Kimono care.....

[fraise]

Here's a website with illustrations of how to fold maru/fukuro obi and Nagoya obi:
www.furisode.ne.jp/mame/f-12.html

The roller-like things in the folds are fabric (or possibly washi paper) rolls so that they don't crease as much. There's another site with instructions for how to fold different types of kimono:
homepage2.nifty.com/gofukukakou/tatami.html

The first is for informal kimono, the second for formal (they place washi paper on the crests), and the third is for haori. Here's how to fold a juban:
www.kimono-taizen.com/teire/ttjyuban.htm
(6 is the final step)

[Haruko]

Thanks very much! I really didn't want to store my obi in that hexagon shape. I really appreciate your input! Although I would leave my kimono and obi hanging around, for the love of the garments, I won't do it!

[chiiyo]

Hmm. Just wondering, after I've sewn my first lined kimono from scratch, would it be wise to take apart a lined silk kimono, wash the pieces separately, and then sew it back together? I have several pieces of silk kimono that I've never washed ever since I bought them, and I'm wondering whether I should.

I usually take apart my cotton yukatas to wash and then sew back together again, but recently I just washed one whole and it turned out okay... I don't think that would work with kimonos, but wondering whether anyone has had problems with uneven shrinking on cotton material?