The Japanese Hand-Sewing Technique "unshin"

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This video share my experience on how to master the kimono hand-sewing art "unshin". Even a kimono teacher I am not a kimono tailor! Please understand, that I am only showing you how to don "unshin".
And please excuse the orange fabric. I ran out of white and because everybody is using white cotton in this pandemic, I couldn't purchase any white cotton. 🙈
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@BillyMatsunaga 3 года назад

As this pops up in the comments: I do *not* think that a “seamstress” is unskilled. I simply do not like the word. For me every seamstress is a tailor and should be called so.

@ilovechika1 3 года назад

just found you and already love your content. I'm not trying to be rude or anything and I personally would like to be told rather than keep making the same mistake over and over again. You actually say "thump" which as a noun means "a heavy dull blow" when you mean Thumb "the short, thick first digit of the human hand" there is a B sound at the end rather than a P. English isn't my first language and I know things like this happens.

@GryphonIndustrial 3 года назад

I think that the term you are looking for is dressmaker. A skilled seamstress that specializes in the creation of dresses or gowns for evening wear.

@AndersGehtsdochauch 3 года назад

Hi! I just discovered you! Great content! May I ask what is your native language? (Mine is German and here, a seamstress and a tailor are considered two different professions. The difference lies, roughly said, in handcrafting - using pre-made patterns - vs creating from scratch.)

@lnorlnor 3 года назад

In English-speaking countries, dressmaking and tailoring are words used for different areas of expertise--tailoring is suits, dressmaking is women's garments like dresses, skirts and blouses. I guess similar to in Japan how kimonos and other sewing are separate words!

@AndersGehtsdochauch 3 года назад

@@lnorlnor Ah that's interesting! Regarding the Japanese words that were presented in the video, the prefix "wa" as in "wasai" stand for "traditional Japanese" while the "yo" (as in "yosai") stands for "came from Europe back then". These prefixes can also be used before other words, such as yofuku vs wafuku, so _yofuku_ (lit. "European clothing") is nowadays used for "normal, everyday" clothing like suits, jeans, t-shirt, dresses etc vs _wafuku_ which stands for traditional Japanese clothing like kimono, yukata etc.

@xyzsame4081 3 года назад

so ... the Japanese took a simple technique (running stitch, or darning garments) and made an art of it .. _of course_ they did ! They also took taking your lunch to work to the next level with the Bento boxes.

@genera1013 3 года назад

There seems to be this mentality in Japanese culture of, "If we're gonna do, we're gonna do it right!" And that means dedicating yourself to whatever it is you choose to do. It's an amazing concept in my opinion.

@strawberrymilksamurai 2 года назад

There's also an artform of creating beautiful embroidery using running stitch in the state of West Bengal in India. This traditional art of embroidery is called kantha stitch (since they're traditionally used to make a type of small blanket called kantha, but they're also used in other ways.) I still haven't watched most of the video, but I'm guessing both you and the video may be talking about the Japanese method of running stitch embroidery called sashiko. I love both kantha stitch and sashiko, and although they're both basically forms of running stitch, they have different methods and rules of stitching to achieve the greatest results. I love both artforms. Edit: oh so she was indeed teaching sashiko unshin. That's awesome

@cap4life1 Год назад

@@sashizakura9124 there’s more than one way to do a thing

@karljiks Год назад

@@sashizakura9124 actually, i started watching the video and as soon as she mentioned it, i went out and looked to buy a thimble ring because that just seems so much more comfortable than a regular thimble

@Mimjay 5 месяцев назад

a friend of mine told me "perfection" in their language means something you keep developing and improving, rather than some unattainable goal. I feel like that explains their approach to this a lot.

@amelianannette972 3 года назад

the difference I've been taught between dressmaking/seamstressing and tailoring in western fashion is actually the way the pattern is made. tailoring is done by flatdrafting with measurements, while dressmaking is done by draping fabric onto the figure. the history for how dressmaking came to be is actually super interesting: prior to the turn of the 17th century tailors dominated clothing (women's and men's) but once the structural garment became separate from the dress bodice, "mantua makers" were able to make clothes using draping techniques over the stays and still achieve the fashionable silhouette. this allowed women to enter the clothing trade, because tailors were strictly all men and could enforce that all people profiting from tailoring were part of the tailors' guild. but since mantua making used different techniques, women could legally enter the market as tradespeople in their own right. I'm very proud to use the label of (aspiring) dressmaker and seamstress because that trade is the descendant of mantua making!

