Hello! I’m a Total Newbie to Sewing Hanfu

But I’m Starting My Sewing Journey in Order to Maybe Save Money ……

Hello! I’m a total newbie to sewing, but I’m starting my sewing journey in order to maybe save money on hanfu (rip yingmei’s bank account 😥). I’ve started by making some paper beizi using a pattern posted here by another user. I’ll post pictures as soon as I figure out how to. In the meantime, does anyone have any advice on how to get started? What hanfu would be feasible for a beginner like me?

Comments

• April · I have made a cross neck top before. I started by cutting out each part from paper according to the making pattern and piecing it together to make sure i am clear each part. Then I made a preliminary attempt on a cheap piece of fabric. Draw each part with chalk and leave space for sewing.
  I was not skilled in how to operate the sewing machine, I could only sew individual straight lines. So I got a helper and I told her where to start.
  In fact, it is very easy for a skilled sewer to make a hanfu. Just make sure they know what the features of a hanfu are, such as the center seam in the middle of the back and what the collar looks like. So you need to have a hanfu as a reference, or lots of pictures.
• wanda · Looking forward to your new hanfu!
• Kaldea · I remember the group member @LiangYuZuan, has made several hanfu, you can ask her for advice.
• Merriel · It ‘s been a while, and you may not be a newbie anymore. I would recommende starting with undergarments first. They are straightforward ans the stitched arer…well, straight!

2. Paper Beizi

cute little beizi I made to practice before I make something real 😚😚

Comments

• doris · The yellow collar/cuffs one seems more accurate.
• Ling · 👍👍
• Zoe · Wow, I also want to make similar doll hanfu clothes, could you please share a detailed tutorial?
• Mifen · You colored them specifically? That’s cool.
• Misty · gerat work!
• Alys · 🥰🥰
• 陈 · Good idea! I’ll make miniature clothes before I can afford the real ones TvT

3. Hanfu+Culture Presentation in School

For my final theatre project, I was given the opportunity to do anything so I did a presentation on the story of Houyi and Cang’e. It was wonderful getting to share Hanfu and my culture with my majority non-Chinese class 😊
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• Raquel · cooool😍
• Margaritaiiii · You play the role of Cang’e, did I guess correctly?
• lllen · Any video?
• myingmei · Yes and no – it was a one-person show, so I played both
• YOLO · 🙌🙌
• myingmei · Yes, but only of the second half 🙁 I can ask around if there are any full videos

4. Costumes in Upcoming Opera “Dream of the Red Chamber”

English-language opera of the classic Chinese novel adapted by David Henry Hwang and Bright Sheng.
Starring Meigui Zhang and Konu Kim as Dai Yu and Bao Yu.
What do you think? Would you want to watch it? Which costumes do you want to wear?

Comments

• Kaldea · Love the costume style in the fifth picture!
• Kaldea · And which theater will it be staged in?
• Imah · Suka baju yang no 2
• myingmei · The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, CA.
• Carottie · Beautiful costumes❤️
• Clubwinged · Surely.

5. Hongniang Costumes

Various costumes of Hongniang, the iconic maid from “Romance of the Western Chamber” who helps the forbidden lovers Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng get married in secret

Comment

• Losiua1 · Wow, the costumes and makeup in traditional opera are more complicated than hanfu.

6. Guanyin Painting

Bodhisattva of compassion
Can you tell what inspirations I used to paint this?

Comments

• Peng · Guanyin in the Journey to the West?😂
• caroleander · Great painting! And I love how it’s framed.
• lllen · Guanyin needs a bottle in the hand, LOL

7. Help Identifying Hanfu Style

I made a post a week or two ago showing costumes from the English-language opera “Dream of the Red Chamber” featuring this costume from the show. I’ve never seen anything like this skirt before. Hanfu experts help me identify it!!
For context: The opera takes place in the Qing Dynasty and this is the costume of a eunich.
Thank you for your help!

Comments

• lllen · Court costume?
• Kaldea · Wow, what a cool clothing style. There are some elements of hanfu, such as the shape of the sleeves. But the overall doesn’t look like a traditional hanfu style.
• Alys · I rarely seen this kind of dress!
• Eddie · I have to say, this dress is very cool!😂
• trickland · How it fixes the skirt shape😲😲

8. Garfield Photoshoot

I always struggle to find a good prop for my photos. Not this time!
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• Ling · pretty makeup!
• lllen · Absolutely awesome & beautiful
• Sherrii · 😍
• aneesatadeyinka · Cute 🤗

9. Yingmei’s Day in (in Honor of Mundanity)

I find that in my hanfu journey I keep seeking some sort of fantasy life – one where I stroll through gardens, smell flowers, and fan myself all day like bygone royalty. This is my reminder to love real life too. I took photos of myself in hanfu doing average, mundane things like drawing and doing my makeup all in my messy room. Hanfu isn’t just for a gods-and-princesses life! Sometimes it’s important to just let yourself find the beauty of being boring.
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• lllen · Cool, I like the shirt
• Carottie · Well said. I found out that even washing dishes may be different (enjoyable?) when you have that “hanfu mood”.
• Peng · Absolutely agree!👍😎
• Raquel · 😍😍😍

10. Model Moment!

About a year ago I had the opportunity to model Cloud9 Hanfu’s 碎玉 set. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the shoot!
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• myingmei · Hm. Not sure if it’s just me or if the photos didn’t upload properly. I can try to repost if that’s the case.
• Merriel · Yep, they seem to be broken for me too… can’t see the pictures
• Narya · I can’t see the pics either
• Natsu · same thing here

11. Model Moment… Take Two!

Tried posting these pictures about a week ago… hopefully they show now, they’re some of my favorites ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝🌟
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• Narya · You look great in them!
• Natsu · you look so pretty!!! That hanfu suits you so much!!! And I absolutely LOVE the scenery!!!
• HilowPeoples · Ooh the composition is so good waittt. Do you do photography often?

12. Late Mid-Autumn Festival Pics!

I had a great time last week as the MC for my club’s Mid-Autumn Festival!
#hanfuselfie

Comments

• Pendergrass · Yuanlingpao? You look so great
• cristopher · Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 👍
• parkinson · I’m truly happy for you. Unfortunately, my classmates find it hard to accept wearing hanfu.
• myingmei · Than you! and yes, it is yuanlingpao, coupled with a ming standing collar shirt 立領對襟
• myingmei · I’m sorry to hear that’s the case. It took me a long time to build up the confidence and find the community where I can wear hanfu, but I promise it’s worth it. Keep looking!! The right people are out there 🙂
• lawerence · That’s so cool, I hope my school can also have a Hanfu Club.
• Tifany · Interesting. Are you guys putting on a play?
• myingmei · Every year the Chinese department students put on a performance for the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year we performed some poems, songs, and traditional music (you can see my friend holding a xiao in the background), and told the story of Chang’e and Houyi.
• Tifany · Your school is really cool. I haven’t had any similar activities before.
• michelleross · 👍👍👍
• kathleen · Nice job, my college used to have similar festival performances as well.
• rachel6 · You and your team look great 😍
• Soobin · You look great