Making a kimono inspired dress

Hi needle workers, today I would love to show you how I made this mini buba dress for a friend.

This style is very common in my area and it can be worn as casual or even to an event that's how versatile it is. She wanted something simple yet elegant and I knew this style would look good on her.
This dress design is inspired by the kimono design. The neckline and sleeves are cut as a kimono.

As we all know, the kimono originated in Japan. Kimonos are of different types and are formal and difficult to wear but in Nigeria here we added our traditional bubu design to create this amazing design that is casual and easy to wear and style. This design can be either long or short.

Making this dress was quite easy except for the neckline design which was quite tricky. Since most kimonos are in jacket form while this is in dress form, sewing the neckband was a little complicated.
It took me about 3hours of hard work to make this amazing dress.

The fabric used is Ankara which is pretty common where I live. Ankara fabric has a short length. It is by 45” in length unlike most of the regular fabric lengths which are by 60”
I lined the fabric to give it a more structured look and feel.

the Ankara fabric