@robina.9402 3 года назад

Haute couture fashion at the big houses, like Chanel, still divide the line into tailored vs draped garments, and have separate studios for each! There's some great videos of the seamstresses talking about the methods

@BigHenFor 3 года назад

We have to distinguish between clothesmaking for average people and the wealthy. For the well-to-do, clothing patterns have existed since the 16th century in Spain. They were published in books where the styles for men, women, children, the clergy and knights were illustrated and specific instructions were provided to create them. This was driven by the economic growth at the time in Spain, boosted by their empire. Fit became more affordable, and no longer restricted to the very wealthy. As wealth flowed into Europe, more books were published concentrating on professional tailoring. Home sewers would have to resort to form fitting if they were either untrained or had no access to books like these. For most thir clothing was utilitarian, and fit was less important. It wouldn't be until the 19th century with the creation of the tape measure and the establishment of popular magazines providing full scale patterns for home sewers that replicating the newest fashions that catered for a 3d fit of the human body at home became tenable. Once the tools, the materials, and knowledge became available both genders entered the trade. In Britain, the records of the trade unions show that men and women were tailors. Tailoring was never limited to men alone. What was limited was the ability for women to establish their own businesses, as the social and legal norms prohibited women owning property in their own right until the middle of the 19th Century in Britain. So, men dominated the profession, and were keen to distinguish themselves from the mostly female informal home dressmakers and the piece-rate seamsters and seamstresses who did outwork at home making up garments for clothing businesses, but not finishing them at home. So, seamstresses were experienced in making up, but could not draft or make patterns, so were paid much less than tailors who could. The difference was enough that some did supplement their income by prostitution, but not all. But the stereotype stuck, and the gender norms too. So, technically and socially there have been divisions between the roles in the industry, and snobbery too. But, perhaps the distinction should die in the 21st century as everyone now can learn how to draft and use patterns for making clothes. Effectively, everyone is a tailor now at home and in industry.

@blowitoutyourcunt7675 3 года назад

Cheers!

@pique-nique 3 года назад

I am a seamstress who has also done a bit of tailoring. They are two different skill sets. I really like being a seamstress and want to be known as such.

@ReneeandJimmyG 3 года назад

To be a seamstress is not insulting at all. It means that you are very skilled.

@VirginiaSunrise11 3 года назад

Yeah it’s my understanding seamstress was just the word for a female Taylor🤷‍♀️

@maryrhudy9250 3 года назад

I'm proud of my sewing skills!!!!!

@beautybloggerxoxox 3 года назад

Traditionally Tailors are classed as skilled workers, seamstresses are not because of the differentiation between the type of work each does, this is of course rubbish! But seamstress does carry some of that meaning still, it’s also very gendered so most people I know prefer the term sewist, tailors can be any gender and it refers to the type of work done

@znycelondon5313 3 года назад

@@VirginiaSunrise11 * Tailor *

@Tina06019 3 года назад

@@beautybloggerxoxox Or “seamster.” You know, like “teamster.”

@TwixyNo 3 года назад

My mom was a seamstress who apprenticed with a professional dressmaker. She could do anything but not men’s tailored things because that was for a tailor. She made beautiful clothing including complicated jackets but men’s clothes were different.

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

MY MOMMY WAS VERY SKILLED BUUUHUUUU

@k.a.u.4599 3 года назад

❤️❤️❤️

@acekidatelier 4 года назад

this is so interesting, hope you're going to make more sewing videos because you're literally the only English resource on RU-vid on that topic!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Yeah, I know... that’s why I want to add more sewing videos, but slowly. Because I’m still not a professional 🙈🙈

@maryrhudy9250 3 года назад

Yes!!! PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS!!!!!

