#hemming

[amazonmandy]

It's been a while since I've shared how I use Ban-Rol, hopefully this helps new sewists! I wish I'd found it years before I did!

[stahsm]

Hemming stitch.

Video by fashion.tailor89 on TikTok.

[halogeist]

doodle page time! forgot I had this sitting in my files, but it's here now! had a sudden burst of Werewolf Thoughts a couple months ago, so I started tinkering at Hemming (^ this guy), who I've had for years but never really figured out lore for

he has marginally more lore now and I'm pretty happy with his look so I consider this a win.

various ramblings are downstairs vv

Hemming is a very recently-turned werewolf who works at a forest campground (the bunch-of-small-cabins kind) as a handyman/caretaker/jack of all trades guy. he's basically the only person there on the off-season because he lives on-site, so he spends a lot of time wandering around the woods at night like a responsible person. so obviously he gets attacked by a werewolf.

luckily being mauled by a horrifying monster in the middle of the woods activated Fight Mode and he just Bit the thing right back. and then it ran off! so he dragged himself back to his cabin and started having a series of highly unpleasant days. he also has suspicions that the werewolf that attacked him is lurking around to finish the job, which really isn't helping his mental state.

Also, some little factoids about werewolves in my oc world:

they aren't really wolves, just weird mostly-canine-looking monsters. the vibe is close enough, so I call them werewolves because why not

one of the main symptoms of getting turned is pigmentation changes! mostly it makes you start going grey, but it can also turn hair darker. Hemming got both (his hair used to be light brown)

becoming a werewolf comes with free immortality! of the "doesn't die unless killed" variety. stabbing something vital with silver is the most convenient way, since it stops them from healing, but you could also explode them if you wanted to be wacky about it. most other methods don't do much.

werewolves can basically shift whenever, but it's easier at night and when the moon is more full. their first few shifts after being turned will be on the stereotypical involuntary full-moon schedule, but they can get better at controlling it over time, at least if they get some practice in.

[star-tism]

When the hem still isn't straight after the seventh attempt but it's okay because neither are you

[frankencanon]

I watched a youtube video on hemming so I could figure out how to hem my Mom's dachshund's pajama sleeves

One down, three to go!

Right now my Mom's got Tootsie taking the new sleeve for a test run >:)

(*Images are transparent because my sister's feet kept getting in the background >_<*)

Update: I finished the rest and put it back on her but I forgot to take photos before sending her off to bed with my mom :,)

[wildwheatfields]

So…was anybody else underwhelmed with the shapeshifter reveal?

In my sick lil head, Hemming is a child of the shapeshifter monster Loki and elf Sigyn with teleportation powers. Hemming’s parents are stuck in another dimension that he can’t reach and he basically grew up alone. Clawdeen gets through to him with her own experience of trying to find her own place. Also Toralei plays a bigger part of this season. Monster Fest goes until the end of the season. Okay, there’s a lot of stuff I’d change but I still yearn for official MH content

[tanuki-kimono]

Hello! I keep reading fiction with kimono hemmed to fit, and I keep thinking that can't be right. I can see it if their genes mean widening shoulders, but aren't kimono folded and tucked under the obi? Thank you for looking over this detail. (I'll stay anonymous because it's an honest mistake, and I don't want specific writers to feel cornered about it)

Hi! Np for this anon ask, I'll just stress here I most often reply via Tumblr messenger so don't hesitate to ask for private answer if you need it :)

On to your question: you are right, hemming (in the Western sense of the word) a kimono is not usually done in traditional Japanese tailoring.

One of the main reasons is that fabric bolts (tanmono) are a somehow standard unit, with patterning done with kimono tailoring in mind (so motifs match between panels etc).

Hemming a kimono means important parts of your kimono design will disappear! It is especially true for woman's kimono who often often display patterns on their lower skirt + sleeves.

When you wear a kimono with woman styling, the kimono is supposed to be more or less your total height to fit you size. The extra material is then tucked at the waist to form what is called the ohashori fold hold up by ties (himo). That fold gives you leeway as to which kimono you can wear as it is much more forgiving than Western clothes sizing. Being tall simply mean your ohashori will be small or non existent.

Men styling is a bit different as men don't do ohashori, which mean the kimono is tailored to their exact size (= give or take your height minus 30cm).

Kimono were usually passed to new wearers as time went, which means they are supposed to be worn by several body types. So, what about when a kimono is truly too big/small for the wearer?

Fabric was once (and still is) an expensive material so cutting it was a big no! Cutting also meant loosing the original tanmono panneling which was a terrible thing to do for any future alterations.

We so have two scenarios:

1) the wearer is a child: tucks are made at the shoulders (kata age) to reduce width, waist (koshi age) to reduce lenght, and sleeves (sode age). You can see in this past note a great example showing how a kid grew into a kimono:

2) The wearer is an adult: the kimono would have been totally unsewn, and then sewn back together, hiding the extra material into seams/letting the fabric needed for bigger wearer.

Taking a kimono apart is not especially unheard of, and it is actually the traditional way to clean it (tokiarai = unstitching a kimono and washing​ / araihari = stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched​). You can see it done here:

Becky from Silk and bones has many kimono specimen photographed if you want to actually see how they are made - and just how much fabric can be hidden away into seams + how disastrous and infuriating it is to have a kimono with butchered cut fabric :(

TL:DR : People don't "hem" their kimono to wear them, women for ex. tuck the extra fabric away and go in their merry way. If sewing is needed, "hemming" is not exactly what would be done in kimono tailoring. A better way to describe it would probably be "adjusted" or "altered" to size :)