#pattern placement

[tanuki-kimono]

Caption from Matsushima Shigeo‘s 1977 kitsuke book “きもの着付け読本“, taken by @ayaayaskimono, showing women kimono various susomonyō (patterned skirt areas+shapes):

市松取り - ichimatsu tori: checkered skirt area

裾取り - suso tori: ankle skirt area

鍵取り - kagi tori: "key shaped" (= L shaped) skirt area

一文字取り - hitomoji tori: mid knee skirt area

斜取り - hasu tori: slanted skirt area

稲妻取り - inazuma tori: "lightning bolt" skirt area

松皮取り - shōhi tori: "pine bark" skirt area (notice how it differs from inazuma)

[remnantsofhersoul]

I was unpicking this waistband yesterday & noticed this pattern placement. Found it a bit funny.

[wwhatisstutorials]

Here is an example of how the patterns fit together. I have recieved a few requests to do this on the character so here you go. Basically this is how i get my shapes for the different pieces. Wherever there is a black line on the outfit there is a seam there and that is important to keep in mind. @lockedvoice @ognisty-feniks