Kraft paper

I will use my short robe as a reference. In fact, one can apply similar principles to create other styles. Of course, I am still in the process of exploration, so my methods may not be the best. I share these in hopes of helping beginners and for the purpose of exchange. If anyone has better solutions for any particular detail, feel free to share them here. Note: It is important to note that I have made this garment twice, with the second attempt aimed at correcting the flaws from the first. Therefore, some of the tutorial photos were taken during the first attempt. I will make annotations in the following content, but I want to mention it here at the beginning to avoid confusion. Overall Style: Eclectic Design Concept: Blurring the boundaries between dynasties; using high-purity color combinations Differences from modern short robes: Firstly, the ease allowance. This garment has a significantly larger ease allowance for both the body and sleeves compared to most short robes available on the market, making it more spacious. The second major change is that the sides of the body are not slit, similar to the cutting method used for straight-front deep clothing. This…

Although it's called a tutorial... since my own making is not perfect and I've never made a tutorial before, I'll just share my experience in making it. First, we need to prepare 2 meters of main fabric and half a meter of contrasting trim fabric. Here, I used light purple with dark purple, which looks quite fresh. Also, you need kraft paper (or any other paper) for drafting the pattern. For drafting, I used the pattern from a previous project (okay, I'm lazy), but pay attention to the sleeves (I feel that 25 cm wide sleeves are good, and the total sleeve length can be measured from your left elbow to your right elbow when your arms are stretched out horizontally). The width at the chest area should be half of your chest measurement, with some extra allowance, and also leave space for the seam allowance. By the way, the shape I drew is based on my feeling, just make sure it's symmetrical on both sides (I am so casual...) I forgot to mention, since my dorm room is very small, I brought the materials to a large table in the library study room (very suitable for students), which is…

Beginner's Guide Tools: Hands, books, a fully-equipped sewing kit (with a flexible tape measure and pins), scissors, a meter ruler (leftover from high school), and a straightening iron. Cost: Excluding your hands, all the tools can be purchased for less than 100 yuan. And who doesn't have a sewing kit, ruler, and scissors at home? You don't really need to buy them. This is the type I bought for 20 yuan at Muji. The initial decision to make my own hanfu came after graduation season, when my thesis defense was over and I had already signed a job contract. I just had to wait for graduation and then report to the company. With nothing to do at home, I started thinking about making hanfu. After watching many tutorials shared by seniors, I opened Taobao and started buying fabric. I initially bought cheap fabric for practice. It was from a store called "Six Fields of Jiangnan," which offered gradient chiffon for 10 yuan per 6 meters. I bought 10 yuan worth of gray-white gradient tencel chiffon and a 1-yuan lucky bag that contained a large piece of blue-white gradient chiffon, about 1.5x1.5 meters. Yes, 1 yuan. The lining fabric was white…

We all know the saying “the old lady's foot wraps are both smelly and long,” leading many to believe that ancient people wore foot wraps, and some even claim that there were no socks in ancient China. In fact, to protect against the severe cold of winter, ancient people invented "foot clothing" for warmth and foot protection very early on. What is referred to as "foot clothing" is essentially what we call socks and shoes today. The cotton socks worn by ancient people in winter included "lined socks," "thousand-layer socks," "douluo socks," and "velvet socks." The earliest pair of socks that still exist today is a leather felt sock from the 9th century BC, unearthed from the Zhahongluk Ancient Tomb in the southern edge of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. The earliest leather felt socks from the 9th century BC (unearthed from the Zhahongluk Ancient Tomb in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang) Women's lined socks from the Western Han Dynasty (unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha) Women's brocade socks from the Tang Dynasty (unearthed from the Tang Tombs in Turpan, Xinjiang) Brocade socks, also known as cloud socks, water socks, Luohan socks, or monk socks, are used for foot…