Design manual – KIMONO Craft

The size of the design is 100 cm(length), 40 cm(width).

You can use up to two colors.

You can also use a gradation like the one below.If you want gradation, please choose cold colors and warm colors.

The dot size and line thickness are 2 mm or more.

Due to the dyeing technique, fine items are not dyed. The limit is 2 mm. If it is smaller than that, there is a high possibility that it is not dye

Make a space of at least 1.5 cm between the colors

Due to the dyeing technique, color and color cannot be adjacent or overlapped. For designs with 2 colors, make sure there is a space of at least 1.5 cm between the colors.

The textile is only white.

We only have white textile. So, you can’t use black, blue, pink, etc to the background color.

Please send the data in PDF format.

You can design with any tool, including illustrations and Photoshop. However, please submit the data in PDF.

Please make a design that can be completed in two days.

If there are many white parts or the pattern is small, there will be many parts to cut, so it’s hard. The design below won’t be complete in two days. It takes 3 or 4 days to complete.

There is only one color at the boundary of the top and bottom.

If there are 2 colors on the border, it will not dye well (The image below is not good.).

The design connects the top and the top, and the bottom and the bottom.

Textiles connect the top and top, bottom and bottom of the design. This is a characteristic of the traditional dyeing technique called Chusen. Please design with this characteristic.