@mojosbigsticks 3 года назад

I remember discovering that technique for myself at school, and being scolded by the nuns. I wish I could have told them "It's not wrong, it's 'unshin'!".

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

Haha oh no ♡

@mariannerichard1321 3 года назад

I sew 12th and 18th centuries clothing, and this technique is absolutely fascinating. I need to give it a try.

@sammythehamster9093 3 года назад

I've seen unshin used in hand piecing patchwork. When the seamstress is skilled said to be fast as sewing machine. I was given sewing kit with thimble ring and thought it was odd. Last year, I went to store which sold Daiso products one purchase was set of ring things one metal, plastic and leather the other just leather. I use the ring thimble for English paper piecing patchwork which involves whip stitch and is slow but meditative. I do other crafts besides sewing. Sewing is great skill to have for mending and making fabric items. Unshin is used in sashiko as well. I'm too busy with patchwork to do other projects unless I feel like doing something else.

@kerim.peardon5551 3 года назад

Apparently I've been sewing my medieval dresses in unshin style. (Medieval clothes were also sewn with a running stitch punctuated by the occasional backstitch. Even my dresses which fit very tightly hold up in the seams--although flat-felling the seam allowance is also a major reason why. They had ring thimbles in the middle ages, too,)

@78hnc 3 года назад

SCA?

@storeytwinb 3 года назад

Keri, thank you for mentioning flat-felling. I now know how to do it after looking up a video about how to do this!

@goldengryphon 3 года назад

@@storeytwinb Try Bernadette Banner's channel. Not only does she hand-sew, she will show how to flat fell. And she's just a lovely person.

@featherpuke 3 года назад

I'd love to see Keri !!!

@susanpendell4215 3 года назад

It makes sense as both are old styles of sewing before sewing machines. With modern sewing machines even embroydery is possible. The first sewing machines only made straight or a running stitch that could go back and forth. There wasn't even a zizzag stitch at the time. As someone who learned embroydery from a teacher, you have all kinds of embroydery stitches, and those could be used if wished in sewing clothes. The stitch possiblity is quite large all in all.

@Richiedei50 3 года назад

This reminds me of the Sashiko stitch that I have seen. Thank you for this tutorial as it demonstrates the technique really well and I have finally seen the “ring thimble” in more detail. 🥰

@brendaryan306 3 года назад

This was very interesting as I love sewing of all sorts. I was thinking the closest thing I have done in comparison is the quilter's rocking stitch using a between size needle (8-10). However, I loved that you were able to go so very fast. Thank you for teaching this technique as well as a compliment on your beautiful kimono you are wearing. It's snowing here in October and this already gives me a bright burst of color on a dreary day. Being a seamstress is a talent and we need to value the talents of women. Somehow we call men tailors and it sounds more prestigious.

@tdav3237 3 года назад

Orange fabric was fine and more interesting than plain white. Good that you used a color thread or we wouldn’t have been able to see your stitches. Very clear video Thanks!

@luciamoir2641 3 года назад

Thank you for showing it to us. I love hand-sewing and I can see the precision on the stitch. I will try it.

@kipperlane8959 3 года назад

Loving the fact that you can learn so ething new everyday.👌

@morganbodhi9492 3 года назад

i wish i had found your channel sooner! im a nissei living the US and while im interested in learning more about my culture it’s so difficult to find resources in english

@emilyperkins5108 3 года назад

I don't take what was said in the video about seamstress versus tailor personally... I love that it's stressed that it's just an OPINION! We all have them! In the US, some of the more well known sewing organizations have classes in master tailoring, seamstress and alterations. I am currently pursuing those ideas and LOVE learning techniques from all around the world in different cultures and it's amazing how much you think you know, but really don't! SO INFORMATIVE!

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

This has been the only comment i found that shows graciousness by trying to understand...instead of the "MY MOMMY IS VERY TALENTED HOW DARE" I feel really bad for Billy that this was the video that blew up for her. The ONE that she accidentally touch a nerve on people. Hand sewing's not even her specialty. The algorithm is weird and people are mean on the internet. O well ☆♡☆♡☆

@pearlstar28 3 года назад

Your kimono is beautiful, and you are very beautiful. Thank you for showing this technique and explaining the reason in great detail.

