Yeah, but the stitching (even if I don't care that it's not the proper hand-stitching for historical Japanese) is slop, and the pleats in the hakama are an absolute mess. On the sick-and-twisted side, I'm thinking about using the new needle-felting machine to lock pleats without visible stitching if I'm working with a compatible material.

I'm so glad I didn't cut the herringbone silk suiting (http://pics.livejournal.com/bovil/pic/0002ktkz/g19) for this try.