How to make Echizen shirts has been released

" How to Make an Echizen Shirt " has been released.

Echizen shirts are thought to be button-front shirts that were created around the time when Western-style shirts were just beginning to enter Itoshiro, and the craftsmanship involved trial and error in finding a way to make this cool shirt from the kimono-sized piece of fabric they had on hand.

It seems that they were originally made as work clothes for men, using striped cotton fabric sourced from Echizen (Itoshiro was part of Fukui prefecture until around 1955, so it has deep ties to Echizen). Like the previous "tatsuke" and "hakama" shirts, this is a "miracle" shirt made using only straight cutting, but it has been slightly adapted to be more modern, with the neckline and collar being made with a slight curve.

*The photo shows Risako Ishiteshiro teaching the store owner, Hirano, how to make Echizen shirts.

Now, when publishing this book, we spent a long time giving careful thought to how to make it easy to understand.

While I would like as many people as possible to get their hands on this book, I think it is intended for people with some experience in sewing. It is very meaningful to be able to make a button-front shirt using straight cutting.

However, people in the past were accustomed to making their own clothes, so I think they came up with this complicated cutting and sewing method and made shirts from rolls of kimono fabric they had on hand. ( Echizen shirt kits are also available for sale!)

It's quite a challenge, but I think it will be well worth making, so I would appreciate it if you would read the following before purchasing.

・It is possible to make it by hand sewing, but it requires a bit of patience. ・If you have a sewing machine, we recommend sewing it with a sewing machine. ・If you use a sewing machine, it is best to use one that has a sewing machine for finishing the edges (zigzag or overlock machine).
・Preferably have experience in making clothes (have made shirts before)
- There is also the difficult process of opening buttonholes without a machine.

This is more difficult than making a hakama (difficulty level 1) or a tattsuke (difficulty level 2), but it is a straight-cut shirt that is all the more appealing.

If you're confident in your skills, why not give making an Echizen shirt a try!