@lucillap7428 3 года назад

I’m so grateful I found your youtube channel & instagram! You’re such an inspiration ;; thank you for what you share

@lawaters95 4 года назад

I have loved watching your videos so far! I feel like this technique is so much better than how I would normally hand sew running stitches, so I will definitely give this a try! Just have to figure out a thimble situation loll!

@adorothyinkansas4392 3 года назад

I am interested in your thimble ring! I have never even seen one before but I am happy that I did! That looks more sensible to me than a regular thimble. Great video! Now? On with the search for a ring thimble! Thanks!

@MsRocknsoul Месяц назад

how lovely to discover this you tube clip. Thank you. Learning every day

@maroulio2067 Год назад

Just found your channel a few days ago- although I have been haunting RU-vid w. all kinds of Japanese topic searches. So glad I found you.I need all your inspiration and suggestions. This video is so interesting as I prefer hand-sewing, which is good because my machine broke. Now I won't bother having it fixed- I never enjoyed using it anyway.

@keeganbronte8737 Год назад

You rock, Billy!!! I am going to make my own Kimono for my wedding. I want to make it myself. You are an inspiration and a real teacher, despite not being a tailor, you are so kind to take on this challenging task and for teaching us history and about kimono. Arigato gozaimasu.

@JUYL 3 года назад

Thank you for your video. This is how I always do my running stitch, but without the thimble. Very efficient ☺️.

@gjamsheed 2 года назад

Love your kimono! Looks so good on you. Thanks for the video.

@amaz6884 4 года назад

That's funny to see that I already know the technique but I don't use the ring ! your video is relaxing btw.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Yeah, it's like preferring using a thimble or not. I do prefer it, as I was told so. :)

@mourningstar1673 2 года назад

The motion of this technique looks like it would make cartridge pleating an absolute dream once perfected--fast stitches and you wouldn't have to drag the thread near as much after the final row, either.

@gixellia8455 3 года назад

You must have an incredible dexterity! What an art! Thank you!

@sylviamccormick9510 3 года назад

I have just came across your channel and I absolutely love anything to do with sewing, but especially hand sewing, I have my own sewing machine but I do prefer to put my time and skill into sewing by hand. I need to say, that your reference to seamstresses as only unqualified people, I find this really demeaning, there's loads of people who call themselves a seamstress who are highly skilled and qualified dressmaker/ taylors

@christinecameron1612 3 года назад

It seems strange that a kimono teacher isn't required to sew at least some basic kimono. All the same, thank you for sharing this lovely and fun video, and I just love how bright your beautiful kimono is today! ETA: Tailor and Seamstress are very skilled professions, which require a lot of professional skill. In the USA, a real tailor or seamstress is very much a respected professional with serious education.

@ElveeKaye 3 года назад

This technique looks like it would be very fast once mastered. I couldn't do it for an entire garment due to problems in my hands (I had carpal tunnel surgery and now I think I'm getting arthritis), but it would definitely be useful for hemming skirts. The kimono you're wearing is very pretty, I love the cheerful colors!

@terriem3922 3 года назад

Thank you for showing that technique. Hopefully faster than mine. Now to find a ring thimble. Your kimono colors are very cheery.

@HannaARTzink 2 года назад

Beautifully presented. Tks.

@lawaters95 4 года назад

Also, I love your kimono in this video! It's so leafy and pretty!

