WIP: New Look 6184 - 3

作成中のワンピースの裏布に、母からもらった着物の生地を使うことにした。
この生地は一体何でできてるのかな。触った感じポリエステルではないようだけど。

I was digging through my fabric box for a lining fabric and came across this fabric. The actual color is much paler than it appears in this picture.

It is a vintage kimono fabric that I got from my mother. I think it's safe to say that all the kimono she made and the kimono fabric she has are 30+ years old. I think she bought the fabric, intending to use it as a kimono lining or make a kimono undergarment, and it never happened.

I don't know what the fabric content is, but I do not think it's polyester. It has a very good drape and very fluid and silky, like rayon chameuse. 

One thing about the kimono fabric, as I mentioned before in my duffel bag post, is that it is only 13 inches wide, so it's is kind of hard to use. But it works for my New Look 6184 dress lining since the pattern pieces are pretty narrow too. I will have to seam the center front of the bodice and skirt pieces, but since it's lining, I think it will work just fine.