I started the new line and so far I am very excited about it. I made a muslin for the Hakama pants and used a cotton fabric I had for a while. It has some floral print on it in white. I will never use it for anything, so I might as well use it to check the patter. Oy was I wrong. First the fit was perfect and I did not have to change anything on the patter. Those of you who make your own patterns know how tidies it can get fixing the pattern, making a new muslin fixing and so

So I had few white men's shirts cut and ready for sewing for a while, but I haven't gotten to it. Finally I decided to get it done and while I like the shirts, they did not go with the designs for the new line I had in mind for the guys. The idea was based on Japanese street fashion. Humphs you might say, or not. But being Japanese style kind of reminded me of the Hakama group I made for the ladies not so long ago. I loved working on that group. So why not work on a Hakama gr