@miriamgillham6701 2 года назад

Loved this video, so informative. I am a bit taken aback that you did not think Seamstress a worthy word for females who sew. My Grandmother was known as a Seamstress/Dressmaker and she was the only women in her town who owned her own business and shop making clothing for the local ladies, their children and even at times their husbands. She was highly skilled and extremely well trained by her original employer and was also adept (from what I have been told) at tailoring and could make a full three tailored piece suit, jackets and morning suits, evening suits etc for men. As she was working in the late 1800’s early 1900’s I can imagine the extent of skill needed to create those amazing dresses, gowns, day clothes and men’s clothing etc required by women in the years surrounding the two great wars. I never met her, sadly she died long before I was born. However her skills came through the line and I do not know a time I did not sew. First taught by my mother; her daughter, my teaching was also supplemented my other surviving Grandmother and school teachers and eventually I went to College and studied Fashion Design. In the 1970’s my education veered heavily on learning how to be an all round creative, thinking designer, a quick industrial seamstress and also to fully understanding flat pattern making for commercial industry. All my couture techniques were taught me by the highly skilled women in my family as well as additional classes that I took. Interestingly in my country, Seamstress was a term highly thought of and was only used for commercial sewing workers and recognised small business/ Dressmakers. Home sewing however referred to more basic sewing skills. I don’t know whether seamstress is a highly respected today. I have always used it interchangeably with fine sewing but not couture as that is another skill lever all together. I sew as if I am a couture Sewist. However I am aware that term can only be applied by the Syndical in Paris, France. I am not French. There is a lot of requirements to be awarded the term couture Sewist. Anyway, all that aside. I studied Japanese Kimono and it’s History at College and had no idea as to how the unique seams were created because back in the 70’s that information was not so readily available. This video has been so informative and really enjoyable to both watch and learn from, I appreciate your knowledge and insight into the way these extraordinarily beautiful garments were and still are created.

@frances6827 3 года назад

what an interesting topic! I love kimono and know they are all hand-sewn so this video was very interesting. Your kimono is becoming on you (bright & happy pattern & I 💚 the color/pattern).

@barbaraconnolly9000 3 года назад

I love the fabric of the Kimono you are wearing.

@helanesteinmuller9279 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this video and going to the trouble of wearing your beautiful kimono with complimentary ikebana. Gorgeous! 😍 I learned this technique by observation when I lived in japan as a young student, but I wasn’t a sewer then and never learned the finer points. You have explained them perfectly. Much appreciated. ❤️

@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS 3 года назад

Modista is a woman, sastre would be a tailor, and in Mexico usually a man. There is a difference in the two because one is a much more detailed way to sew. However a modista can make her own patterns.there are many different levels of expertise! Practice makes perfect! We don’t have ring thimbles here... that i know of. And... I always wondered how to sew a straight line!! Wow! Thank you !

@4vh68 3 года назад

The kimono you're wearing is beautiful. I agree with your thoughts on the term "seamstress" and dislike the term "sewist" even more. "Dressmaker" is my preferred term after a lifetime of sewing starting with doll clothes as a girl to most of my own wardrobe today. I wonder, now that technology has improved so much, are kimono still unpicked to be cleaned? What about the everyday, cotton kimono, is it sewn by machine and tossed in the washer?

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

Some kimono are washable! Japan Objects sells them. Billy has done vids for th before. Theyre a kitsuke shop aimed at foreigners like us Silk, however, can never be washed and must be picked apart.

@taimatsuko 2 года назад

I subscribed so fast. Your channel is wonderful!

@sabrina.evangelista 3 года назад

I've been looking for the thimble ring like yours for some time now. Do you have a link to the thimble ring that you use?

@tdav3237 3 года назад

If you live anywhere near a Daisy store they carry these and they are about $2

@toughtimes6596 3 года назад

Not everyone can sew and it takes skill. I believe its an art and therefore should be called artist!

@breeinatree4811 3 года назад

I just happened on this. That's a very interesting way of dewing. I'm going to try this from now on. It looks easyer and fadter than the way I was taught.

@TheFrigidsnow 3 года назад

I love your watch😍😍

@JadyLester 3 года назад

This was an eye-opener, as to why the stitches are so loose on my kimono. It's still impossible for me to trace the order of the stitches, I have just been lashing together edges as threads have come loose... oops.

@kathrynsvendsen8319 3 года назад

Very interesting video. You did a great job of teaching how it is done.

