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Hakama and quilt binding

I just made myself a hakama (a pleated, divided skirt:

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for my kendo class. I might post a picture of myself in it someday. Well anyway, it is kind of offwhite with black stripes at the hems, the inseams, and the outseams. I made the black stripes using quilt binding (almost 9 yards). I suppose I could have used bias tape instead, but I think the double folded quilt binding worked better for at least some of what I wanted to do.

Well, anyway, my "quilt- related" question is: "Is it still quilt binding if it is used for something else, such as making stripes on a hakama for kendo class?"

Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen
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Good morning, Brian. I guess it depends on your audience. You can call it quilt binding around here. To a dressmaker who doesn't quilt, you would probably simply call it binding or trim; maybe contrasting trim. Thank you for showing us the picture. Waking up to someone making a skirt with 9 yards of trim was a bit of a mystery. It's been a very long time since I pleated a skirt but if you have any edges that you want sharp and crisp, you could use a press cloth wrung out from water with a little vinegar in it. The smell disappears and the pleats all behave nicely. Polly

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Polly Esther

I have made a couple of Hakama (Hakamas?), for use over Kimono Meditation robes. I used a turned and sewn edge and I am curious, in where you used the binding on the construction of the Hakama. Did you face off all of the exterior edges? Is that what took up the nine yards? Was there a reason you chose to use a separate binding instead of the folded flat and turned under edge and stitching method?

John

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John

Like I said, I might post a picture of myself in the hakama that I made. The picture that I posted was just one I found by doing a google search, sorry if there was any confusion about that.

When I was planning this project, I first estimated that I would use 8 yards of binding, and bought 12 yards just to be safe. I ended up using between 8 and 9 yards.

In the instructions for the hakama, it mentions the method with the vinegar for fixing the pleats, but it says the method only works with polyester or blends. I actually sewed all the pleats.

The material I used is fairly heavyweight denim, though I am not sure how many "ounces" it is, I didn't read what the bolt at the fabric store too closely. It feels like it might be a tiny bit lighter than some 12-ounce denim I have (I did read that bolt).

Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen

No because then it's hakama binding :)

Great job, BTW.

-Irene

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IMS

If it works for you, it works for me! Congratulations on making it. Did you have a pattern?

Lenore

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Lenore L

Yes, this one:

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Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen

When I made DH a hakama several years ago, I did it without a pattern. I sort of "reverse-engineered" one that I had access to and went for it. Interesting experiment.

Pati, >> If it works for you, it works for me! Congratulations on making it. Did

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