After making arduous shorts, I decided I needed a break and a quick sew of something that I knew would turn out. I had this amazing patterned fabric in my drawer since I'd used some of it for Sarah's 40th Birthday bunting 18 months ago. Even though I had bought actual yukata fabric in Japan, for some reason, the time felt right to use this up.
When I'd bought it, Spotlight was closing down their store, so I got it at a really discounted price and I'd bought what I thought was enough for a whole yukata (FYI, you need about four metres of standard width fabric). I was pretty sad when I lay it out to discover that I didn't have quite enough! I considered different options, but decided that I would make a half half yukata with some plain black fabric.
Since I was using non-standard fabric, I decided I'd also just use my sewing machine to sew this, rather than hand stitching like I might have usually done. I did french seams to encase all the raw edges, which is what I've noticed is common for modern made yukata.
The whole thing sewed up in a weekend and man does it look stunning. I was so happy with how it turned out. I wore it to school with an obi that I also made, back in 2023. Love the little pop of colour it gives on the back.
The biggest trick with this was making sure I had my left and rights the correct way around, since I didn't want the plain black on the front. Success on that though!
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