@silverdeer2515 3 года назад

Thats incredible!!!! I may try to pick this up when Im doing hand sewn dress seams!! So fast. Which like you said makes so much sense the relation to the literal 'years' of fabric you would have to sew. So so so cool

@anitagee3362 3 года назад

This was very clear & understandable, thank you very much

@karla2helpyou 3 года назад

Thank You

@steffi2922 4 года назад

Thank you for this video! This couldn't have come with better timing XD I just got a Kimono, that has a lot of extra fabric on the seams, so the previous owner was probably very slim. I was thinking that maybe I could let out those seams and readjust it, so it's great to get the technique demonstrated by you! I will practice a lot beforehand, but hopefully I can do it at some point *-*

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Oh! Isn’t that perfect ❤️ with a little practice you’ll be able to do it 👍🏻👍🏻✨

@v.g.7209 3 года назад

We been sewing like that in America.

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

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@TorchwoodPandP 4 года назад

Danke schön, das war wunderbar!

@ib7132 3 года назад

I love the pattern on her kimono.

@habituscraeftig 4 года назад

So, I know how to find a thimble ring online, using English, but I'm still curious: what is the thimble ring called, in Japanese?

@kimberlygoodwin8500 3 года назад

Amazon, Etsy. Just google sewing thimble ring.

@KikiAelita 3 года назад

Hi there! I am not fluent in Japanese but I understand enough where I checked the Japanese Wikipedia page for thimbles and think I found the answer to your question. I believe the word for 'thimble ring' in Japanese is yubinuki.

@habituscraeftig 3 года назад

@@KikiAelita Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. 🙏🏻

@ReviewsAndMore9 3 года назад

@@KikiAelita I believe yubi is the word for finger.

@mikebrown3032 3 года назад

"My mother was a tailor. She sew my first bluejeans": 'House of the Rising Sun' song by Monkees (yes a WHILE back😁). Thought I'd contribute to this very technical discussion 😊. Also, I just achieved my first perfect 'kise' seam on my very first yukata. I have to admit, it does look very good vs. the common seam: something I was skeptical about vis a vis the care in its execution required. Live and learn.

@dlm4708 2 года назад

I'm still looking for a 'proper' susoyoke or nagajuban tutorial! I have one and can reverse engineer it, but it would be nice to... hnnn.. idk, see it done somewhat properly? I love the unshin video though! It's very helpful!

@juliecain6397 3 года назад

Ah, I am intrigued with your thimble ring. They are not available in the US that I know of. Do you know where I could get one?

@BillyMatsunaga 3 года назад

Probably in a sewing supply store that sells Japanese items (clover had them in leather and metal)... or you could try to make yourself one out of leather.

@DisasterAuntie 3 года назад

About "seamstress": There is a masculine form of the word, seamster, but it is hardly ever used, and I don't know why. Tailor is not someone who sews! Many people think that it is, but no! Tailor is Schneider -- someone who draws the pattern onto the fabric and then cuts the fabric. Seamstresses and seamsters are the ones who sew the garment together. They are very different skills. So someone who sews MAY be a tailor as well, but in professional contexts, a tailor cuts and a seamster or seamstress does the sewing. Some people are starting to use the word sewer (SOH-er, someone who sews), but it sounds like sewer (SYOO-er or SOO-er, an underground conduit or pipe for waste matter). So I have been hearing the word sewist being used fairly often now for about ten years, and I think it suits the purpose without being gender-linked.

@johanna5688 3 года назад

I enjoyed this sewing technique lesson. I would like to know the name of the gadget that holds the fabric in place. Where can I get that clip you clamp onto the table? I find it very curious that a kimono has to be taken apart for cleaning, then resewn. Why is that?Last question - can't a kimono be sewn on a sewing machine? At least if sewing for ourselves? Thank you Billy.

@suemauer5965 3 года назад

Something lost in the depths of my memory says that clip is called a bird of some sort. Like I said, lost. Or just buried.

@annak1371 3 года назад

Thank you for teaching us.

@cicigabel 3 года назад

Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!

@greata80 3 года назад

This is incredibly interesting! thank you for sharing

@pascalepascale4398 3 года назад

Thank you for the informative video ! 💞

@AWonderfication 3 года назад

Thank you for the video! I adore your watch. It looks vintage but if there is any way I can get my hands on one can you let me know please ⌚💞

@seestellysew8472 3 года назад

Where do you buy the colorful fabrics for your kimonos?

