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You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file, as it's a PDF. You can download it here .
Please, if you 
or Download, please leave a comment and let me know what you think! Here is a tutorial that I've meant to do for a while now, but really pushed to have finished before school started.
This is basically how I draft my kimono/yukata and faki-mono outfits (flip through my gallery for examples of some of them). A lot of people seem to have problems with them, and I had a lot of requests for this tutorial, so I hope you all appreciate the 8 hours it took to do this (and in a PDF, no less!)
This is really detailed, so that if you're new to sewing, you can follow it! If ~kellin could follow it, I have no doubt anyone can do this! So give it a try!!
I tried to document every step that you need to do as clearly as possible, so you shouldn't get lost! With lots and lots of technical illustrations!
You may also find my Pre Tied Obi Tutorial [link] useful in addition to this one, so check it out! I think there could still be a few spelling/gramatical errors floating in this, so I'm sorry about those! Also, this is the first time I've made a PDF, so please be kind and let me know if there are any issues - I've checked and re-checked it through, but if I did something weird, please let me know. I'm still new to using InDesign (most of the work was done in Illustrator) so there may be some issues there
I would ask that you do not sell anything you make with this tutorial. I know that there isn't a way to enforce this, so I'm appealing to your conscience.
Any questions? Just ask! I'm always glad to answer!
If you make something from this tutorial, throw me a link so I can see! That's the reason why I do tutorials, to see what other people can come up with!!
(c) 2007 Samantha Lemieux [link]
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Comments: 753
Thank you so much nwn
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This is great! I'm new to cosplay, and it's great to have something I can go off of rather than wasting fabric through trial-and-error.
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I probably won't be able to use this tutorial but it's great!*-*
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So is this just a top, or is it a dress?
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I love this tute! The method is so logical, and so much sense that I'm even going to use the basic premise to make my Shrek tunic.
But first- here's my Uncle Iroh (from Avatar the Last Airbender) Cosplay, utilising your tutorial for the kimono under the armour. It's my first self-made Cosplay, so I'm very proud of it, and it has given me so much confidence, that Im thinking of entering the novice category of our local cosplay contest.
Words quite express my gratitude for your tutorial, but hopefully, this picture can:
[link]
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I feel like I need to download this is it okay? D:
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Is the link broken? I can't seem to download it 
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Just downloaded! I'm totally new to sewing, so thank you very much for making this tutorial!
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I really want to try to make one one day! Thanks for having this tutorial made!
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Thanks a lot for the tutorial.
I decided in the last moment to make a cosplay presentation and I needed to make a kimono fast. It was really simple and easy to understand and make XD
The hard part is only manipulate big pieces of fabric ~~
Here the kimono that I made [link]
Again, thanks a lot for the tutorial. And the obi tutorial too
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THANK YOU for making this! I was having troubles with my Bleach costume (that needs to be finished today!), since the patterns I found online looked nothing like what I wanted. This was awesome.
*Faves*
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Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I'll use it to attempt making my costume ^^
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Okay, I'm going to give this a go, for my Uncle Iroh cosplay. Will post pics when I complete it!
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This looks really cool! I've got a horrible sewing addiction, so I'll be needing this soon (as I'm about to finish a project). XD
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Thank You So much for Making this ;w;
Its going to really help for a school cosplay
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I downloaded the PDF, gonna try it out maybe, if I ever have money for fabric. Thanks for posting this!
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Do you have any pictures of the finished product using this tutorial? :$
I really want to use this but I'm not too sure if it'll turn out the way I imagine it to.
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hi, I'm having a bit of trouble right after step 3 the part where it say to draw rectangle, if i cut it like that, wouldnt be too short?? i havent cut that part yet :$ but i already cut the other ones... 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
and also, the steps are for like a full yukata/kimono body right?? like not just a top?? :$ sry it's my first time making >_
wait,sry i just carefully re-read it, I just read it's shirt length kimono :$ ..mm could u um explain to me how to I add on to the length? if i want it longer?? like those actual long yukata :$ like the ones to ur legs ?:s
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I'm having trouble with understanding some of the directions for starting sewing. For the neckband, you said we need 2 strips of fabric that are 4" or 5" wide and then when you said to sew them together, do you mean to sew them together at the ends to make them longer? Also, how long were each of the fabric strips supposed to be for the neckbands?
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this is a great tutorial, thanks! this will definitely be useful ^^
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AWESOME!! Once i get some free time I am soo trying this!!
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Definitely do so! It's really not too hard, and you can make such cool things with it :3
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I think this will come in handy.
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Hooray! I'm very happy to be of help with things like this :3
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yeah im going to try and make one to wear to a convention i am going to in october
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With all due respect, m'am, kimono's, yukata's, and the like are supposed to have the folding left-over right....
It's considered poor taste to have it right-over-left, as they dress the dead with theirs right-over-left.
However, great tutorial! I am reeeally thankful of it.
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I'm glad that it's helpful to you!! 
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LOLs, OH. My bad!!
Thank you lodes!! You seem very knowledgeable, so I'm glad to hear that~ I really want to make some corsets , and it seems like it wouldn't be tooooo bad once you get the hang of it, butt.... Well, I think I might need to make an inquiry or two. >.< Lols, and thank you very much for your time!
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It should still be up there... I don't know if dA hiccuped or something when trying to download it...
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Oh, I just realized how to see it ... I'm just too stupis sometimes xD
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Hooray! I always worry I'm too wordy or too crazy with details - I'm glad that that's not always the case! I'm always afraid that someone will hit a point and go "but what if I need to do this?" and not have any idea what else to do
I'm happy to be of help with stuffs like this!
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my friend made me one with this.... <3
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I...I... YOU ARE NOW MY GOD O_O
I've wanted to make a kimono for the longest time, but I've never seen a simple enough tutorial for my skill level.
Since then, my skill level has increased. Not much, but enough to understand how to do this :'D
Oh the joy :'D
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