah!
They're so pretty
Very very colourful socks
This peach one's really pretty
My friend Rike has arrived!
Alright, so now we have the task of choosing a kimono, do you know which
colour scheme you want?
I was thinking either cream or purple but there are so many pretty ones to choose from - I know right like
even if you choose the colour you want it still doesn't really narrow it down much!
cos there's so many - Even, I don't really like yellow
but this fabric is so nice - yeah
there's some really fancy, silky ones.. This one?
-That's really cute.
I actually really like this
Oh I really can't choose!
This one reminds me of cotton candy
Yeah i like this one, It's really pretty.
What about polka dots
-I really like it - I really can't choose
I think I like the polka dots, Okay.
I'm gonna go with the polka dots
I like it with your hair colour -Really? - Yeah
-Is it good? - It looks cute on you
Do you wanna try this one and see which one you like better?
Yeah, maybe
Maybe try perhaps -Yeah, try it, let's see
Where's my hand?
Oh I really like that one too!
Can I choose two?
This is Mio's dog, also wearing a kimono
So, first Mio took the kimono that we chose from the rack
And she lay it out flat on the ground
And she drew a line across it
And I was confused
Because I thought what we were gonna do was
was like finish off this kimono, I thought it was one that was just
started and it needed the final touches,
but, actually, what we're gonna do is cut this kimono in half
And fix it up
So that it's like a two part kimono that can be easily worn by one person
An actual kimono's pretty hard to put on by yourself so this is kinda like,
a do it yourself beginner's kimono
Which is neat
So we started off by cutting our kimono in half
And then we folded a one inch hem on the bottom
And ironed it flat so that it would stay
And then she gave us this sticky finishing tape
I forget the real term for this
If any of you are sewers out there, let me know
But we kinda just ironed that down
With that sticky tape stuff
And we didn't have to use a sewing machine for that part
So that was cool
Alright i'm all finished one
Looks, looks good so far
So now I am attaching this little rope
to the top part of the bottom half. I'm not quite sure what it's for
I guess we'll find out, when we go to put it on later
It's kind of hard cos I need to pick up the top layer
And make sure the thread doesn't show on the other side
Bit of a struggle
It's supposed to bring luck
No, it went through! No! -Oh no!
It's really hard
Okay! -Go Sharla!
Alright so I've got my second tie on
one on each side. This is the bottom half
And now I've got to do that again on the top half. So..
Look at my, my beautiful handywork
Really hope it doesn't fall apart
Last time I was hand sewing something was probably
making a cosplay in highschool
Maybe like over ten years ago, so
I don't know if I'm doing it right
I'm scared my kimono's gonna fall apart
If I try to wear it
So next we are sewing this strip
on to the top half of the kimono
Again, not quite sure what this is for
We will find out later on
You're on the last step, you're almost there.
I'm just sewing a button
That I think is the final step
And then just circle it -To attach
this collar -Yep! I think so
To the neck part
I'm still working on this
Halfway there! Oh my god
My thread broke, so we had a bit of a
an issue over here, but I think it's okay
Rike how's it going?
I'm struggling
I feel like you're the best sewer out of all of us though - no
Yours looks very neatly done.
Not anymore
Joy finished, before all of us, so
She's on the fun part, she's choosing like her
colours to go along with her obi
Beautiful!
Nice work
Alright, I have finished sewing on the second
white tie, so now all that's left is to do the little snap
on the collar, and I'm all done!
This lies center, stitch please
The best only top material stitch
All finished!! Yes!
No blood, I did well
So,
Beautiful
So we made an easy version of a kimono
Can be put on very easily by yourself with these strings
It's really cool
Is that too much?
What colour are the dots?
Purple
Purple and orange
Oh man, so many!
Okay -Yayy -Ooooh
Very colourful
Beautiful -All done!
We're all finished! Tada!
I have an interesting assortment of colours going on here but
I think it works
Mio prepared a little snack for us
That was a nice surprise
Look
Yummy, mochi and green tea
It looks so good!
Oh look at it, so good, so good!
If you guys are interested in coming to make your own
easy-to-put-on kimono, I will put the link down below
to the air bnb activity where you can sign up!
The host's name is Mio-san, she's really sweet and she speaks
some English, so if you don't speak Japanese that's okay, she will definately
help you out in English. I had a really great time, it was lots of fun
It was really cool getting to choose all the colours and the parts to
put with your kimono.
Thanks so much for watching Guys, and I will see you soon!
Byeee!