@conniecarroll7222 3 года назад

Have been following Japanese/Chinese embroidery for years, also do hand sewing but didn't know about Japanese hand sewing technique. What is interesting is it looks a lot like the stitch for quilting, thought I don't believe you mentioned anything on number of stitches per inch...did you ?

@jacksonstableford8429 3 года назад

Thank you so much for such an informative video.

@lanastraea 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this video, Matsunaga-san!! It is my dream to make my own kimono. I love to sew and weave, and I would want to make my own fabric as well. Any resources you know of would be helpful.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Hi! Thank you for watching! I totally understand and more will follow. :)

@elissaj69 3 года назад

So that is a running stitch! Silly, I never realized that's what that was.

@snailsaredumb9412 3 года назад

*"yoooo-ooooooooo!!"*

@SkyeAten 2 года назад

Your Kimono is so beautiful ✨ the whole esthetic of the room as well is just so nice. Also, is this stitch used for sewing Yukata as well?

@alessiacavalleri7833 Год назад

Maybe it slipped me, can this stitch be used also to join pieces of fabric or is it good only for hems?

@daleodberg6714 3 года назад

Thank you, so very interesting!

@deannastevens1217 3 года назад

Most Excellent!!

@Nariasan 4 года назад

This was a fantastic video again! Thank you ❤ I just wish I was skilled enough to do his myself. I have 3 karinui at home. I made the big mistake of machine sewing one with polyester tread... I don't think I can repair that...

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thanks as always for watching, my dear!! Did you sleep well after the workshop? I'm pretty sure when you practice a little, you'll master this soon. And about the karinui: as long as it's wearable, it should be fine!!!! You learned something out of doing that and that's a great achievement, too. 💛

@Nariasan 4 года назад

@@BillyMatsunaga haha, thank you. Yes, I slept well. But it was snowing when I woke up. I was very disappointed (and cold) lol. I appreciate what you said about the karinui. 🥰 I will keep that in mind and try and practice some unshin until then.

@Serena-or7sl 3 года назад

@@Nariasan Even machine sewin can be taken apart, so when (and if) it will be necessary you can try to undo it and sew it unshin style!

@carolleenkelmann3829 3 года назад

A very good video content. Thankyou.That pattern of your kimono is beautiful. Where can I obtain such material?

@lain5900 4 года назад

Domo arigato gozaimasu! This was quite informative. I like your kimono too.❤✌

@まにあなレッスン動画 3 года назад

美しい運針ですね。親指で押さえることができない人が多いのです。人差し指で裏を親指で表を押さえると早く美しくできますね。

@siby913 4 года назад

Very good video👏👏😊!! Thank you👍😊!!

@goddessathena4361 4 года назад

You mentioned seam allowance in the video, I was wondering if you ever alter any of your thrifted items, I have come across some that might be just a little tight and wonder if I should unpick the seam and use the seam allowance for some extra centimeters- I live in California and not sure if a local tailor would be a good option or do it myself- I would love your advice or if you have any videos to suggest, I have watched most of your videos multiple times and I could use the direction for making a kimono or the one where you altered to make a juban- I guess I am afraid to try and start taking apart these items and need some confidence to take the leap in hopes of a better, more comfortable fit- Thank you for your time, I very much appreciate all you do, it inspires me

@Serena-or7sl 3 года назад

Making a piece of clothing larger is always more difficult than making them smaller. You never know what you will find under the seams, especially if the garment is used. Sometimes the fabric is darker, sometimes the stitch or the wear made holes in the fabric, sometimes the stitch leaves a mark that doesn't go away even with washing and ironing. Sometimes (I'm talking western garments in this case) the seam allowance left is barely enough to sew it back together and you wouldn't gain much, if not any. Try to undo a very small part that you are confident you can redo easily. If you find any of the problems above, you can stop just right there and sew only that small piece back. If you see that the fabric is good and the stitch did not leave any mark you can consider redoing it. Depending how confident you are, you could undo the seam and redo it from scratch - or you could make your seam and undo the original one afterwards (which, to my eyes, it's easier). If you are working with very small seam allowance, be extra careful that the fabric is strong enough and that it cannot fray as this will ruin the seam (and the fabric) and you might need to go even smaller that the original seam to fix it.

