Making the Captain's Haori

So you chose a Captain, and what is a captain without his/her haori?

Here is the list of colour linings the different captains have (number will represent squad number):

1. Deep Purple
2. Dark orange
3. Spring green / magic mint
4. Dusky pink / puce
5. Pale Turquoise
6. Cobalt Blue
7. Dark Tan
8. Raspberry Rose
9. Tenne'
10. Dark Green
11. Lavender
12. Olive Green
13. Maroon 

(Info gotten from: http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Gotei_13 )

What you will need:

• White fabric (I usually use minimat) preferably 150cm wide, 4m (safety sake)
• Lining colour and material of choice (I use pongee lining) prefarably 150cm wide, 4m (safety sake)
• A pot of black fabric paint
• A paintbrush
• The usual items and equipment needed for sewing
• Measuring tape

 Now for the fun part: Making it!

Haori cutting instructions

1. Following the sketch I added, cut the back, front, and neck band from the white fabric. If your captain has sleeves, cut the sleeves too.
2. Following the sketch again, cut the back and front from the lining. If your captain has sleeves, cut the sleeves too
3. Mark at the back where you want the slit to go up to, and sew the back pieces, leaving the slit part free (for both the lining and the white) Note: sew it separately for a better finish. 
4. Sew the front pieces at the shoulders to the back piece for both the White fabric and the lining.
5. Now, for the haori with no sleeves, deciding on how wide the armhole will be, keep that part open from the shoulders to down, and then sew the sides shut (both white and lining) now skip to part 8
6. For the sleeves, decide how wide the armhole will be and starting from the fold in the sleeve, pin the sleeve to the haori up to the point where the sleeve should close and sew that parts.
7. Close the sleeve at the bottom and sew all the way to the bottom of the haori.
8. So you have 2 separate haori now. So now paint the black detail at the bottom and on the back of the white haori.
9. When the black is dried and perfect, flip both the white and lining so that the rights sides are together and you can see the wrong sides. Pin and sew the sleeves together as well as the haori at the bottom.
10. Flip it right side out and pin the neck (from bottom to neck to bottom), adding the long neckband (2 neck bands sewed together at one of the edges to make a LONG 1 neckband) while pinning
11.  Sew the neckband to the haori. Flip the neckband over and tucking in the edges of the neckband, sew the other part of the neckband to the white side of the haori (finishing off)
12. And there you have it. Your very own captain's haori.

Link to the numbers: kanji numbers

If something is unclear, please feel free to ask. I have made over 20 of these haori so it's second nature for me so I think there might be some unclear points.