@MARYANNE269 3 года назад

Wow.. This is very interesting x

@astrothsknot 3 года назад

i love your wedding ring

@Jozartizt 4 года назад

First of all thank you for sharing your expertise. Second of all I am grateful for your passion and sending it out in this way for us to learn from you. Third and last of all a question. I have just bought a Yukata and wonder if I should remove the long, hand-sewn, white stitches on top of the fabric on the bottom of the sleeves. Wishing you the best.

@Jozartizt 4 года назад

No need to reply to my last message, Billy Matsunaga. Coincidence wanted me to find the answer to my question today on your helpful video: What is That White Thread? // All About Kimono basting from the 3rd of July, 2019. It is basting indeed and I learned I am able to remove it and how! And I also learned the word for basting in Japanese is Shitsuke Ito ! Thank you so much! I love this and am growing into a Kimono fanatic myself now. Kind regards, Hannah-Jo Janssen

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Ok, I'm glad you found that video! :D Anyway: yesss!! Someone more getting obsessed with kimono!! That makes me really happy!! 💛

@Jozartizt 4 года назад

@@BillyMatsunaga Thank you so much for your reply! That is so sweet of you!

@m.pixley8413 3 года назад

Wow that's weird...I have always sewn that way and couldn't figure out why no one else does it. I guess the Japanese do too!

@xyzsame4081 3 года назад

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@mildridj3423 3 года назад

And that is different from a running stitch how? The only difference I see is it is more difficult.

@maryelizabeth6797 3 года назад

I don’t think they should be called tailor. In the English speaking they would be ‘couture’ level. Way above seamstress.

@samanthasimental3788 3 года назад

But coutour is a French word.

@annedavis3340 3 года назад

@@samanthasimental3788 so much of the English language is derived from French that that shouldn't be a barrier to word use. Architecture, literature, cuisine, we would miss out on so many specific nouns and adjectives if we went about eliminating words from French when discussing something or other. Couture suggests a height of skill which tailor does not, just as tailor may express the possession of some skills a seamster might not yet have gained. Descriptions exist to be used. (Also. The word "tailor", which first appears in the Oxford Dictionary in 1297, comes from a French word-tailler-meaning “to cut”. The Latin word for tailor was sartor, meaning someone who patches or mends garments; the English word “sartorial”, for something related to tailored garments, is derived from this word.)

@samanthasimental3788 3 года назад

@@annedavis3340 I understand what you are saying and agree, but made it a point to say in the English language and then used a French word. I just think it is funny.

@annedavis3340 3 года назад

@@samanthasimental3788 again, so is tailor.

@samanthasimental3788 3 года назад

@@annedavis3340 but the person that used the word taylor did not say specifically it was an English word.

@thararamesh1056 3 года назад

Arigatoo

@aniketmakhija474 3 года назад

could you make a 100 years of kimono video?

@nancyskinner5207 3 года назад

Where.can one purchase a ring thimble?

@laurakundrotaite5663 3 года назад

ok, so I thought it's a hack what I came up with to make the running stitch faster than "european" way suggests... although it seams I did not invent anything, at least now I know that it has a name:)

@bayleighc.5843 3 года назад

I thought the same! I’ve been doing something very similar to this to hem pants for myself (also with large seam allowance, because I’m very short)

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery

@mironty 4 года назад

Hello, i rcently wondered... how do you tie your yukata to wear as a pajama? Won't hanhaba obi be too stiff?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Yes, it's tyed with a "hiraobi" then :)

@lightheart22 3 года назад

You look beautiful

@andrewandjoanhart7882 3 года назад

How does this differ from shashiko..?

@kristelfvm 3 года назад

Hi...are you related to or do you know Daniel Matsunaga?...

@gatocles99 3 года назад

Seamstress/Seamster... Tailor/Tailoress. There is nothing wrong with words that differentiate between male and female. Also, seamstress/ seamster are skilled labor, not unskilled. And there is no shame in that job, or any job... unless one is part of a classist society. Seamstresses and seamsters keep clothes on our backs, and plumbers maintain the health and cleanliness of the nation. It is foolish to consider those jobs to be "lowly".